Drugs.com Twitter

Go Back   Drugs.com > General Discussion Boards > Featured Conditions
Forgotten Password?

Featured Conditions We welcome you to share your experiences. Current Topics: Painkiller Addiction, Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Depression...

  #1 (permalink)  
Old 05-04-2009, 07:19 PM
New Member
 
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 1
Default wife needing help

hi im after a bit of advise even though i think i already no the answer my husband has been taking alot of over the counter medicines such as dehydracodeine paracetamol nytol etc etc also a lot of prescription medication {thats not even his } such as lyrica dulopedine oxycotine etc etc hes been taking this for a very long time and recently overdosed and was in a coma for 5 days the doctors thought he was going to die and i had to go threw the heart wrenching ordeal of taking my 5 children in to the hospital to say there good byes to daddy on the doctors advise well he ended up comming home its a miracle so the doctors say 2 days after comming home i caught him taking more pills and confronted him and threw him out i took him back as he promised he would stop doing it but i think hes back up to his old tricks again ive found a couple of empty packets and of course he denys it but hes been acting weired slow reactions slurring his words nodding of to sleep talking like hes got a fat toungue i just dont no what to do need some advice thanks malone confused:
Reply With Quote
  #2 (permalink)  
Old 05-07-2009, 11:26 AM
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 668
Default

If he knows using is not an option while living in your home then drug test him whenever you are suspicious and stick to your guns. I would suggest some sort of recovery program such as NA, I don't know where you live but you can go to the site below and search for meetings by your address.

http://portaltools.na.org/portaltools/MeetingLoc/
__________________
"I didn't cause it, I can't cure it, and I can't control it."
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are Off



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:12 PM.


Powered by vBulletin®
Copyright ©2000 - 2012, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
SEO by vBSEO ©2011, Crawlability, Inc.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22