milksnake

hello folks.....well, i was addicted to opiates for about 12 years. took any kind of opiate i could get my hands on. got it any way i could...smooth talk doctors, fake pain, lie, cheat, steel and on the street. long story short...i cleaned up for 10 years. well, a recent total hip replacement surgery re-addicted me so here i am. i got out of the hospital with a script for percs. the thing is, i really needed the pain killer for the actual pain. well, its been a month since the surgery and the pain in the hip does not justify narcotic pain killers no more. so..... i'm on day 11 without and still feel like the north end of a south bound bear. seems the older i got, the worse the withdrawals got. anyway, beins as this is my second time around, i figured maybe i could help someone just starting out on this quittin thing. to help others seems to help me too, so if anyone has any questions for me, ask away.

least

Welcome to the family!:ghug3

Tazman53

Welcome to SR Milksnake! I am an alcoholic, but I am sure you have much to share that I can make use of as well as many others.

Anna

Welcome!

Good for you for recognizing that you have a problem a month after your surgery.

I hope you keep posting.

CarolD

Good to see you are making progress

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