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•Addicted cough syrup and depressed. i hate my life

i am 22year old do not have any friend and is a divorce guy, i addicted to cough syrup and sleeping pill for past 4year and i regret taking it because it mess my life up, i use cough syrup to make myself active when working but i know i had to stop it right now but i scare of the pain when i quit cough syrup. i get depressed since 3year ago but after my marry gone bad last year and i getting more depressed, sometime i keep cry at night and keep thinking alot of stuff and now only my dad is working to support us but i use all my salary to buy those stupid cough syrup and sleeping pill. i regret what i did and i know it's get to get back what u have lost but right now i trying to start a new life. i really hope thing will get better this year. god bless
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1235186 tn?1656987798
wonderful to hear from you that is fantastic news. i am glad you found the courage and strength that you needed. yes unfortunately many times we dont listen to the advice of our family and loved ones. drugs definitely ruin lives and familys. i hope and pray you continue on your current path of recovery. please find some local support to help you na/aa, church,pastor,therapy,drug counselors. it will take of alot of willpower,faith, and hope to live a clean life. please go to your family and ask them to forgive you of your past mistakes and ask them to help you stay clean. i hope and pray the best for you my friend you are young and have many years of clean living to look forward too.
God bless you, sending thoughts and prayers your way
debbie
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1283286 tn?1312911966
Great news..You found you did have the strength to make the right move. I was about to search for a fellow that posted 6 months ago that was in a similar position that might be able to give you some insight but I see you have already began to find your way out..Good Job..:)
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i have detox for 15day. i am really happy that the pay is gone, thank for support and give me a hope. god bless
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haha thank my fren for making my day with cheer and hope.

since i was young i use to be a heartless person and a bad guy and did not obey my family but i am so regret for what i have done that why we have say no to drug because it will spoilt our life and our love one, i know regret is no use so once when we make mistake we will never do it agian that how we learn it.

i really hope people will wont walk my path and try to stop it before it getting to late.

yeahz i find this web is very supportive =) yeahz i will fight it .
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1235186 tn?1656987798
hello and welcome.  the most important thing is that you want to stop. that is great. that is  the biggest factor. will your wife help and support you in regards to you quitting? if you have someone to encourage you that is a big help. do you have na (narcotics anonymous)
or aa (alcoholics anonymous) ?. they are support groups for people who are quitting drugs and alcohol.you should look that up. can you go to a counselor,therapist or a pastor for counseling? your life is worth fighting for. you are a dad that is wonderful. being so young you have many,many years of sobriety ahead of you. keep on posting.i will pray for you to be strengthened and for your joy to return.
God bless you,
debbie
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Ok, so the sleeping pills is not a problem, so people here can read what cough syrup it is, and we can all go from there.

Don't apologize for your English, I sometimes am not good in it either and it's my main language, heh, let me try to talk your native language..........it's all good :-)

That mindset, is what you NEED to keep.

Just give it a little more time, soon you will have just about any and all information you can get on this. Also, the support here is amazing, just give it a tad more time.

It's time for you to get your life back, so keep fighting.
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those sleeping pill only make me high but i can stop the sleeping pill but cough syrup because of the withdrawal.

i when to rehab once but they only give me sleeping pill so i think i will rehab my self in home. in my place over here some of the doctor is only wish to earn our money so they will give u cough syrup but for sleeping is hard. i do not get any withdrawal with the sleeping pill because if i do not think about it den i wont take it. but for the cough syrup i must really stop it now.

i have read some forum of quitting cough syrup it take a week to recover so i gonna fight for it, because i know it's time to stop it.

i have the mindset to quit it because of the cough syrup have spoilt my life so right now i gonna take strong.

sorry for my spelling because i not really good in english.

it's lucky i found this web just now, and have lot of caring from u guy
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There we go, that is the information we need for the cough syrup. What sleeping pills are they?

Do you have insurance?

I probably won't be giving you the best information, but, I will try.

I think you might want therapy regarding you depression. There is a way to cut back from the cough syrup, but I don't know about the sleeping pills yet. I can't give "taper" (means cut down) information, but a doctor can. You don't have to go to a doctor and say "I am buying drugs illegally", doctors are there to help providing you get the right one. You will know if it's a good doctor from your visit. For example, if he/she says "you need to take 7 more medications for your problem", chances are that's not the right doctor. If the doctor says something like "we are going to start a plan to help you so that you can be free from this" then chances are he/she is a good doctor. I don't know the laws where you live, so I don't know if you would be in trouble or not, but I am guessing not because it would seem like if someone wants help, they should be able to get it.

A doctor will give you the best advice you need.

Like I said, the first thing though, is for you to understand that you are worth this, and you want this. You have the right to turn your life around and hold your head up.
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dhasedyl cough syrup  containing Codeine and valium from black market since doctor stop giving me. last time i tired of quitting because of the withdrawal symptoms. i now trying to cut down like taking 20ml or 30ml but i am so scare of the withdrawal make me feel sick because i working as a hairstylish so i had to be active and talk alot, i always told other and advice not to try drug or stop it but for myself i still abuse it. last month i had my salary and i pass all my money to my mum so that i wont have any money to get any cough syrup or any pill. i had depressed for so long and i keep on thinking of my past and making me out of mood, i try to end my life once and i try taking 20 pill of sleeping pill but god had save me. thank for caring and reply me because i do not have much friend to talk to. god bless
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I'm sorry to hear this. You are showing though that you care and want to stop. What you have to understand first and most importantly is although you feel bad for what you do and how you are, you can stop and hold your head high.

After you understand there is time for change and time to respect and be happy with yourself again and that you deserve it, you can start on the road to progress.

I don't know what "sleeping pill" you are taking, but even with cough syrup, you need to have a doctors help to let you know HOW to stop. Now, I could be wrong, and if you let us know what type of cough syrup and sleeping pill you are taking, some people here could help you out. As the site says though, always take doctors advice over non professionals unless you KNOW they are doing wrong by you, then it's time to get a different doctor.

This is a great place for support and if you stick around, you will get help you need.

Thank you for wanting to change and making that first step.
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