Lied to my sponsor & feeling guilty.
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Lied to my sponsor & feeling guilty.
I'm sober 6 months from alcohol. I also use to abuse pain pills but alcohol was my DOC. I went to the hospital for pneumonia yesterday and ended up getting a prescription for a cough medicine with codeine in it. I talked to my sponsor this morning and mentioned I got cough medicine and told me to be careful because some of them have codeine in it. Then she asked me if I told them I couldn't take that and I said I did. I also told her I had other sober people with me which I did. This is what happened though. I mentioned I wondered if I would get codeine and one of the people I came with, who happens to be a nurse, said that that wasn't a good idea. They ended up going to get coffee and I got released. They ended up giving me a prescription for the codeine along with an antibiotic. The two women that brought and stayed with me at the hospital brought me to the pharmacy and I got my antibiotic. Then after they dropped me off, I went back to the pharmacy and got the cough medicine. I took it as prescribed and it didn't work and I wanted to take more so I threw it out because I felt like I was playing with fire. I don't know what to do now because I lied to her. I am worried if I tell her what actually happened she won't believe me and think I relapsed. I don't know what to do. I'm really scared she won't be able to trust anything I say now if I tell her but she always says we have to be rigorously honest.
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I agree with Scott in this situation. Much depends on the circumstances in regards to using prescriptions and too many abuse the situation.
I was taught that we in the program are in general not medical people qualified to have knowledge in the advise department. However we do have a lot of experience seeing the results of abuse many people have.
This is a time where self honesty really comes into play.
I’ve over the years had prescriptions occasionally, many would love to have. Just the knowledge of them scared me and I used them as prescribed for a shorter period and they did what they were supposed to do and I wondered why they were so wanted as they gave me no “high” at all. My wife, a hospice nurse explained that they affect the pain part of the brain dulling the pain.
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I was taught that we in the program are in general not medical people qualified to have knowledge in the advise department. However we do have a lot of experience seeing the results of abuse many people have.
This is a time where self honesty really comes into play.
I’ve over the years had prescriptions occasionally, many would love to have. Just the knowledge of them scared me and I used them as prescribed for a shorter period and they did what they were supposed to do and I wondered why they were so wanted as they gave me no “high” at all. My wife, a hospice nurse explained that they affect the pain part of the brain dulling the pain.
BE WELL
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If your sponsor knows the first thing about addicts, she knows that lying is second nature to us, and we don't change overnight. Honesty takes practice. Use this as an opportunity to grow.
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