... taking them till i get my surgery and heal. i know i hane an addictive personality and will have a hard time kicking it. i heve been taking them for months. we thin we found the reason for the pain. so the time to quit is soon. a week or so. i need support on how to get off them safekly without rehab
Anonymous I am an attic and alcoholic. I have been in recovery. due to gallstone pain I got on vicodin. ill be
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- 2 May 2010 by Anonymous
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- lortab, vicodin, gallstones, pain, hydrocodone/phenylephrine, surgery
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htwooh2 May 2010
I am in the sme boat and just to give you encouragement I have been in recovery for 30 years and I have had a few slips along the way but 9 days drinking out of 30 years is better than the alternative. You are wise to "ssense" this right away. We are all very smart!! I have to put my daughter to bed - she has the horrible flu but I will get back to you in the mornning - it's 2 am here in CA. You will be getting alot of advise from the people here and we will do whatever we can - hoping you have help there with you. It is just the road to sanity and control of your life so don't be scared - htwooh - thinking of you. Get some immodium and alot of things to drink. Damamine. helped me with the nausea - and helped a little with sleeping - I usually don'tsleep for 4 nights and alcohol or med withdrawal. I guess whatever the drug did - the opposite happens when we are in withdrawal.
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thanks for your comment. i am down to two pills. have an appointment with surgeon on tuesday. i know two wont last me. im probaly going to the e r to get some to hold me over. after ther surgery they will also prescribe some till i heal. then i have to get of. it sucks i think im more pshycologically addicted cuz today i only had four. that fear of running out sucks. in the past 15 months i have slipped three days but went right back.(alcohol) they were all seperate slips for one day. i just went to a meeting today. it helps too. i go all the time. slmost everyday. lots of support. i like this website too. a drug is a drug is a drug
You are really at a crucial point I think. When I had no more meds and was hurting with my hip joint I would panic at the thought of , I don't know, 'feeling normal" perhaps although I don't think that anyone feel normal after narcotis are stopped abruptly. I do know that it is alot of 'mind' screwing. I once took tylenol thinking it was vicodin and didn't get as sick as I would have if I had known. The fear of withdrawal is so powerful that it is basically what keeps us all addicted. I'm sure that is why I rank the listerine a couple of times because I couldn't stand the thought of, I don't know, waiting two days for my prescription to be refilled because I gobbled them down too fast!! Try and keep your wits about you and tell yourself how good you are doing and I must hand it to you - you are not in deial and you will be fine.
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You are about the same age when I got into recovery and started going to a meeting every day for 10 years. I fon't know if it was a conincidence but I just stopped going for a year - I was busy (too busy to keep my life!!) and within six months I had my first relapse!! I was devastated - 11 years sober and clean because I hadn't even taken the meds I hadn't been injured yet. I couldn't believe it- I thought I was the worst person on earth - how could I do it after that long? But I went to a meeting that night and just started again. I kept that 11 years in my mind because I just felt like I needed to. Some people start over counting from day one but I just could not do that. I had a few momre slips but I hated the way I felt and it is true what they say about AA - it ruins your drinking. It is never and will never be the same and you will never get over the feeling that you are doing something wrong that you have to hide. Cunning and powerful, yes but I liked to think I was the powerful one and that is what the relapses taught me - that - oh poor me I had a relapse - should I keep drinking because I ruined my 11 year streak - no because I then went another 11 years and it's always going to be in my favor, I am too old for that crap now and I would only drink again if I was trying to kill myself and that probably woudn't be fast enought anyway. Just the look in my kids eyes - they had never seen me drink because I never did but the last time was like the worst feeling I have ever felt - my daughter was standing over me with a stethascope calling her brother to come home because she thought I was dead. I couldn't movev - it is true that the progression keeps going even if you don't drink. If you want to live a normal life honey please listen to me story. I have had many more sober days than drinking days but the drinking days were a nightmare in hell and I have a hard time forgiving myself but I did have to because that is what they tell us to do and again - it is true. Do not let the guilt eat you up. You can do it and I will be here for you anytime you want - just let me know - or ask me any question. I am think about you and hoping you can get thru every hour because it just gets easier. Keep going to the meetings. They saved my life. Lots of luck., htwooh
You are really at a crucial point I think. When I had no more meds and was hurting with my hip joint I would panic at the thought of , I don't know, 'feeling normal" perhaps although I don't think that anyone feel normal after narcotis are stopped abruptly. I do know that it is alot of 'mind' screwing. I once took tylenol thinking it was vicodin and didn't get as sick as I would have if I had known. The fear of withdrawal is so powerful that it is basically what keeps us all addicted. I'm sure that is why I drank the listerine a couple of times because I couldn't stand the thought of, withdrawal - why? because I gobbled them down too fast!! Try and keep your wits about you and tell yourself how good you are doing and I must hand it to you - you are not in denial and you WILL be fine. You are about the same age when I got into recovery and started going to a meeting every day for 10 years.
