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wes · 11-05-2009, 07:54 PM

thanks for the advice.i know i need to go to aa or somthing but my question is to you celestiale is how you just quit cold turkey? like today i had 15,yesterday it was 17..i wish i could do it cold but i wont be able to go to work.. if i just miss one day i can barley get out of bed.im a salesman and im on my feet all day i sit maybe 2 or 3 times a day and thats just a couple of min's. there's no way i can go cold,i do try.i dont take none with me to work so i wont take them,so i take 5 with me to work and take them about 8:15 every morn.and alot of the time ill call my wife and have her come down at lunch and bring me more.about 4 more.then when i get home i take 5 more thats at 5:00pm.like tonight it was six pill's.theres 15 today. and if i had it my way it would be more! someone helps me not to take to many thats about all i get a day. but see its worked up to that though out the years. it just used to be 2 a day,and that was it.i dont no.its so easy to get to were im at, and it seem's like no way back.it sounds so good to here you say that you have more energy and are back to your old self. deep down i know i would be too. starting tomorrow im not going to call at lunch and im going try not to take none when i get home either.thats going to be a big cut for me.see there's been times when ive only had 5 the whole day and by the next day ill start going in withdraws. not bad but bad enough that you dont want to be at work.only thing i know to do is cut down,a little at a time. and thats so hard for me b\c i have like no will power...sorry so long have not done this before and this is the first time that im telling the truth i guess. ive lied for so long to everyone and myself it just becomes part of life. thanks for hearing my problems. and if there's anything i can do for ya'll let me know.

thanks
wes

11-05-2009, 07:54 PM	#6 (permalink)
wes Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 6	thanks for the advice.i know i need to go to aa or somthing but my question is to you celestiale is how you just quit cold turkey? like today i had 15,yesterday it was 17..i wish i could do it cold but i wont be able to go to work.. if i just miss one day i can barley get out of bed.im a salesman and im on my feet all day i sit maybe 2 or 3 times a day and thats just a couple of min's. there's no way i can go cold,i do try.i dont take none with me to work so i wont take them,so i take 5 with me to work and take them about 8:15 every morn.and alot of the time ill call my wife and have her come down at lunch and bring me more.about 4 more.then when i get home i take 5 more thats at 5:00pm.like tonight it was six pill's.theres 15 today. and if i had it my way it would be more! someone helps me not to take to many thats about all i get a day. but see its worked up to that though out the years. it just used to be 2 a day,and that was it.i dont no.its so easy to get to were im at, and it seem's like no way back.it sounds so good to here you say that you have more energy and are back to your old self. deep down i know i would be too. starting tomorrow im not going to call at lunch and im going try not to take none when i get home either.thats going to be a big cut for me.see there's been times when ive only had 5 the whole day and by the next day ill start going in withdraws. not bad but bad enough that you dont want to be at work.only thing i know to do is cut down,a little at a time. and thats so hard for me b\c i have like no will power...sorry so long have not done this before and this is the first time that im telling the truth i guess. ive lied for so long to everyone and myself it just becomes part of life. thanks for hearing my problems. and if there's anything i can do for ya'll let me know. thanks wes