Has anyone heard of the rapid detox progran in Fla.? I found it the same day I found this site. It has been on Dr. Phil, Rickie Lake and lots of news programs. The idea is to detox while you are under and then the Dr. does brainscans to see chemical problems in your brain. They tell me they have a huge sucess rate. I am a very bad pain pill addict and can't seem to get off the shit. It is ruining my life. I have been taking them 4 over 20 years and every time I try to quit I can't seem to do it. It is the worst feeling. I have isolated myself so long I seem to like it but the financial aspect is taking everything and my family and the few friends I do have say I am not the same person. I don't know what to do anymore.
NO i never heard of that. I do know many people, myself included who went through painful detox to get off drugs and then joined Narcotics Anonymous to stay off. Have you tried NA? There are people there who can steer you to good detox centers in your area, and then provide you with the support you need to stay off. I feel for you, I really do, but I'm not sure that there is an easy way to do this. The only thing to remember is that it is totally worth it. There is a life for you beyond your wildest dreams. You never have to use drugs again.
Thanks 4 your response. I did find a meeting a couple years ago but only 1 and it is not in my city. I really desperatly need to do something and deep down I am scared to death about losing my best friend( the only thing I can be sure will always be the same) but is my complete worst horror nitemare that keeps me stagnet at best. I think there is an online meeting now that I am going to look for. All the best to u my friend.
Hi there, what u wrote is exactly me also. I am stuck & can't seem to get out of this awful pill addiction. My life is sooo controled by these pills that i don't even know who i am anymore. I am so embarressed that my life has come to this. I found my mom dead last December 14th/09 & have used more than i have ever used in my life & its only getting worse. Also, not a sole knows about my addiction as im single & can hide it so very easily. I need help. I don't want to live like this. I don't want to die & im so affraid if i don't quit that i will. My body doesn't feel the same anymore, and my mind is all over the place repeating the same things in my head every night. (i'll get up in the morning and not use til a later time every day, but this never happens. I use & the whole vicious circle starts all over again for another day) Thanks for listening
Hi there, what u wrote is exactly me also. I am stuck & can't seem to get out of this awful pill addiction. My life is sooo controled by these pills that i don't even know who i am anymore. I am so embarressed that my life has come to this. I found my mom dead last December 14th/09 & have used more than i have ever used in my life & its only getting worse. Also, not a sole knows about my addiction as im single & can hide it so very easily. I need help. I don't want to live like this. I don't want to die & im so affraid if i don't quit that i will. My body doesn't feel the same anymore, and my mind is all over the place repeating the same things in my head every night. (i'll get up in the morning and not use til a later time every day, but this never happens. I use & the whole vicious circle starts all over again for another day) Thanks for listening
Keep Coming Back and find and go to a live in person NA meeting! 90 meetings in 90 days. NA can set you free from the bonds of addiction if you're willing to let it.
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As addicts we learn through our pain, so I'm with Avid on this one, a inpatient detox is a good place to start. It would be a good idea to go to NA meetings and connect with other addicts while you are waiting for a bed to become available......
Hi Jayne. I am so very sorry to hear about your mother. I lost my dad on memorial day and had a terrible premonition before it happened of impending doom. I thought it pertained to my son because he was a new driver but it ended up being mt father. It would sound pretty crazy if I told you the whole story but I will tell you that he was heavily into conpiracy theories and was even flaged by the FBI. The point is that while I didn't find him on the road where he had the accident that made no sense and the corroner said if he didn't do an autopsy it would haunt him 4ever...I know how it feels when it eats at you because you lose your parent. I have only found 1 person who has ever told me they had the same addiction and I have been dying to talk to someone who could relate. I just got a very important call and am going to come back and finish this msg latter but hang in there dear. I pray 4 all of us and want to tell you of some things I did learn about at an NA meeting. People do get better!
I have only found 1 person who has ever told me they had the same addiction and I have been dying to talk to someone who could relate. I just got a very important call and am going to come back and finish this msg latter but hang in there dear. I pray 4 all of us and want to tell you of some things I did learn about at an NA meeting. People do get better!
