Overcoming the addiction of Oxycontins
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Overcoming the addiction of Oxycontins
For a year now i have been taking oxycontins 80mg to relieve stress...not realyzing how addicting the narcotic really is...The sad thing about this is in november of 05' when i started i started with a good friend if mine who injected the drug into their body ...he told me i would like the high...he had asthma. A week later that friend of mine died by complications of the asthma and injecting oxy contins.and i still had the addiction and couldnt quit. A year later i went to north dakota trying to quit cold turkey ....not realizing how much pain i was in when i was there i ended up flying back to ny to be with family and ended up telling my family my problem. I was admitted in to ER and from there i was encouraged to take a counceling program.
hi daisydanielle,
yes you can overcome oxy addiction and i'm very sorry for the loss of your friend. i'm a recovering addict and i am being treated with oxy presently for pain from recent surgery, and herniated discs in my neck. i take significantly less of a dose than you do (20mgs a day), but i'm seeing a pain mgmt doctor to help get me off the meds so i wont feel the withdrawl.
have you already detox'd from the meds? if so, will your family support you in going to a drug treament center? also, aa and na meetings will offer you a lot of support. in my situation i couldnt have quit any of the drugs without support, and went to treatment and na meetings to stay clean.
there is a lot of good support here, its good that you posted, keep it up.
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yes you can overcome oxy addiction and i'm very sorry for the loss of your friend. i'm a recovering addict and i am being treated with oxy presently for pain from recent surgery, and herniated discs in my neck. i take significantly less of a dose than you do (20mgs a day), but i'm seeing a pain mgmt doctor to help get me off the meds so i wont feel the withdrawl.
have you already detox'd from the meds? if so, will your family support you in going to a drug treament center? also, aa and na meetings will offer you a lot of support. in my situation i couldnt have quit any of the drugs without support, and went to treatment and na meetings to stay clean.
there is a lot of good support here, its good that you posted, keep it up.
xo
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hello...yes i am going through with drawals now...the doctor is going try and put me on a syboxin to get over my cravings. did you used to have an oxy problem before you started taking them from your ruptured discs?
thanks for the reply
danielle
thanks for the reply
danielle
yes, i had a problem with opiate and benzo pills along with a plethora of other drugs. basically whatever made me feel good, i used it till i found something better. then everything went downhill and i got clean.
i've gone thru opiate withdrawl, and know how painful it is. i was never treated with suboxone so i dont have any experience with it, but i know a lot of people that post here do have experience with it, and will answer any questions you have about it.
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i've gone thru opiate withdrawl, and know how painful it is. i was never treated with suboxone so i dont have any experience with it, but i know a lot of people that post here do have experience with it, and will answer any questions you have about it.
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Danielle, I am on Suboxone, I have been since May after detoxing from methadone. I have had back surgeries so there is chronic pain. I have no cravings, I take my suboxone daily as per my doctors orders attend group, meetings, and read and post here daily it has helped me tremendously, and for that I am truely grateful.
There are others who care if only we reach out.
There are others who care if only we reach out.
people can absolutely recover from oxy use. i quit a 6 year heroin, oxy, and benzo habit cold turkey. it was pain and suffering and i remember it every day. its been nearly 11 months for me now. God can do anything if a person has enough faith and willingness.
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