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Hey i was just like you, was taking anywhere between 6 - 10 oxys a day for over 4 years....
All i can say to you, is that you have to force yourelf....Tell yourself that you are only going to take 3 a day, one in the morning, one in afternoon and one in evening.......do this for 5 days or so, then cut down to 2....then 1.....
This is what i did and i know it is hard to do, but it can be done, you can do this.
Wheni used to wake up in the mornings i would pop a pill, out of habbit. I would also have at least 4 in me by noon.......Set a limit for yourself, make a goal...3 a day, Do whatever you have to, tell yourself that this is all you have is 3 pills..Do you have anyone who knows about what you are going through? If so, maybe give themthe pills and tell them to only give you 3 a day, no matter what. I know this is VERY HARD, trust me...but it will help you to ween off them....
Hope this helps,
Let me know, okay?
Hopeless
Good Luck
Hope
If you can't put it in your mind that you have to quit for the sake of yourself most of all, but for your daughter and family very much so to then, I am afraid you will not have nearly as easy of a time of doing it, and may need to seek a detox center to help you either on an in-patient or out patient basis. That willpower is all that is going to get you through for days, then months afterwards, well all here can encourage you and help you, but you have to have the courage to know you can and will do it. You have to find some way to become strong within your self, and know that you can and will do this, and that you will be successful.
I wish you the very best, and I hope that you make the right decision, not only for yourself, but for your daughter, and your family. You can do this there are many of us that are successfully taking that path. I know you can too, but you have to know you can too.
If I can be of assiastance please don't hesitate to address a post to me, or enail me at renegade.***@****.
as always,
best of luck, and keep the faith,
Ren
I know tapering is rough - personally I could not find the strength in myself to do it. I had to go c/t. Since your husband knows your plan though - why don't you give them to him to give to you? He sounds like a caring man but unless he is/was an addict there is no way he will know what we are capable of and how difficult it is to taper. Just be straight with him - tell him he needs to put the pills where there is no chance of you getting to them and no matter what you say - he is only to give you this many a day. I wish you all the best!
Shelby
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