Yup, thar B tens of thousands of us addicts around the World Clean one day at a time as living testamont, NA Works If you Work It! Don't get caught up in the what or how much you used, NA is about Recovery from the disease of addiction, not a specific drug or drugs. It doesn't matter what or how much you used, only what you want to do about your problem and how we can help.
The Miracle Happens, we never have to use again if we don't want to, we have a choice. And for me, having a choice, a choice not to use, is indeed a Miracle.
-- Edited by Mike M on Wednesday 22nd of December 2010 04:47:27 PM
-- Edited by Mike M on Wednesday 22nd of December 2010 04:48:35 PM
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Hi Mike. It isn't the trying to prove who does what. The whole thimg I am looking for and it sounds like what she is looking for is the physical life threatning withdrawal aspects of quiting and what I was going to tell Jayne was how a nurse with our addiction gave me tips on heating pads and herbal tea etc. I have friends who are addicted to other drugs and the initial stoping is not at all the same physically which is why I threw out the question on that rapid business. I amlooking for people to give me tips on how to function during this process. Once off then ya I agree with all the rest but it's the pure hell of this physically geting rid of using. I have done other drugs years past and although I liked having my coke it was never ever as horrific as trying to get this out of my body. I make it about 2 days and by the 3rd I can't stand it. Is there an NA place that can lock us in and wean us down cause I keep hearing that is the key but I never have the willpower 2 do that.
Hi Jayne. A while back a nurse who got hooked working for and faking precriptions with the dentist she worked for told me she had been very heavy into them and gave some advice: which was of course to go to lots of meeitngs but she also told of some of what happened to her as she quit. Some people thinks it is best not to talk about other peoples symptoms so that you don't create them in yourself if you weren't ever going to get them to begin with. I will tell you that she recommended to wean down if possible and drink as much fluid as you can take. She said to get a heating pad and put it on your chest along with lots of blankets to sweat as much as you can. Lots of baths and herbal tea. She had reasons and I can always tell u more but I am working on it myself. I found it very interesting that she also said her sister called her a few years latter and had a heroine problem and needed help. The nurse at first said she knew nothing about it but then called her sis back when she realized that was exactly what the pills were. She did the same things with her sis ter and they are both doing well last I heard. At the time I meet her she didn't know if she was going to stay around here but I was more encouraged by her sucess than any of the other types of addictions. That may be wrong in some peoples eyes but in the begining anything to open my eyes.
I got it. While I cold turkied heroin and it was 4 days of pure hell as I remember from over three decades ago (overseas rather pure stuff at that) I understand some pharm' drugs can be worse. No, NA as such does not provide detox and/or associated medical services. A detox center may be the way to go to get the intial kick done.
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As always thanks Mike. You are always a very positive force here and make me feel welcome especially when you recomend going whether you have used or not but have the desire to quit. I really love to know that people who have gone through exactly the same thing can stay clean. I am still at the stage of wanting to know that it really is possible that people who used more than me were able toi do so. All the best friend!
Wow. What did you do? Loc k yourself in? That's the thing like I get down on what I am taking and turn down buying them and then run out and then end up with something stronger. I am going to decide 4 sure begining of January whether to check in or just tell my son to stay at college. I feel like a dam fool because I know that is weak to carry on so but it is time and everything so far has failed.
Wish somebody could just wave the magic wand and fix me hence the idea of a little pill from the dr. no big deal just medicine right>?> Sorry people having a little crazy spell right now. Just so darn frustrating! Peace and blessings to all.
Mike I just wanted to let you know you did it again...something in my crazy mind just clicked again. That's exactly what kind of story I was looking for because of the reasons I told u. Something in my head just clicked again. I was pretty sure I was going to go and spend every dime I had to go to that detox deal but the simple paragraph u just sent makes me know I have to try harder..a lot harder at home. If you can come off a habit like that (what you explained) and stay off this long then there is no reason I can't take what you guys are offering and do it too.I pray I pray I pray. Thanks Mike. Means a lot.
