When I quit using I couldn't work

[NOTLAZY]

I need somebody's HELP!!! I have been on lorcet for two years and QUIT once but when I did I felt so not interested in working at my job. I have a home office sales job so I don't have a boss down my neck. I had no interest in working and no DRIVE in my Job. I quit for a few weeks and couldn't get the drive back so I went back on. How do I feel better about myself and get to work and get off this stuff for good? I have been trying to use caffeine in place of Lorcet but of course it doesn't work. Lorcet or Lortab gives me the drive to get out there and do something but in the long run I am no where near the work attitude I used to be.

Am I normal and will I ever get off this drug?

[NOTLAZY]

Why is no one replying to me? I am very confused and need help.

[True Blue]

Hello NOTLAZY,

Know what you mean about not wanting to do anything with out your pills. That is how it was for me in the begining. But after you are off of the pills for a while your energy level will come back. You will find that you will able to get a lot more done and not have 5 or 6 things going on at the same time. You will be able to start and finish a single task with such ease and peace.
Wish you the best of luck. By the way, Hi I am janet and i am a drug addict. Lortab was my drug of choice also. I wish you the best on your road to recovery.

[51anna]

Hi NotLazy, good to hear from you. I'm sure that if you hang in there you will find that your energy level returns. As Janet said, it will take some time for your body to readjust to being without the drug. If you can be patient, it will pay off. Meantime, make sure you do basic stuff, like eat well, take vitamins, exercise, try to get rest. And, keep posting and reading stuff here. There's lots of information on this board!

Love, Anna

[Laci]

Hi NotLazy & welcome to SR.

Are you normal and will you ever get off this drug? You are making the right step in being here and asking for help. I asked myself the same questions and I never felt I would be able to stop taking the Loritab and drinking. Would I ever be normal again? Probably not as years of abuse has changed me in many ways. How can I be normal when I spent so much time being caught in my disease & abusing my mind and body. However, through NA/AA I am recovering a day at a time. It was up to me and only me to make the choice of quitting alcohol and drugs. How I got off the alcohol/drugs was the realization that I had a problem with addiction. My life was unmanagable and I either could go on using until I died or I could gather my strength (what little of it was left) and make a decision to stop using and live my life sober. I am doing exactly that right now and life is very good. I could not do anything without my drugs/alcohol either. I needed it to go to work, go to the grocery store, go to social gatherings, even to take the dog to the vet. I quit my very good job as it was interfering with my addiction. Hey, I didn't have time to work, no way...I wanted to be left alone to use. That is no way to live and I hit a bottom that was the end of the road for me. My wake up call came when I accepted I had a problem, put down the drink and drugs and started reaching out for help, going to meetings and talking to others who shared the same goal as I...to stay sober/straight and to learn how to have a good life...one that I deserve much like all of us do. But only you can make that decision and if you want to be drug free, you have certainly found the right place. You don't have to take drugs anymore to exist...to get your job done. You do have to fight through the withdrawl of the Loritab and that may take awhile. It is a very powerful drug. Took me two months to finally get over the withdrawl and I felt like doing nothing at all during that time. You have to want to be willing enough to go to any lengths to stop taking Loritab. And if that takes feeling no energy, feeling sick and frustrated, then it has to be. The feeling won't last forever and you must remind yourself of this. If you have to push yourself to get your work done even if you can't concentrate then you must do so but at the same time you need to take things very slowly and not be hard on you. Withdraw if just another symptom of our disease of addiction. There are so many.

Perhaps you should also consult with your doctor and be honest with him/her about this problem. There are things that your doctor can do to help you withdraw. Again, it is a matter of wanting it enough to go through the discomfort of not having it.

I wish you the best and I do hope you will come back here and keep posting, letting us know how you are. We do care.

Love,
Laci