im trying to quit and am looking for help

[whistlingseason]

Hi i am addicted to vicodin and have been using for years.  I only took i 750 a day until this spring.  I had surgery then tried to quit. it lasted 3 weeks.  2 of the weeks i was sick with diahrea so severe i hospitalized for dehydration. i lost 10 pounds i only weighed 98 to start. i started by taking a half because it was summer and everyone around me was drinking.  Being so thin i couldnt metobolize the alcohol.  it made me feel so sick. so crazy by the end of the summer i was taking 2 750/750 a day at the same time. it jumped to 4 to 5 recently and sometimes 4 are taken in two hours.  i know thats a lethal acetiminaphen dose.  iNEED to quit. ive been surfing for help foe awhile.  i have children and a tight budget so a 30 day in house is not an option.  I am not afraid of wd only cravings.  i only want them at cocktail hour. 2 750 at a time dont even give me a buzz anymore.  i never really took them for pain just really bad things happened to us, me in the last few years, a infant that almost died then turned to an extremly had child to manage a house fire where we lost eveything and had to relocate and battle insurance co for 2 years, landlord stloe $50,000 in prepaid rent (when i was quitting last) things are finally almost better its just my addiction which may kill me now.  Im afraid i will die in my sleep like many of the celebs we hear about.  I would appreciate any help, advice or encouragement.  thanks

[dominosarah]

You can find the thomas recipe or the amino acid protocol in the health pages.  That is on the right hand side of the page under the "most viewed health pages"

[whistlingseason]

hey thanks but whats the thomas recipe?

[worried878]

my habit was usually over 100 mgs a day for 5 yrs...hydro
I felt flu-like for a few days...went back to work day 5...mental portion hit me pretty hard a few weeks later tho...was much harder than the physical wds for me

Meetings helped me a lot...posting here helped and the health pages did as well
Lots of great info there...th thomas recipe is great!  Exercise was good for me cos it increased my endorpin production//i would feel normal while i exercised a for a while later//it was worth making myself do it.

good luck with your plan

keep posting

[whistlingseason]

Thank you thankyou for replying.  I am so ready.  i will try anything to get my life back. i am ready to start now. i used last nite. 2 and 3/4 pills. my plan was to skip tonite buy vitamins
take elderberry. suppose that was my plan last nite.  I feel like a werewolf like i should b locked up at nite so i dont use. i have a strong internal dialogue with myself suggestiing i always quit tommorrow..and in the morning i wake up feeling tired and horrible because i used i tell myself all day i wont use then the sunstarts to go down i get irritable until i give myself permission to use againe. it really is viscious cycle.  i dont know the site yet so not sur if im applying in the correct maner...

[gnarly_1]

HI welcome to the forum....well it sounds like you have been threw this b/4 but it also sounds like you have cought it b/4 it got to far out of hand this time around..your habit is small but still big enough to give you some withdrawals coming off of it we can help you with detoxing
you just have to decide if your ready to just jump off or your going to try and taper down
jumping off at your dose of 4 or 5 a day and you will be sick for a few days but in a week things will look a lot brighter...dont fear the withdrawals rather embrace them as the beginning to the end...as for the cravings...aftercare is the only true solution to helping with that both N/A and A/A offer free programs and many members here have had great success
with them if its not your cup of tea you can try an addiction therapist or a substance abuse conslor but it is rare that you can do this yourself addiction has to be treated ...if treated you can lead a clean and sober lifestyle long term...it gets you off the mery go round of using ,not using for a wile back to using...it dosent have to be this way
trust me you can get past cocktail hour without them...just let us know when you want to begin we will support your efforts good luck and God bless.....Gnarly    

[chico1969]

Hi there - I don't really know how vicodin compares to oxy's with regards to the dose you are taking - I was using 120mg oxy per day for two years.  I can't really suggest that you try cold turkey cause I don't know if that is safe to go off of the dose you are taking of vics.  All I can say is that you MUST find a way to do this safely and for good.  ask your doctor for advice.

All I can tell you is that for me, the choice to go cold turkey and quit this poison was the best decision I've ever made.  Yeah, I still have my rough days and I'm still not completely back to my "old" self again - but I AM CLEAN and I am ME.  You too will see what I mean if you make the choice to save yourself.  All the pills do is drag us down into an abyss that we have no way out if we get too deep.  Save yourself now while you still can - this is serious, no joke and in not way is this an over reaction.  It IS a life or death situation.  It really could be you who dies in their sleep like the celebs we hear about - we never know when the old ticker will give out.

Good luck and God Bless