to everyone looking for help and hope please read for yourself overcoming narcotic addiction

[jw272]

well i am here to tell all who do not posses the power of struggle, i have been taking hard narcotics for 6 1/2 years those drugs made me do horrible things and things i am not proud of but i stand here today sober and clean and no more withdrawl feelings. i started out playing semi pro football and got injured with a spinal cord concussion and 2 lower herniated discs so that means yes i got prescribed oxycontin,vicodin,percocet,darvocet,roxycet,loritab,and methadone. and please anyone who is thinking about going to a detox place, please think twice about it. if you want them to fill your body with horrible drugs just to get you hooked on something else, its not worth it. there is no hope in clinics. i see doctors as drug dealers the more you come in the more they get payed especially right now in this economy. people i have taken oxycontin 80 mg 9 times a day, and 10 mg of percocet and vicodin 15 times a day, i was almost a freakin vegitable.
look plain and simple you are the one in control of your life narcotics are the devils drug, my withdrawls lasted almost a full year till my body got back to normal, the hard withdrawls where the famous feeling like a dead fish flopping outside of the water, cold chills, shaking badly after i woke up, couldent or dident want to move at all, throwing up for no reason, peeeing out of my rear end, pure hell..and like i said take control of your life and just stop, the reason your body is doing the withdrawls is because its doing its best to get back to its "a" game. what helped me was my strong will to survive i did this to myself and now i had to clean myself....there is hope pray to god or whatever you believe in. you do not need depression meds you do not need more drugs, shut up sit down and survive. i am clean now for almost 2 years now i have no cravings i do not want that again....point blank if my arm gets shot off, just pass me the tequila and a couple of advil

[mchiurazzi]

ive been off suboxone now for 4 days and i feel ok a lil trouble sleepin thats about it, and my back hurts like hell(originally what i was put on pain killers for eventually moved to heroin) but what amazed me is that the first sub doctor i saw told me that after im clean there'll come a poin when ill need opiates again! he said that its ok to take them after i was clean! i told that mother f#$@!*^ he was crazy and found another doctor! i dont think anyone who goes through this would ever want to again. i mean im 22 i have a three year old son i dont have time to sit around in withdrawls!

[jw272]

keep telling your self that mr lucky. man you have no idea what i have been through, no idea but i will tell you this i was you i was the junky stealing from my own mother who has polio and risking her to not get her meds anymore becuase she was running out to quickly dont come here and spread you negativity, in your picture that flag that flag used to stand for strength and courage of our past fathers and sufferers in battle. in this life there are people who are weak and if your still an addict that i will say your weak, yeah mumbo jumbo stuff right na i dont know what im saying. im not asking for people to be impressed im not looking for a freakin high five and what not, people need help and i will go out of my way to help, if your a failure then be a failure. most times im mean whats your problem?  and seriously man that was a joke about the tequila thing its that i much rather do that than return to pain killers..what you want me to say im an addict? ...no cause that would ba a lye, but i will say yes i USED to be an addict...its ok you cant change the world but you can try some will listen some wont and dont worry mr. lucky when your ready im right here for you

[mr.lucky66]

I'm sorry to say that I'm not impressed with the poster's pitch. It all sounds good but I've seen and heard this many times before and most of the time this "overconfidence" is the kiss of death. If you were a real hardcore addict and think you've got it beat,most times, you will fail. all cases are different and I can't generalize about everyone.

[Ella789]

Hi!!    Well, I  know that experience had to be a bummer!!  Some of these places do treat people like they have the plague,  even some of the pain management places do that!!
   There is a small town not far from where I live and their councilors ( two of them anyway) have had real life experiences as former addicts ( they have been clean for a number of years.)  And they offer their experiences during their counciling.  I just thought of that as I was reading your post.  They work at one of the alcohol drug abuse centers there.  I wish more places had people in them like that.  How hard it must be talking to someone who has never been down that road,  only "read & observed it" !!!

Ella

[broknbck]

i think i feel the same way. when i quit, all i wanted to do was help others to do the same. so i figured i would get a job along that. but you have to play by their rules. and the medical proffesion does not have a clue on a good way to help people quit yet.
their answer is always more drugs.

so i found a clinic that claimed to only use organic methods. but they were so snooty, when i wrote them and asked about employment there and what they would require, they did not even write me back. guess they do not want anyone with r e a l experience.

i have thought it would cool to open up a place to help people. but have no idea where to even start. all i know is drugs do not get you off of drugs.

[Ella789]

"If you can dig deep inside and pull out that last bit of energy you have  then you can do it....... we are all in a constant war"'

My God people, this man can write !!!!!!!!     Nice to hear from a can-do guy!

Ella