Pain pills
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Pain pills
I think I'm hooked....every two weeks(when I get paid) I spend $70 or so for about 24 percocet. I then pop them and drink any sort of alcohol. I usually do about three or four a night. I also am on anti-depressant meds(divorce/grandmothers death) so this is where o turned. I'm getting scared I can't stop. I took two and drank a beer before work for the first time last fri. Any sort of help or direction is greatly welcome. Oh I'm 25 own house car etc. Again thank you
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Hi Scuba Steve.
Welcome to SR - I'm not familiar with pain pills, but you'll find a lot of support advice and encouragement here
You may also want to check out our substance abuse forum
Substance Abuse - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information
Hope to see you around some more
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Welcome to SR - I'm not familiar with pain pills, but you'll find a lot of support advice and encouragement here
You may also want to check out our substance abuse forum
Substance Abuse - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information
Hope to see you around some more
D
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: South Australia
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Hi Steve,
I too am a painkiller addict.
There are many ways to tackle our addiction.
Number one, you should come clean with your doctor and ask for help, that's what I did.
You're not taking [in my opinion] a massive amount so you should be able to get off of them fairly quickly if you are committed to getting sober.
You have so many options, from cold turkey, to drug replacements, to rehab or tapering which is what I'm doing.
There is a way to get off of them.
You also need to address the reason WHY you use. Is it for genuine physical pain that you need to find a new way to manage or is it a mental dependence requiring therapy?
Whether it is one or both, you can do it.
Welcome to SR, keep reading, keep posting, you will get so much love and support here.
Much love,
Faerie xx
I too am a painkiller addict.
There are many ways to tackle our addiction.
Number one, you should come clean with your doctor and ask for help, that's what I did.
You're not taking [in my opinion] a massive amount so you should be able to get off of them fairly quickly if you are committed to getting sober.
You have so many options, from cold turkey, to drug replacements, to rehab or tapering which is what I'm doing.
There is a way to get off of them.
You also need to address the reason WHY you use. Is it for genuine physical pain that you need to find a new way to manage or is it a mental dependence requiring therapy?
Whether it is one or both, you can do it.
Welcome to SR, keep reading, keep posting, you will get so much love and support here.
Much love,
Faerie xx
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Join Date: Aug 2009
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I just do it cause i like the feeling I haven't seen my therapist in a while I guess I'm doing it to cope with my losses(my grandma and my wife ) it sucks cause when I'm high I'm no fun for my daughter(2) its jus me and her home now i guess bringing a stressed out single parent is another reason too
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: South Australia
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Steve,
I too use to numb emotional pain as well as physical pain.
I am now dealing with my emotional pain and that is what has given me the strength to start to wean myself off.
Please, see your doctor and go back to therapy.
You have nothing to lose and everything to gain by doing this.
If you can't do it for yourself do it for your little girl.
Much love and understanding,
Faerie xx
I too use to numb emotional pain as well as physical pain.
I am now dealing with my emotional pain and that is what has given me the strength to start to wean myself off.
Please, see your doctor and go back to therapy.
You have nothing to lose and everything to gain by doing this.
If you can't do it for yourself do it for your little girl.
Much love and understanding,
Faerie xx
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So I'm away on business fir work and I wake up complaining about how my back hurts from the matress. My co-worker hands me 3 percocet ?!! WTF even when I'm not trying they find me! I bought a six pack yesterday lol what are the odds. Haven't taken them yet they are on the counter staring at me : /
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You guys are awsome thus is so freaking hard!!!!! I'm in my room sweating and ****!! WTF I look in the mirror and think how the he'll did this happen. I grew up in a rough neighborhood went to college moved away. I saw what drugs do! I have drug dealer "friends"(I grew up with thes guys. Friends in low places I guess) granted it was hardcore drugs but an addict is an addict right??
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Originally Posted by ScubaSteve 
I was weak........I feel bad......soon as I get home I'm gonna go to meeting jus got off the phone with my Doc. Sorry I guys feel like I failed you guys
So you were weak, don't give up on quitting!
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Feel flat on my face, takin oxycontin. I manage to get it together fir work but on the weekends(when my daughter is with mom) I jus pop pills and drink. Terrible cycle. I get paid and by pills.......WTF is wrong with me?
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