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Its That Time! June 2014 Roll Call!!
This year is sure flying by. Its already June! So anyways...here we are. This thread is a place where you can post your clean time or just introduce yourself. You do not have to be clean to post here. If your "lurking" take this as an opportunity to introduce yourself. If you have some clean time, post it so it can encourage and inspire others by showing them it can be done.
This forum is a great place. Old and new members alike contribute everyday and share whats worked for them in recovery. I like to encourage that because there are so many different recovery options out there. You just have to find what works for you. So maybe this roll call could be a little different this time and not only can people share there clean time but also what program they use to stay clean. Just a thought anyways.
This forum is a great place. Old and new members alike contribute everyday and share whats worked for them in recovery. I like to encourage that because there are so many different recovery options out there. You just have to find what works for you. So maybe this roll call could be a little different this time and not only can people share there clean time but also what program they use to stay clean. Just a thought anyways.
35 days clean from opiates/speed/everything I found! This forum & my family made me believe in myself. Reading everyone's stories that went through all the tough times helped tons. Truly some of the most awesome strangers I ever met :p
Hey ABN,
Nice to see you friend, and as always helping all you can, hope all is still going well for you and yours, ;)
Nice to see you friend, and as always helping all you can, hope all is still going well for you and yours, ;)
360 days -- almost 1-year since I gathered the courage to flush those last pills and make a pledge to break the chains of addiction.
Hey peeps, 1 year and 15 days opiate free days for me, who would have thunk it, eh? I'm back at work now and still loving life.
Well done to everyone on their journey, keep up the sterling work.
Thank you to everyone who gifted me with your friendship during my struggles, I hold you all very close to my heart! You are all heros in my book, ;)))
Well done to everyone on their journey, keep up the sterling work.
Thank you to everyone who gifted me with your friendship during my struggles, I hold you all very close to my heart! You are all heros in my book, ;)))
Oops! I forgot to say that I am still on Clonazepam but have tapered from 4 .5 mgs/ day to 1 1/2 a day, the addiction specialist told me to cut a half a pill every two months so I will be down to one a day shortly, they do nothing for me anymore anyway so it is no big deal to get off them, I am going really slow as I don't want any more withdrawal, the Ads are all I need now, and high BP meds. My blood pressure was 220/110 when they put me on last year!!! It is under good control now though.
Well it's been 15 months for me off methadone, 12 months off oxys ( only 20mg/day ) as well as Zoplicone, Geodon. I don't miss any of those drugs, but I was never on them for a high anyway, just for the pain. After 3 surgeries I am pain free so don't need anything anymore. I didn't want to go on methadone but at the time it was the only thing that took my pain away, was on it for 7 1/2 years and that was definitely the hardest drug to come off of, actually tapering off wasn't that bad, it was when I was totally off that it really hit me and I was sick for months on end. I know that if it wasn't for the wonderful support of my husband and you people here, I would not have made it. Looking back I really don't know how I went on for 8 months of struggling through every single day until I got on the ADs! Now I am pretty wimpy, when I have a bad day here and there I think it is a big deal! I always have to remind myself that I persevered through those extremely brutal days to get well. Methadone truly is a beast of a drug! Congrats to all of you pill free people and best wishes for those just starting off, I remember when I was in your shoes and just wished I had been on of the ones that had already successfully detoxed. It takes a lot of determination to do this and you really MUST want it! Take care all.
Thank you for reminding me that " If you always do what you've always done,
You'll always get what you' ve always gotten."
Tony -NCIS.
I'd forgotten how true these little bits are.
Feel fortunate to have found all of you.
You'll always get what you' ve always gotten."
Tony -NCIS.
I'd forgotten how true these little bits are.
Feel fortunate to have found all of you.
263 days free from norco/ any pain pills!!! :) I'll be 9 months clean on the 16th of this month. WHOOP! WHOOP!!!