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I don't know if it was a coincidence but I just stopped going to meetings for a year - I was busy (too busy to keep my life on track) and within six months I had my first relapse!! I was devastated - 11 years sober and clean because I hadn't even taken the meds -I hadn't been injured yet. I couldn't believe it- I thought I was the worst person on earth - how could I do it after that long? But I went to a meeting that night and just started again. I kept that 11 years in my mind because I just felt like I needed to. Some people start over counting from day one but I just could not do that. I had a few more slips like every 5 years or something but I hated the way I felt and it is true what they say about AA - it ruins your drinking. It is never and will never be the same and you will NEVER get over the feeling that you are doing something wrong that you have to hide. Cunning and powerful, yes but I liked to think I was the powerful one and that is what the relapses taught me - that - oh , poor me I had a relapse - should I keep drinking because I ruined my 11 year streak - no because I then went another 5 - 7 or 9 years and it's always going to be in my favor, I am too old for that crap now and I would only drink again if I was trying to kill myself and that probably woudn't be fast enought anyway. Just the look in my kids eyes - they had never seen me drink because I never did but the last time was like the worst feeling I have ever felt - my daughter was standing over me with a stethascope calling her brother to come home because she thought I was dead. I couldn't move - it is true that the progression keeps going even if you don't drink. - I had a problem with the withdrawing of the norco and I decided to have one of those little bottles of wine (ONE) and probably still had the vic in me and I really think I almost died. I felt like I had one of those shots they give you to paralyze you - it was the scariest thing I ever went thru and I have been there -If you want to live a normal life honey please listen to my story. I have had many more sober days than drinking days but the drinking days were a nightmare in hell and I have a hard time forgiving myself but I did have to because that is what they tell us to do and again - it is true. Do not let the guilt eat you up. You can do it and I will be here for you anytime you want - I have a shitload of funny stories and scarey one too. just let me know - or ask me any question. I am thinking about you and hoping you can get thru every hour because it just gets easier. Keep going to the meetings. They saved my life. Lots of luck., htwooh
See, my point exactly - I thought I was just editing the spelling and I posted that twice and I consider myself normal now so go figure - sorry about that.
thanks for what you shared. i love ho we can all relate. i got my script refilled. my appt w surgeoen he will is tomorow. then he will schedule my surgery. i took six. im not exeeding the prescribed amount i tatke less. but its almost time. i went to a meeting today and a young girl asked me to sponser her. i have worked the steps. know the book by heart and have been around for three years. i felt inadaquate to do it. but i said ill help her untill she finds some one with more time. if she wants. i think it will help me too. i think she feels like she can relate and trust me.i also took hr with me to carry the message to our pshychiatric hospital. i felt sick today. i coughing and its a dry cough. it sucks. plus ive been tired. my sleeping schedule is out of wack. well gonna go now thanks again