| Sorry to hear you and your family going through this with your Husband. Like Sugah said, he's the only one who can say truly how much his wanting the pills is for genuine pain and how much is addiction.
From what you have described, he sounds like he's addicted. I am in Recovery for opiate pain pills. I seriously abused them for 25 years. I have 3 years and 8 months in Recovery and I deal with chronic pain issues on a day to day basis. I noticed he's on Naprosyn, I am too. Funny, when I was using, I never even bothered to fill any Rx's for Naprosyn, if something didn't have the little red "may cause drowsiness" label on it, I didn't even bother. Even if it were for genuine pain, I had myself convinced that it wasn't going to help me. My frame of mind was if it didn't get me high, it wouldn't help with any pain. Boy, was I ever wrong.
I hope you stick to your guns about financially cutting him off. DO NOT under any circumstances let him drive anywhere with your kids in the car. I have a dear friend who's husband would fall asleep smoking when he was high and has burnt holes all over the furniture and carpet. She actually slept with a fire extinguisher for this reason. I'm not saying that as a suggestion, just that there are many others on here who can relate to what you are going through. You said you post in the friends and family of substance abusers forum?
Only you can decide when enough is enough. I hope for the safety of you and your kids, you do something soon. Not only is he endangering his own health, he's endangering everyone in the house everytime he lights a cigarette, cooks, . . . . I'll keep you all in my Prayers.
Judy
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7/25/05 |