Does anyone here not take any meds? - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

Moontime · 09-06-2006, 11:53 AM

Nothing maybe an Ibuprofen when you have a headache?

Blake · 09-06-2006, 12:21 PM

Ibuprofen, excedrine and allieve only for me.....well actually I'll take some advil cold and sinus stuff when my sinuses are acting up and in the rare case of the flu, I take theraflu

Chance · 09-06-2006, 12:24 PM

Um I didn't take any medications until this happened

http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...right-now.html (I Need To Be Here Right Now)

it landed me in the hospital. Heck before that I wouldn't even take an aspirin.

Latte · 09-06-2006, 12:46 PM

I take an antidepressant because I HAVE too. I will be put on mood stablizers soon also as I have just been diagnosed Bi-Polar.

I should NOT take NSAIDS (Motrin etc.) but because of my addiction issues I find that when my pain goes over my fairly high threshold I have to take Aleve (Naproxen). I just finished kicking Percoset. I was using it as directed but I could feeling it getting out of control, so I quit and switched. My sobreity is more important than anything, because without it..I would have nothing.

This all goes back to being honest with yourself. I know that I can't take narcotic medications for any length of time or I will become addicted.

windysan · 09-06-2006, 12:53 PM

Ibupofen when I get a pain/ache. No opiates, no brain meds, no benzos, no pharmaceuticals.

dalin · 09-06-2006, 01:05 PM

for me,my doctor knows about my addiction.they really dont get alot of addiction training,but mine is a member of another fellowship.
i take my meds when i need them,and i have a military doctor who gives me what i need.i take ibuprofen as part of my meds every day ,so if i have a headache i will take acetomenifin,or however you spell it.

Smyle · 09-06-2006, 01:12 PM

no meds...just Ibuprofen...

Moontime · 09-06-2006, 01:14 PM

Dailin you have a PM

Moontime · 09-06-2006, 01:16 PM

thanks everyone!

lucyo · 09-09-2006, 06:42 PM

for me this is a program of complege abstinence from all mood and mind altering drugs. the basic text says it over and over.

when i first got out of rehab over 19 yrs ago, the psychiatrist prescribed me 3 some meds, i took them for a few weeks. it finally sunk in after reading the basic text, listening in meetings, that it was normal to feel how i was feeling (extreme emotional ups and downs), and that it would pass.

it passed

today i'll take some aspirin if i really need one, if i have to take cold medicine i'll take half the dose and take it at night before i go to bed... and not when i'm awake and out doing day to day stuff. i took interferon for 48 weeks, and take a diuretic and vitimins...

i still drink caffeine - coffee and cokes - even though i know technically its a 'drug', na wasn't founded by people trying to stop drinking coffee and i sure didn't come here to stop drinking coffee. doesn't mean i might not one day give it up - i gave up cigarettes at 2 1/2 yrs clean and nicorette gum at about 4 yrs clean.

godsonmyside · 09-09-2006, 08:38 PM

My doctors have a Basic Text!! I will take allieve for really bad moments when my back just gives out because of all the running around. I do take gliburide for diabities, and for 2 years after detox Topral, for my heart rate with was 100-140 beats/min.. Prayer , Meditation and sharing, I truely am amazed the amount of pain I can get through.

Peace,
Todd J.

windysan · 09-10-2006, 04:36 AM

I do drink beer every now and then. I think that might be a med.

Moontime · 09-10-2006, 05:58 AM

I remember coming into the rooms being devastated by the 9 year relationshp ending. I thought I was depressed, and I was. But my sponsor said "You work the 12-steps, you do NA service, and you stay clean. If you need help after that, we'll seek it." I've worked the NA 12 steps with my sponsor, I became of service and I'm clean today and I've never had to go on psychotropic drugs. I'm almost 2 years clean of nicotine. Caffiene I can't shake yet, but I never was close to being throwin in prison for caffiene and cigs.

**Peter** · 09-10-2006, 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by windysan

I do drink beer every now and then. I think that might be a med.

No windy, I do not think beer qualifies as medicine.At least not for people who are trying to stay clean.

