Is This Really Recovery?
My AH just completed inpatient treatment(21 days). He was not only going off of alcohol, but Oxycodone as well. He has chronic back pain, but the medication taking had gotten out of control because he was using it with the alcohol. One week out of treatment, and he has gone back to his dr and requested more Oxy. He told me in treatment that he was done with those "****** pills", and he was going to do WHATEVER he had to in order to take care of his back w/o using narcotics. He as well as I know that taking these meds can be dangerous in sobriety. Now he is telling me that he is only taking one pill per day instead of the 3 that he was taking before he went into treatment.
I am scared to death of what this may lead to. He is going to LOTS of meetings, and he has a great sponsor who he connects with. And he is talking all about his "recovery", but I'm really beginning to think this isn't recovery if he is taking these pills all over again. Am I wrong? Can he take these meds and still be "recovered", or is he just fooling himself? His treatment was pretty much centered around his alcohol useage over the pill taking. He continues to deny abusing the meds, but to me...using them with alcohol is abuse. I know for certain he has not had a drink. I am proud of him for that, but I am really finding it hard to be supportive knowing that he's taking these meds again. The drinking increased GREATLY when he injured his back and starting taking these meds. I'm so worried that we are headed back to that awful place of addiction again.