Feedback from Vicoden and/or Oxycontin addicts please?

[queenteree]

I looked this up on the internet, but nothing is better than first hand knowledge cause we all know nothing is textbook. Any feedback you can give me is appreciated. I know I can't help the person right now, but I would like to know what's in store for them/me. Thanks.

[jbit]

Originally Posted by queenteree

I looked this up on the internet, but nothing is better than first hand knowledge cause we all know nothing is textbook. Any feedback you can give me is appreciated. I know I can't help the person right now, but I would like to know what's in store for them/me. Thanks.

ummmm ... Your request is vague. What in particular would you like to know?

[queenteree]

I would just like to know I guess how you got hooked on them, how the addiction progressed, just anything in general you can tell me. My husband is a recovering alcoholic, and while he was active in his disease, and as he spiraled downward, I knew all the traits, the lies, manipulation, I knew alot about the disease of alcoholism. But a close friend of mine seems to be addicted to vicoden, yet says she doesn't do anything, I see lies, manipulation, she's totally not the same person and feel her bottom is near, yet I don't even know if she is addicted to this stuff. Thanks.

[Sugah]

I've been addicted to many different things, queentree. I can totally relate to the things you saw in your husband. It didn't matter what I was using, the behaviors were the same.

However! My last "run" was mainly on opiates. I had been prescribed numerous times Vicodan in the years preceding a serious injury, but it never topped my list, as other things seemed more "social" to me (i.e., cocaine). After the injury, I was prescribed oxycontin. At that point, my favored drug became opiates. Within two weeks, I was exceeding the recommended dosage and trying to hide it from everyone.

I got more sympathy from others as a pill-form opiate addict. This is the "however" part. I had a perfect defense to anyone expressing concern: I need them for pain, and besides, if my doctor didn't think I needed something this strong, he wouldn't prescribe them. It wasn't long before I was supplementing 'scripts with street purchases....but I still had the defense.

Does that get you any closer to an understanding? It's a long story, but I've given it to you in a nutshell. Btw, at my bottom, I was regularly overdosing, each time using my pain as a defense to others and to keep myself in denial.

Peace & Love,
Sugah

[ccgirl]

As a recovering addict, I can honestly say I'm not sure how it all started. Accidently I suppose. I would be given Vicoden here and there for legitimate reasons, then I needed it more long term for something, then bam! Addicted.

And once you're in, you're in. At first, you like the feeling. But, by the end, you just keep using to keep withdrawals at bay, because they suck.

But, honestly, I think any kind of addiction kind of sneaks up on you. If you're predisposed to it, you will become addicted. My husband had to take pain pills when he broke his back for 6 weeks. He didn't even finish the bottle and flushed them. He just didn't have the urge to keep taking them. It's really hard to explain. It's a sneaky, sly disease.

[baggervance]

I was given vicoden for an elbow injury took them right for awhile and started working for a Doc. re -doing his vacation house I might as well had his perscripion pad.I started buying off street and taking what ever I could get.As ccgirl said I wanted to stop so bad but kept using to keep withdrawals away.when I did stop I hurt so bad I turned to my old freind alcohol to numb my pain.Thanks alcohol you put me into blackout out then sent me tumbling into hell.

[TONYTEXAS]

Everyone Pretty Much Covered It But I Thought I Would Share As Well. Im A Straight Opiate/heroin Addict. But Since I Made It In The Rooms On My Own I Havent Found It Neccessary To Use.

Anyway It Started Out For Me To Feel Good, Escape, Be A Part Of, Talk To Anyone, And Not Care. Tolerance Progress' And More Is Needed To Get That Feeling. Its Like Trying To Get That First Feeling Which Never Will Happen. I Really Dont Even Remember Getting High, Just Recall Using To Feel Normal And Not Extremely Sick. Hope This Helps. Said A Prayer For Ya!

[emmer]

Never had a Vicoden and/or Oxycontin addiction but I did have a 350ml-400ml daily codeine addiction.
I can't remember why I took them in the first place, too many years have gone by.
However I took them many times to try to escape whatever was going on.
And I hated the notion that I was addicted to them.....but I was.

[butterflylover]

I started taking Lortab (Vicoden) recreationally. Then I had a HUGE breakdown due to some childhood memories. So, I noticed when I took them I didn't obsess anymore. I could do anything: clean, socialize, etc..I planned everything around them. If I didn't have them, I was a blob on the couch crying. Back to being depressed on TOP of withdrawing. It just sucks. I'm still working on quitting. The hubby has given me an ultimatum. And I love him more than pills. But it's SO freakin' hard to stop. But, I'm gonna do it come hell or high water. I told him "Now, you know I'm going to be b*tchy, whiny, crying, mean, sick, lazy, and all the other things that go along with w/d's". And he said "I know but I'll be there for you". He's such a great husband. He said he could do what they did to Johnny Cash and lock me in a room for a few days as I w/d. It's not funny but it would suck for me to be in a room but it would be a lot better for my hubby, lol.

My prayers go out to the one's that have quit and to the one's who are trying.

God Bless