[sickofpills]

Hi ....My husband has been taking 15 Vicoden for the last 2 years ....that I know of...He would go to the doctor every 10 days and get 45 HP's....eat all of those and then buy them wherever he could find them....Took me awhile to figure out how bad the problem was...Would say he was gonna stop and would always want me to wean him off of them...but when he would get the script I would never see them....Finally Monday morning him or I couldn't take it anymore.. I told him rehab or his family....So I set everything up with work and the rehab center and off he went. I couldn't talk to him for 48 hours I checked on him with the nurses they assured me he was fine just normal withdrawl syptoms..When I finally spoke with him and said he felt good he was getting suboxone([?])But this afternoon he said he didn't have any meds and felt like sh**. I guess my question is what is gonna happen next? Has anyone gone through this that could help me with the million questions that I have???? I'm SO glad that he is there but the crying is upsetting me so much[V] I know I can't have my cake and eat it too!!!! So any feedback would be helpful Thanks and sorry I wrote a book!!!

[Cats Meow]

Don't worry, he's not in pain, SubO takes away his cravings, and he will not go into withdrawal, his problem is he's missing his euphoria, he has to learn to live without it. The pain he has is in his mind, it's not really real, it's probably just a bad attitude and looking for sympathy, now is not the time to give him any, it won't be of any help, so go against your instinct and save your empathy. Remember to stand your ground re your ultimatum, try and get him, and you too, to focus down the near distant road on the future. Congratulate him on his progress, he made an excellent choice, many addicts choose the drugs over family.
Many members here know where you and he are at, and will support you and help however we can, so ask all the questions you want.
Don't let him slip up when he gets home, remind him what he's going to lose, and try and reward him with a special dinner or something for his success. You be strong!
-Cats

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[sickofpills]

Thanks Cat!!! Ok so even if he stays there for 2 weeks my battle isn't over? He will still want to have them? He says he will never touch one of those things again..Do I believe him? I tell him everytime I talk to him how proud I am of him...And I really am....It was such a awful thing when he had none..He would make me and our kids a wreck. He was mean and nasty.. Even though I know he loves us How can something get ahold of you that you can't let go? So now when he goes back to work...where that's where he can buy them at do I give him no money until I can trust him or do you think that he really wanted to quit taking them and won't touch them again...Or is this just another one of his broken promises?Thanks

[Cats Meow]

After two weeks he won't have any physical cravings, and he shouldn't have the mental cravings, those are the ones he'll have to fight harder against. I can't answer whether he'll want them ever again, sometimes he might get the urge to take one, for old times sake, to relive the euphoric experience, even if he slips up a time or two it won't get him hooked, but if he slips it should be treated as a problem. Once he's clean, you should believe him, he deserves to be treated so, don't be suspicious, but always keep a look out, temptations the devil. If he didn't want to quit he wouldn't have gone through this program, he's a good man for doing it, give him your trust, but keep a subtle watchful eye. His treatment doctor may keep him on the Sub-oxone for awhile, so that'll cancel out any drugs should he take them. He should be learning coping skills against temptation.

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