Chance · 09-10-2006, 06:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peter

No windy, I do not think beer qualifies as medicine.At least not for people who are trying to stay clean.

yep there you go I have never heard of alcohol as a medication however there is alcohol in some medication. Also Peter I wanted to comment on your signature. Where is Says "We absolutely insist on enjoying life." That is right in the middle of that page of 132! It is 17 lines from the top and 17 lines from the bottom and two words on each margin. Hum must be a God thing.

Love Vic

windysan · 09-10-2006, 07:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peter

No windy, I do not think beer qualifies as medicine.At least not for people who are trying to stay clean.

Dang!! Does wonders for my kidneys though. Not much, maybe 2 or 3 on a weekend. Never had a booze problem. Usually drink it with boiled seafood. It is fattening and my post-opiate weight has become sort of a problem. Doc says I gotta lose 40lbs. I guess I'll have to part with the 2 or 3 brews per week.

I really hate chicken breasts.

aloneagainor · 09-10-2006, 08:01 AM

A few years ago I thought it might be a good idea to have a physical. I'd never had one. Talking with the doctor I mentioned this at the time 17-year long running pot smoking habit and an "interest" in psychedelics. In that short discussion she determined I had a problem with stress and offered prescription options to some psychotropic meds as an alternative to my drugs of choice. I left her office. WHY would a doctor prescribe psychotropic drugs to an addict addicted to psychotropic drugs. Oh yeah, the "Industry".

I'm still smoking some pot. And drink coffee in the morning. Otherwise, I grow my own organic food and live artificial chemical free, as is possible in this chemically laden world. Maybe if I dropped the pot I wouldn't be so freakin' paranoid, but maybe it's wise to be somewhat skeptical at least.

lucyo · 09-10-2006, 09:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aloneagainor

A few years ago I thought it might be a good idea to have a physical. I'd never had one. Talking with the doctor I mentioned this at the time 17-year long running pot smoking habit and an "interest" in psychedelics. In that short discussion she determined I had a problem with stress and offered prescription options to some psychotropic meds as an alternative to my drugs of choice. I left her office. WHY would a doctor prescribe psychotropic drugs to an addict addicted to psychotropic drugs. Oh yeah, the "Industry".

thats what they do, give out prescriptions - except for when we were wanting them then we had to be sneaky and manipulative. i guess you could say i have a slight resentment against the 'system or industry or doctors or pharmacy companies...' not the individuals taking all the psychiatric meds in narcotics anonymous. when i was first getting clean i was willing to do whatever anyone said, if they said it would help me. i figured doctors knew what they were talking about. they dont know **** about what we read in the basic text

from the basic text...
"The fact was that we could not successfully use any mind-altering or mood-changing substance. At times we were defensive about

09-06-2006, 11:53 AM	#1 (permalink)
Moontime Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Charlottesville, Va Posts: 623	Does anyone here not take any meds? Nothing maybe an Ibuprofen when you have a headache?
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09-06-2006, 12:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
Blake I'm an addict. Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hyde Park, NY Posts: 1,201	Ibuprofen, excedrine and allieve only for me.....well actually I'll take some advil cold and sinus stuff when my sinuses are acting up and in the rare case of the flu, I take theraflu
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09-06-2006, 12:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
Chance JUST DO IT!! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Here Or There Posts: 7,079	Um I didn't take any medications until this happened http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...right-now.html (I Need To Be Here Right Now) it landed me in the hospital. Heck before that I wouldn't even take an aspirin.
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09-06-2006, 01:14 PM	#8 (permalink)
Moontime Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Charlottesville, Va Posts: 623	Dailin you have a PM
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09-06-2006, 01:16 PM	#9 (permalink)
Moontime Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Charlottesville, Va Posts: 623	thanks everyone!
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09-06-2006, 12:46 PM	#4 (permalink)
Latte Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Palmer, AK Posts: 462	I take an antidepressant because I HAVE too. I will be put on mood stablizers soon also as I have just been diagnosed Bi-Polar. I should NOT take NSAIDS (Motrin etc.) but because of my addiction issues I find that when my pain goes over my fairly high threshold I have to take Aleve (Naproxen). I just finished kicking Percoset. I was using it as directed but I could feeling it getting out of control, so I quit and switched. My sobreity is more important than anything, because without it..I would have nothing. This all goes back to being honest with yourself. I know that I can't take narcotic medications for any length of time or I will become addicted.

