I am so happy I found your group. I just got out of rehab on tuesday. I was in a wonderful place, I was abusing prescribtion pain meds, Vicodin and percocet. I am currently clean for 24 days. While I was in treatment I gained alot of weight. Well I got some adipex-p from the doctor to help me lose weight.
My question is this: Would taking those be considered as using drugs? This has me so worried. I thank god I found this site, you are all such a blessing to me.
Thank you honey for replyong to my email. Your right I think I will just wait. Can you tell me how I go about finding a sponser? Do I just go into a meeting and find someone? My therapist said try to find a woman, same sex is the best he said, and they should have at least 5 years clean. What state do you live in?
Have you been to a meeting yet? When looking for a sponsor, I attend local meetings and look for a woman who has some clean time, is working the steps, and is mellow/stable/spiritual.
There is a pamphlet about sponsorship, too, that will give more information. It is "IP#11 Sponsorship, Revised" and can be downloaded at http://www.na.org/ips/eng/index.htm
hey gail , congrats on your clean time , it truely is a MIP . i too have a problem with scripts, one thing i learned while scamming drs. was. weight loss aids meant appitite supression.and usually that means amphedimines, speed on the street. have you been honest about your addiction to your dr ? i found that even honesty wont help. drs think ANYTHING including addictions can be cured with drugs.. for me speed it on a no no list. along with depressants, opiates, barbituates ect ect ect..im a very free thinking and open addict,whatever i could get was fine. good luck to you. hugss and keep coming back , anthonyg
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Day 40 for me. I'm an oxycontin addict. You are in the right place. I had to respond because I needed to share a thought I had about what you said. For me, the act of taking a pill symbolized solving the problem. But the real problem was that it CREATED the problem. I know weight loss is hard, but pills will no longer solve it for me. OK, I may not get hooked to this one, but I need to remember that pills DO NOT solve my problems. That's hard, but I tell myself not to run to pills. I've been in rehab for the same stuff (vics, percs) a long time ago and I know that at day 24, all I could do was get to day 25. I know it's repetitive but...one day at a time. I'm just as new to recovery as you, but you don't need to take the pill. Before I got hooked on oxy, I tried a diet I had never done before (and I have been on them aaalll...)...it's called eating right and exercising....EXERCISING. Guess what? It worked. I finally got it that there was noooo way around working out (or trust me, I would have found it) But that's not it right now. Right now is day 25, 26, 27... If you feel strong enough, start with a short walk (whatever you can do cuz on my day 25 I was still having withdrawals). Swimming worked for me cuz my body hurt less in the water. Just small things, for you, just for you. I'm not one to give advice, but I know where you are and I'm with you. Just do today. The rest will come when you can. The mere fact that you are sober makes you BEAUTIFUL. Keep going!
. i too have a problem with scripts, one thing i learned while scamming drs. was. weight loss aids meant appitite supression.and usually that means amphedimines, speed on the street. have you been honest about your addiction to your dr ? i found that even honesty wont help. drs think ANYTHING including addictions can be cured with drugs.. for me speed it on a no no list. along with depressants, opiates, barbituates ect ect ect..im a very free thinking and open addict,whatever i could get was fine. good luck to you. hugss and keep coming back , anthonyg 