337 days clean. Still have spinal nerve issues. Losing control of bladder and bowel little by little, so have to have a sense of humor. I stay with my exercise and fitness program and thank my lucky stars I can FEEL pain, my emotions, my body, and enjoy life now with a clear head. Back is too messed up for repair, but am so grateful for my clean days with family that it does not intimidate me any more that I might wind up in a wheel chair.
My family respects me again, and I cherish going to work now instead of planning how to drown out the reality of it with pills. I am firmly convinced that opiates are not effective long term for many kinds of chronic pain.
This forum is a miracle itself, dispensing free wisdom to the many of us in need of help!
My family respects me again, and I cherish going to work now instead of planning how to drown out the reality of it with pills. I am firmly convinced that opiates are not effective long term for many kinds of chronic pain.
This forum is a miracle itself, dispensing free wisdom to the many of us in need of help!
9 days free and clear of everything!! Every once in a while i get the hot flashes and restless legs but I just think....it will pass and you are finally clean girl! Rock on!
620 days from Dope!
3707 from Booze!
Cut way back on the Ciggs..Getting there!!
Always Remember that Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes.
It takes LOTS of Work and Support..Wishing everyone the best that Life has to give..Be GRATEFUL for what YOU have just for today!!!!!!!!!!
3707 from Booze!
Cut way back on the Ciggs..Getting there!!
Always Remember that Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes.
It takes LOTS of Work and Support..Wishing everyone the best that Life has to give..Be GRATEFUL for what YOU have just for today!!!!!!!!!!
I am Jinx and I am new here. had another account, but with this fentanyl fog I am in lost all my info, so made it easy on myself and started over. wasn't too hard because I had just found this wonderful site. oh well.
I used to take pain meds for DDD and spinal stenosis as well as scar tissue built up around my tailbone. I thought that pain was HORRIBLE.
then i fell off the roof and broke my back, hip and pelvis and it is then that I knew severe pain. I would give anything to have my old pain back.
i had built up such a tolerance to opiate medication taking it for at least 15 yrs and now this pain is VERY hard to control. now I feel stuck and i am hoping that my doctor will find a surgery to cure it all. doubtful.
I had struggled with the opiates on and off those 15 yrs and found myself taking them when I got stressed out or was depressed, etc. basically, starting abusing them. got off of them shortly before my accident, but had a massive tolerance. I had no insurance and no job because I had not even learned to walk again. so then I started drinking. I hate the taste of alcohol, but it was cheap. I would wake up take 5 or 6 shots, pass out and repeat the entire 24 hrs, 7 days a week. then I stopped that because I found out I was pregnant. suffered horribly, but would do it all over again. rebroke my pelvic bones in labor.
finally got insurance and now I am on the fentanyl patch and percocet 4x a day as needed.
the pain is unbearable most days. it is a daily challenge to take prn as prescribed. i have been thinking since they do not seem to be helping maybe I should just get off them all and find some other way to control the pain.
I used to take pain meds for DDD and spinal stenosis as well as scar tissue built up around my tailbone. I thought that pain was HORRIBLE.
then i fell off the roof and broke my back, hip and pelvis and it is then that I knew severe pain. I would give anything to have my old pain back.
i had built up such a tolerance to opiate medication taking it for at least 15 yrs and now this pain is VERY hard to control. now I feel stuck and i am hoping that my doctor will find a surgery to cure it all. doubtful.
I had struggled with the opiates on and off those 15 yrs and found myself taking them when I got stressed out or was depressed, etc. basically, starting abusing them. got off of them shortly before my accident, but had a massive tolerance. I had no insurance and no job because I had not even learned to walk again. so then I started drinking. I hate the taste of alcohol, but it was cheap. I would wake up take 5 or 6 shots, pass out and repeat the entire 24 hrs, 7 days a week. then I stopped that because I found out I was pregnant. suffered horribly, but would do it all over again. rebroke my pelvic bones in labor.
finally got insurance and now I am on the fentanyl patch and percocet 4x a day as needed.
the pain is unbearable most days. it is a daily challenge to take prn as prescribed. i have been thinking since they do not seem to be helping maybe I should just get off them all and find some other way to control the pain.
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