09-06-2006, 12:53 PM	#5 (permalink)
windysan Large Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: La Posts: 2,893	Ibupofen when I get a pain/ache. No opiates, no brain meds, no benzos, no pharmaceuticals.

09-06-2006, 01:05 PM	#6 (permalink)
dalin Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Mississauga Ontario Posts: 274	for me,my doctor knows about my addiction.they really dont get alot of addiction training,but mine is a member of another fellowship. i take my meds when i need them,and i have a military doctor who gives me what i need.i take ibuprofen as part of my meds every day ,so if i have a headache i will take acetomenifin,or however you spell it.

09-06-2006, 01:12 PM	#7 (permalink)
Smyle Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Newfie-Land, Mo Posts: 1,623	no meds...just Ibuprofen...

09-09-2006, 06:42 PM	#10 (permalink)
lucyo Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: memphis tn Posts: 103	for me this is a program of complege abstinence from all mood and mind altering drugs. the basic text says it over and over. when i first got out of rehab over 19 yrs ago, the psychiatrist prescribed me 3 some meds, i took them for a few weeks. it finally sunk in after reading the basic text, listening in meetings, that it was normal to feel how i was feeling (extreme emotional ups and downs), and that it would pass. it passed today i'll take some aspirin if i really need one, if i have to take cold medicine i'll take half the dose and take it at night before i go to bed... and not when i'm awake and out doing day to day stuff. i took interferon for 48 weeks, and take a diuretic and vitimins... i still drink caffeine - coffee and cokes - even though i know technically its a 'drug', na wasn't founded by people trying to stop drinking coffee and i sure didn't come here to stop drinking coffee. doesn't mean i might not one day give it up - i gave up cigarettes at 2 1/2 yrs clean and nicorette gum at about 4 yrs clean.

09-09-2006, 08:38 PM	#11 (permalink)
godsonmyside Vision of Hope Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Living on This side of the green!! Posts: 1,062	My doctors have a Basic Text!! I will take allieve for really bad moments when my back just gives out because of all the running around. I do take gliburide for diabities, and for 2 years after detox Topral, for my heart rate with was 100-140 beats/min.. Prayer , Meditation and sharing, I truely am amazed the amount of pain I can get through. Peace, 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.

09-10-2006, 04:36 AM	#12 (permalink)
windysan Large Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: La Posts: 2,893	I do drink beer every now and then. I think that might be a med.

09-10-2006, 05:58 AM	#13 (permalink)
Moontime Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Charlottesville, Va Posts: 623	I remember coming into the rooms being devastated by the 9 year relationshp ending. I thought I was depressed, and I was. But my sponsor said "You work the 12-steps, you do NA service, and you stay clean. If you need help after that, we'll seek it." I've worked the NA 12 steps with my sponsor, I became of service and I'm clean today and I've never had to go on psychotropic drugs. I'm almost 2 years clean of nicotine. Caffiene I can't shake yet, but I never was close to being throwin in prison for caffiene and cigs.
	__________________ Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God. -Lenny Bruce

09-10-2006, 08:01 AM	#17 (permalink)
aloneagainor Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: The Big Woods Posts: 529	A few years ago I thought it might be a good idea to have a physical. I'd never had one. Talking with the doctor I mentioned this at the time 17-year long running pot smoking habit and an "interest" in psychedelics. In that short discussion she determined I had a problem with stress and offered prescription options to some psychotropic meds as an alternative to my drugs of choice. I left her office. WHY would a doctor prescribe psychotropic drugs to an addict addicted to psychotropic drugs. Oh yeah, the "Industry". I'm still smoking some pot. And drink coffee in the morning. Otherwise, I grow my own organic food and live artificial chemical free, as is possible in this chemically laden world. Maybe if I dropped the pot I wouldn't be so freakin' paranoid, but maybe it's wise to be somewhat skeptical at least.
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