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godsonmyside · 11-20-2004, 08:37 AM

I went through detox for opiates, when I was released my doctor gave me ultram, and in pain I took some, well for 8 hours I fought the desire to go and get something more. Needless to say that was the last time I took anythin other than tylonol or aleave.
To be honest my additude towards how I deal with pain has changed over time, I know I may feel extreme pain at times, but I do know and understand IT WILL PASS!! When I blew my back out in 2000 and needed surgery I progessed through every med known to man until I got to oxycontin because nothing really took the pain away, only made it feel better than it did, but the pain was still there, and than When the pain wasn't so bad the drugs helped withdrawl, so I learnded that it was a visous cycle of hell I was in.
We are ultimately responsable for our recovery, not our doctors.
Hang in there and I hope it gets better for you.
Todd J.

11-20-2004, 08:37 AM	#6 (permalink)
godsonmyside Vision of Hope Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Living on This side of the green!! Posts: 1,062	I went through detox for opiates, when I was released my doctor gave me ultram, and in pain I took some, well for 8 hours I fought the desire to go and get something more. Needless to say that was the last time I took anythin other than tylonol or aleave. To be honest my additude towards how I deal with pain has changed over time, I know I may feel extreme pain at times, but I do know and understand IT WILL PASS!! When I blew my back out in 2000 and needed surgery I progessed through every med known to man until I got to oxycontin because nothing really took the pain away, only made it feel better than it did, but the pain was still there, and than When the pain wasn't so bad the drugs helped withdrawl, so I learnded that it was a visous cycle of hell I was in. We are ultimately responsable for our recovery, not our doctors. Hang in there and I hope it gets better for you. Todd J. __________________ We get relief through the Twelve Steps which are essential to the recovery process, because they are a new, spiritual way of life that allows us to participate in our own recovery. We Do Recover Todd J.