Hi everybody. I am reaching out. I have been taking Oxycontin for about a year. I was taking it as prescribed for a portion of that time but now my tolerance has develped and I am taking more than prescribed. The pain is legitimate, but so is the drug dependency. It is beginning to run my life and I do not want that at all. It is the first thing I think about when I wake up in the morning and I hardly able to function without some in my system. My supply will be gone in about a week and I have decided that I really need to get off of this stuff. I think I would rather live with the pain than have this stuff controlling my life. I used to love it, now I am begining to really resent it. It is robbing me of freedom.
I am afraid of the withdrawals I will experience. I have been taking about 80 mg Oxycontin per day. Is there anything you guys can say that would help me out. Anything you can recommend to reduce the withdrawal symptoms. I am really scared. I know the physical withdrawal will be over in a week or so, but I also know that the fatigue can last for months. I do not want to be tired all the time. That is primarily why I have not come off of it in the past.
Hi Cathy, may I ask if you're thinking about attending NA meetings? Or have you already been? I guess we're sorta in the same boat right now and I've been thinking of going to NA but I guess I'm a bit.......unsure about them.
I used to freak out and panic and cry when I would run out and couldn't find more. I'm better now though, I'm not crazy about it like I used to be. The difference is that before I never wanted to stop but now I do. The thing that bothers me the most is that I've lost interest in everything that meant so much to me.
I'd love to hear more of your progress and the steps your'e taking to recover.
Hi my Name is Marc N I'm an addict. I have been clean over 4yrs, n it's been my experience that these things will help: Prayer, NA, n Faith in a Higher Power. I have been a Heroin addict, Alcoholic, Coke Head, n a Prescription Junkie. I have had some of the worst detoxes known to man n when I brought GOD (my higher power) into the picture my life began to change. The easiest detox I ever had was when I finnally surrendered n let him into my life. Today God this program n my willingness to change have actually given me a life worth living.
I know NA and AA are different, but they're both about helping and learning and sharing and recovering. I found the "Big book" and it turned out to help me a lot. I suggest you read it and apply it in any way possible to your addiction.
My second suggestion is a book called "A Gentle Path Through the Twelve Steps" by Patrick Carnes, Ph.D.
Remember, to make sobriety your way of life, you must be rigorously honest, always be honest.
I'm always here to help if you ever want to talk.
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"Sobriety will be a bitch, but you must love and cradle her. She will help you through and protect you from those harsh, dark realities you used to be familiar with" -Dope Sick Love
"Sobriety will be a bitch, but you must love and cradle her. She will help you through and protect you from those harsh, dark realities you used to be familiar with" -Dope Sick Love
