How can i get off hydrocodone?

How can i get off hydrocodone without going to a doctor? I work and no one knows about my addition and i want to stop taking them and I don't know how?

[robert25113]

im in a similar situation ive recently relapsed on heroin and cant bring myself to tell my family/friends tht im addicted for the second time, in my experience it is alot easier when ppl know and can support you but i just cnt bring myself to tell anyone who i love and put them thru that pain again, our only option is goin cold turkey, my advice is cut down to a minimum dose and then prepare yourself for a rough couple of weeks , (maybey more) get what ever support u can but the main thing is determination ,youve got2 really want to do it for yourself , and always think positive ( easier said than done) i feel for you and really wish you the best of luck.

[Greatgreebo]

You haven't said how much you take, how long, what you take...etc.
We can't help you if we don't know what you are on

Greebs

[CATUF]

i thought that taking and snorting 35 to 40 10's a day was my problem.

it wasn't.  it was just a failed solution to my problem.

getting off the pills and making it through wd always seemed like the goal.  no doubt it was difficult, but i did it and did it and did it.  i couldn't begin to tell you how many times i went ct or tapered and got myself all the way to CLEAN, thinking each time "i made it - end of problem!"  but each time i was wrong and just couldn't see that i had only removed the failed solution and was left with the problem.

if i heard the above back when I was trying to quit with my top-secret program of self-help, i would have thought "no way, my problem is that i got hooked on pills that the dr. gave me . . . if i can just get off them this time i'll be fine and i'll NEVER go back." i honestly believed that.  i honestly and completely believed that each and every time i tried to quit.

i don't regret that at this point.  now i honestly and completely believe that i needed every drug and every relapse that went into the whole mess before i was ready and able to enter recovery.

[lol, i'm sitting here thinking "i should have used for another week before i quit" - look how my disease works to weasel its way in!! :)  ]

my last relapse was the best thing that ever happened to me . . . it almost killed me and what iy cost in material terms still has the power to stagger, but it was a blessing that made me ready to accept, cherish, and finaly make good use of, the amazing gift of life.

my experience tells me that if you try to do this on your own and in secret, that you won't make it.  instead you'll find yourself increasingly caught in a destructive cycle.  the negative consequences and your level of use will increase, your ability to exercise any degree of control will decrease, but you'll keep on trying.  you'll keep on trying to fight a rapidly growing beast with a rapidly diminishing arsenal.  you'll end up suffering losses that you can't imagine now, but the cycle will continue and grow worse.

sooner or later the cycle will spit you out.  it spits everyone out.  some get spit out into a grave.  some get spit out into jail or institutions.  some get spit out into recovery.  

almost all who land in recovery do so after realizing that they are truly caught in a life or death struggle, and deciding that they are willing to go to any length to find recovery.

i hope you land in recovery soon, without too much destrustion.

CATUF
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[kona2009]

CATUF pretty much said it all.  Your chances of doing this alone are slim to none.  Do you have a spouse,family,friend.  Cause your going to need some type of support.  You are going to need some type of aftercare to beat this beast.  I tried myself and never made it.  I was stubborn and selfish and didn't want anyones help.  Boy was I wrong.  I know have the help of others and so far so good.

Keep us posted and we will get you thru this.

Kona