I quit oxy and feel great but right now my recurring cravings render me helpless. How do I deal?

Hiya
Firstly well done on having decided to quit for good this time,i know the craving will be there and it wont be easy but you got through the first month which is great,i'm sure the first few days going without it was hell for you but you got through it and are now gone 4weeks without,thats an achievement in itself.When you quit before how long was it before you went back?But anyway never mind that you should look to the future dont look back but you also should consider getting councelling or attending meetings?Even though you're clean now,you will always be an addict and can be vunerable when it comes to certain situations.

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My advice to you would be to join a support group and attend regular meetings,therefor when you feel the cravings coming on you can talk through it each time.Just keep it in your head what you were like on the stuff and how much you dont want to go back down that road,there's noone saying you wont have a relapse nobody's perfect but try think of it that you're better then that and your body deserves better than bumping a load of crap into yourself thats doing nothing but making you high but whats the point in been high when you end up losing everyone and everything around you.I know its a long road to go but you seem determinded to quit for good this time and you want to do it for yourself which is great.So think about the meetings and getting extra help that way,you do not have to do this alone,there is plenty of help out there and you made the first step by wanting to quit and writing your experience on this site.
I wish you the very best of luck with it,keep us posted as to how you're getting on-good or bad,there is alot of great people on this site and no one judges how another acts so post anytime you need to chat
Take care

I know exactly how you feel. I was addicted to oxys for over 6 months because the man I thought I was going to marry is in the army had just returned home from iraq, and had a month to visit me before he had to go back to base. During his leave he began doing oxys behind my back. Once I found out he gave me an ultimatum, either I do them with him or he would contuine doing them behind my back and I won't see him. Being blinded by love, I did them just so I could spend as much time with him as possible. He went back to base, but I contuined to do them because as you had mentioned the euphoria is like nothing else out there. The army guy broke up with me and I ended up dating one of my dealers; not for the drugs (i wasnt even doing that many at that point in time) but purely for the fact that him and I were perfect matches and the fun we had together.

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Anyway, 2 weeks ago him and I were in a terrrible car accident after we went to go re-up (his pills were in my purse.) After being released from the hospital, I did a couple and nodded out with everything still on my bed. My mom went to go check on me the next morning to see if I was in any pain from the car accident but instead, found everything; this was a saturday. I told them the truth about everything. By monday morning I was in an outpaient detox program where they gave me 12mg of saboxone. After watching what I had put my parents through and feeling as though they will never look at me the same way, I knew then the euphoria was never worth it. The pain I put them though and letting a drug control my life, all just for a high. I've been clean for 13 days so congratulations to you for staying clean for a month doesnt even do it justice. I strongly believe that you need support groups because you obviously have amazing willpower and the support groups/counseling will only prove how strong you are. I'm going to my first na meeting on the 5th and have a one-on-one counseling with someone who specialized in addiction on the 7th. Your craving will be a life-long battle but support groups and/or counseling will give you an outlet to talk about it and get it off your chest rather than dealing by yourself and more importantly they wil give you the tools to cope with your cravings so you don't releaspe. Posting this and admitting you need help is a huge step. Since being clean, I've been never been so proud of myself, never realized all that I can achieve (I've also decided to go back to school.) Dont get me wrong, this has been the hardest time of my life. I'm moving away from the place I've lived for 15 years, Ive been grounded since they found the pills (no phone, no facebook, no internet other than when my parents are in the same room, can't leave my driveway, so no one even knows I'm leaving in two days, and am banned from ever speaking to my boyfriend again.) The support groups and counseling will help me with all of this too. Overall, this drug is not worth loosing everything you love, like your friends, and putting your life at risk. I hope my story helps and I think we should contuine communicating to help each other. If nothing else, please go to support groups or an addiction counselor. If you are wholeheartedly willing to end this, they will make sure you never have to see that "ugly person" or "hate" who you are ever again.

But, I honestly think we should give each other support as well thru email or here since were both newly sober and both trying N/A and counseling, if you decide to do it.