I'M ADDICTED TO PAIN KILLERS

[georgiaboy91]

Hi i am new to this site and i have never been open with anyone about my addiction before. i have been abusing pain killers for the past two years and i want to stop. I have been take almost 30mg to 90mg of roxicodone (oxicodone hydrochoride?)  a day for a long time now and i dont have the strength to stop or know whag im in for when i try to stop. can anyone help me?

[HappyDays2Come]

Hi there! Yeah, today is Day 1! Time to get to counting those clean days so we can have a party around here:). You can do this. Stop now before it gets worse and you lose everything and hit rock bottom. It's not a matter of "if" but, rather, "when." Getting clean was the best decision I've ever made and life is so much better now than it was then. I'm happier, more energetic, and really living life again. It's not easy, but it's so worth it! Keep us posted and let us know how you're feeling!

[Dane74]

There is NO easy way out here!! There is no way to avoid wd's!  You have to change your thinking and redirect your brain, currently the pills are controlling you and you need to take charge.  I am glad  that you turned down the roxy's but it sounds to me like you are happy that it was offered at a cheap price, this is your life your talking about not a good ol time here.  Get serious about getting your life back and take action.  You can do it if you want it bad enough, in the end its up to you.  

[vicki595]

And you DO have an addict brain controlling you and we can see that...

One clue is your idea about tapering and not going through wd's...it won't work the way you're doing it but I suppose it's better than nothing. It's just that you ARE experiencing wd's...So, it's really not a plan to get clean but a plan to still keep taking pills.

Do you swallow these pills or take them another way?

[vicki595]

I doubt it's going to go very well...I'm so sorry for you because you have nothing going in your favor here and the disease is just too powerful...

You can't do this by trying hard, white knuckling it, and watchful waiting to see what happens. That's letting the pills control you. You need to understand that YOU have to take some control back, YOU have to make a plan, YOU have to stop thinking about and romancing those pills!!

You know what you have to do because everyone has told you...Do you need to hear it again? Write it down as a reminder?  Tell us and we'll help...

[georgiaboy91]

no roxys today. we will see how this goes

[VICourageous]

Yes, that was a good one from FourJays..lol It is SO SO TRUE.