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for three years i spent about 1600.00 a month.
one of the ways i broke that cycle was by giving my money to my wife,for 13 years we had seperete bank accounts and it worked wonders for our marrige but the in the end it was bad for me.
when it came to buying pills in 99 because the doctor siad
i was ok and did not need them for pain, he was wrong.
being in severe pain and having to work and live is very
difficult when a doctor just cuts you off meds that you took for 6 months. on top of being wrong about my pain.
those situation are difficult, thank god i am pain free
right now.
peace!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When I came up short, I would have to pay cash of course, because the Insurance would be tracking one script, and I would have another from my gen pract. and use a different pharm., where I would pay cash.
Vicodin was my only deal and I never bought street drugs...
I would estimate with the copays and cash it was $100-150 a month, so right around $2K/year.
As Jeff Spicoli from Ridgemont High would say:
"Righteous Bucks!"
Rex
I know I went through at least $100,000 in the last 3 years of my run, just on street pills. And it wasn't until I lost my job and was facing a big 0 in my bank account that I could find the strength and willingness to quit. And I am still trying to recover financially, 7 months after quitting.
God it's nice not be a slave to drugs right now!
If you did, let me tip my hat to you, it must have been a terrible ordeal to go through. I've cut out all the morphine from my pain meds (90 mgs/day) and been dealing with my pain on just the hydro's (4/10mg/day) and the withdrawal from that was bad enough.
I was on that dose for almost a year (Give or take, it's fuzzy looking back). The reason I took so much was that I was on them for a loooong time, steadily, and that's what I needed to get any kind of glow at that point. Pretty scary.
Coming down, I was able to taper to about 6-7 80's a day. Then I did 21 day methadone detox. Then I went c/t, but I also had the benzo addiction that I just had to stop cold. I think that the benzos were actually worse than the Oxy as far as w/d effects, especially long - term.
I'm still not back to normal - It's hard to know what you've lost after being on them for so long, hard to remember who you were before. I still don't sleep very well, don't have all my mental energy. It's still coming back though.
~Kell
My back is hurting, but you know what? I guess I am not going to die from it, so I will just deal with it.
Way to go. Any chance you'll land at zero by Jan 1 with the rest of us?
Rex
Being clean is a lot like having this valuable collection you have WAITED SO LONG TO GET! You have it and you think about it a lot. I tend to say over and over, every day gets better, every day gets better.
The physocal pain is there, and I have had some rough days, but it has to get better from here.
Today is three weeks, BTW.
Back still hurts
Feel kinda achy
feelings and moods somewhat up and down
But hey, I am not taking drugs, and for that, its worth it!
Good luck...
Rex