Day 8 Now.....

[Frivolousz21]

I took my last vicoden last Sunday night so I am on day 8 of my quit....


I had to go to a 2 day detox...and have been in NA meetings everyday since...

I was taking 10-15...sometimes more 10 mg vics of any form...and others like percs when I couldn't get Vics...

this went on for months...started a year ago with 5-6..7.5mg per day.

amazing how fast it gets out of control.

the first few days were pretty bad.....days 2-3 were horrible....the next few were better...today I feel much better...but my muscles hurt..lower back....and I get restless...with no energy..but I feel alive...

I am posting because I am at work going through some intense cravings....I will not give in...but I sure hope this gets better...I need energy.

[Frivolousz21]

That is great....

you have a great point....

before I found Vics...from 2001-04..I used Ephedra....everyday all day....

now I know right now i have pain and lethargy from the withdrawal...but your right....I need to revamp how I eat and go about my daily life..I used to work out a lot..and stay active in sports.

But for now I am going to focus on beating the addiction to where I am at more peace and moving forward better before I make to many big changes.

[broknbck]

congrats on 8 days. that is great!
so energy. well if you want a car to drive well , you put good gasoline in it and don't mix it with bad things like hah sugar.
so what is your diet like? believe it or not, that is where we get our energy. not from red bulls. ha
a high protein diet mixed with lots of fresh whole foods. if you do not like to eat raw vegtables, juicing is an exellent way to get them.
1/2 a beet
couple carrots
celery
handful of spinache
tomatoe
salt to taste (sea or himalayian)
this will keep you going all day.

things to make you sluggish
sugars
white flours (a lot of work on your digestive)
bad fats
bottom feeders = shrimp, lobster, pork (unless organic or feed well)

if we really think about it, was our energy all that great when we started taking the pills? is that how we got caught up in the mess? because they gave us such great energy?
ps. vitamins and supplements just do not work as well.
best to you and try to occupy yourself with thinking about other stuff.

[prayformetoo]

Hey Guy. Great job on day 8. I'm Also on day 13 from the same addiction and yes it does get a little better day by day. I still feel a lot of fatigue but differenlty better that yesterday. Anyway keep up the Good fight
Steve

[desperatetostop]

Congrats on 8 days...I post mostly during work hours also...as that's when I used the most!

i'm on day 13...it does get better my friend...keep on keepin on...and reading and posting! you can do it.