pain pill addiction

[rrrrica]

ok so i have a question.. my boyfriend is hooked on pain pills and he takes about 10 a day sometimes more. he forgot to take some to work today is having the worst day ever but he has been wanting to stop. so now he is going to go cold turkey.. but he says he is stopping forever..that he is going to just take them for fun like on random weekends... do you think that is a good idea. i dont know the feeling of being addicted but will he be able to handle just taking them every now and then after he needs them everyday??

[rrrrica]

well last week he went cold turkey and did fine. but then on fri night he broke his foot and now has pain.. ughhh.. it doesnt really affect me.. the only reason i dont like it is bc its not good for him, everything he takes he is perscribed to so it just *****.. whats wrong with doctors!!!!

[rockbottom1970]

Let me tell you my story.  I started using 5mg percosets recreationally only on weekends at parties that sort of thing. Then i began using them to make me feel good in the morning so I could go to work, then I'd take a couple at work to get me through the tough physical work days, then I started using them after work to unwind with a beer, i can keep going here but you probably get the picture.  Before I knew it 8 years of my life had passed by and the last two years of those 8 years I began using Oxys because the percs werent enough.  He's just going to fall into a viscious cycle, I guarantee it. Listen to IBkleen, This drug cannot be used that way.  Your body wont let you use it that way because your body is gonna need it just to feel normal.  I'm with IBkleen here, its sad that he's gonna have to learn the hard way.  Anyway Good luck to you I truly wish you all the best....KJ

[LeaAnn807]

I tried to do that about 15 or so years ago.  It doesn't work.  I literally don't know any addict who could do that.  I wish you luck with trying to help him!  

[IBKleen]

I just wrote this to you five minutes ago, so I copied it:

I don't know anyone who is a "social addict". He is fooling himself, and you, if he thinks he is going to do this. Addiction is a progressive disease. So the more he takes, the more he needs. And the more he needs, the more he takes. And it goes on and on.

I don't know what much more to say. I have a feeling he is convinced he is going to do this so he may have to find out the hard way, which is very sad.

Take care of yourself. I really hope you don't get caught up in this anymore than you already are.