who to blame

[tx122]

i have been on this forum for just over a week now, i am 11 days clean, from a 60+ nurofen plus, 12.8mg tablet a day, i spend a lot of time reading what people say, and i love the fact that everyone is here to support one another,
i know this is all part of our w/d process, the blame game!!!!!!!!!, who,s fault, i have come a cross alot of people who are blaming there doctors for pre.. the likes of tramodol etc, if we as addicts used these meds as prescribed, they would have helped as they do with millions of people who use them properly,
i spent a lot of time blaming the pharmacys who i went to every day some times twice a day and never got challanged, then should we blame every off sales for all alcoholics,
i hope i dont affend anyone, as i know it is very hard to give up,
but ultamitly we and we alone are the only ones who can stop putting these into our body, it is a choice we make, i know alot of people are going to say it is not a choice, but the only choice you have is keep going and kill yourself, or seek help and stop, we need to do this today, because tomorrow never comes ,i know my tomorrow took over 2 years to arrive,
i still wake up feeling like i have the flu, but it passes in about 1hr, it will get better for us all, as you ve heard a million times, one day at a time ehhhhhhh

i wish everyone well, and would like as much feed back as possible about what i have wrote
takecare , stay clean

[122 Tactical Fighter Group]

Its very covenient and only human to look for somebody beside ourselves to blame. Unfortunately thats not the case. We ultimately need to own responsibilty for our own actions. Thats the bottom line.

[avisg]

flutter

Great Post

[flutter0301]

I knew when I started the pain medicine, that it was very addictive.  My Dr. did warn me.  Plus, I already knew it was a possibility.  I don't blame my Dr. at all.  He tried several options to help me get rid of my pain that did not involve pills.  Unfortunately, the only thing that worked even a little bit was the pain medication.  I also don't completely blame myself for the addiction starting in the first place, yes I heard the dangers, but I believed if I took them as instructed I would be ok.  I do hold myself accountable for doing my best to get rid of this addiction.  I have to do it, because nobody else is going to do it for me.  I don't put anybody at faul, in my story at least.  For people who trusted what their Dr. told them, and became addicted to the pills, well I do believe the Dr. should take some responsibility.

I never take what the Dr. tells me for the absolute truth.  I take a lot of notes on what he says and when I get home I do a lot of research to see if what he said makes sense.  Even if your Dr. is very trustworthy and incredibly smart, he could still make mistakes.  Never hurts to check it out for yourself.  :-)  (I know I'm not perfect!!!  I did my research and knew the risks and still I became addicted.)

[avisg]

I'm the only one I put any responsibility on is myself always have . It's not the doctors fault or the pharmacies fault .I don't put fault on anyone it is what it is .I will say one thing about the tramadol I new it was addicting straight out. There are many that are told it is non addicting .This is when I always stress know what it is you are putting in your body .I realize a lot of doctor says its not addicting if you read the RX info on it its right there in black and white.

Do worry about how others are perceiving there addiction you worry about you and your addiction and do what you need to to get clean.Bottom line the only person responsible for you is you .

[worried878]

I never blamed cos i relaized it..being in the medical profession...i knew in the back of my head what could happen...i do see how some could not know how much trouble they could get into...even i did not the extent of all of this!

[ochooked]

Although we did, as you say, make choices, they were often made without the full knowledge of what the DOC was capable of doing.   I mean did anyone who got addicted to Tramadol ever get told by a doctor that this drug was very addictive and if taken long term would most likely result in an addiction that is as strong as Heroin??  Chronic pain patients (my case) were given Opiates and then the dose increased repeatedly until getting off was the most difficult thing we have ever done.   We do share the blame but I just have to point out that many trusted their doctor thinking this 'very nice' person would never do anything to harm me.-----   Doctors share the responsibility and should know that the effectiveness of Opiates decreases over time - thus requiring more and more dosage.  Patients are rarely told just what awaits them after a few years of Opiate use -- dependence and addiction. Many doctors also lack knowledge of other forms of pain relief and treatment.   Well, just my thoughts and the other side of the coin.  All the best.