[jazpoppy]

MROBI;

First, make sure you have a physician who is compassionate and willing to work with you. If you already have one, great, then be honest about what you were on, why you were on them, and why you got off of them. If you really feel that your pain is complicating everything you do in life, tell you doctor this. He or she will then work with you openly and honestly on a plan that can work for you. It may go slow at first, the doctor may not feel comfortable with putting you on narcotics if you were abusing them before, you may have to start with other alternatives, give these alternatives a chance. If they REALLY don't help at all and you get very little to no relief, then be honest and see what the doctor can come up with next. You and your doctor will soon find out if you NEED narcotics to manage your type of pain, or if you can benefit from alternatives. Be honest with yourself, do you want to be buzzed or high, or do you want to have your pain relieved? Anyone that takes narcotics from their doctor and gets buzzed or high all the time is not benefitting from them theraputically. If you take them and your pain goes away, and after the first 3 days or so you feel "normal" you should also feel satisfied with having less pain. If you don't feel satisfied and have "cravings" for a buzz, then you should discuss this with your doctor and get more active in NA, and possibly go to a rehab program while working on your pain without the use of narcotics first, not saying that you will never be able to take narcotics for pain again, only to get clean first, get some clean time, and if you can function well with non-narcotic therapies, re-examine your reasons for wanting or needing narcotics in the first place. I wish you the best. I am NOT a doctor so I do not know if your pain requires narcotics for relief or not, you should never be deprived of the level of pain relief that you need. Good luck.

God Bless;

Jaz