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Kicking the habit
I just came across this site while trying to find information about death by hydrocodone intoxication. Not to put all my business out on front street, but i have had a few friends pass away this year from some sort of drug overdose and the latest was my closest and dearest cousin. The cause of death was listed as accidental, but the reading on his death certificate says accidental drug overdose from hydrocodone intoxication.
I have been addicted to hydrocodone for about 8 or so years. My DOC is Vicodin, but i would take it any way i could get it: be that lorocet, lorotab, percocet...narco's, any of them would do ~ just to feel WELL enough to start my day and keep moving to feel NORMAL the rest of the day. I guess you could call me a functioning addict. Like many of us out here, I have a professional job, a family, and tons of responsibility that i do tend to on a daily basis. However, the people in those facets of my life are unaware that i have a one hundred dollar a day habbit. I take 25 750mg Vikes everyday. I am the typical addict...always counting my pills, breaking them in half so they hit me quicker, taking them on an empty stomache and not eating so that the buzz is better, and always TRYING to make sure i have at LEAST 2 or 3 left at the end of the night, so that i can dose up when i wake up in the morning. If i don't, i can't make it out the bed or even get motivated to do anything.
My life pretty much revoled around pills....ordering the pills, waiting for the pills, getting pills, buying pills, looking for new suppliers, trying to pin down new dealers, doctor shopping, counting the pills, hiding the pills, lying about the pills, and taking the pills, and thking about needing more pills, how i was going to get them, from where, and how was i going to pay for them. I was a real junkie and i had to accept that before anything could change.
I just wanted to share my story with any and all of you because i think it is important to share information. This information has helped me and maybe...just maybe...it will help one of you or someone you know and/or love. I do appologize if the information listed below is something you already know about, but it can't hurt to hear it again.
Have any of you heard of or tried Suboxone? It is an Opiate Analogist. I have had nothing but success with this drug. It is like a gift from god. Not only does it take the withdrawls from the opiate (opiate being any hydrocode, opium, and even heroine) way, but it also takes the cravings away. 20 minutes after taking my first dose, i felt great, had lots of energy and was NORMAL for the entire day. I never even thought about vikes that day. The best part about Sub. to me is the fact that it is opposite of Methadone in that you dose down no up. So you need less and less instead of more and more. When people get hooked on the methadone, some doctors will prescribe suboxone to help break the physical addiction.
If you get a chance and want to learn more, please ask as i am an open book. I don't want to lose any one else to pills. The Detroit News an New York times just released a report stating that Vicodin is not only the number one misused Rx, but also there are more peeps addicted to opiates than crack and cocaine combined. So there are a lot of us out there. Suboxone has saved me, maybe it can save you to. (or at least help you quit if thats what you are trying to do.)
Thanks for listening and good luck to all of you,
jgee
I have been addicted to hydrocodone for about 8 or so years. My DOC is Vicodin, but i would take it any way i could get it: be that lorocet, lorotab, percocet...narco's, any of them would do ~ just to feel WELL enough to start my day and keep moving to feel NORMAL the rest of the day. I guess you could call me a functioning addict. Like many of us out here, I have a professional job, a family, and tons of responsibility that i do tend to on a daily basis. However, the people in those facets of my life are unaware that i have a one hundred dollar a day habbit. I take 25 750mg Vikes everyday. I am the typical addict...always counting my pills, breaking them in half so they hit me quicker, taking them on an empty stomache and not eating so that the buzz is better, and always TRYING to make sure i have at LEAST 2 or 3 left at the end of the night, so that i can dose up when i wake up in the morning. If i don't, i can't make it out the bed or even get motivated to do anything.
My life pretty much revoled around pills....ordering the pills, waiting for the pills, getting pills, buying pills, looking for new suppliers, trying to pin down new dealers, doctor shopping, counting the pills, hiding the pills, lying about the pills, and taking the pills, and thking about needing more pills, how i was going to get them, from where, and how was i going to pay for them. I was a real junkie and i had to accept that before anything could change.
I just wanted to share my story with any and all of you because i think it is important to share information. This information has helped me and maybe...just maybe...it will help one of you or someone you know and/or love. I do appologize if the information listed below is something you already know about, but it can't hurt to hear it again.
Have any of you heard of or tried Suboxone? It is an Opiate Analogist. I have had nothing but success with this drug. It is like a gift from god. Not only does it take the withdrawls from the opiate (opiate being any hydrocode, opium, and even heroine) way, but it also takes the cravings away. 20 minutes after taking my first dose, i felt great, had lots of energy and was NORMAL for the entire day. I never even thought about vikes that day. The best part about Sub. to me is the fact that it is opposite of Methadone in that you dose down no up. So you need less and less instead of more and more. When people get hooked on the methadone, some doctors will prescribe suboxone to help break the physical addiction.
If you get a chance and want to learn more, please ask as i am an open book. I don't want to lose any one else to pills. The Detroit News an New York times just released a report stating that Vicodin is not only the number one misused Rx, but also there are more peeps addicted to opiates than crack and cocaine combined. So there are a lot of us out there. Suboxone has saved me, maybe it can save you to. (or at least help you quit if thats what you are trying to do.)
Thanks for listening and good luck to all of you,
jgee
First congrats to all .. Calzy Sub is pretty cheap compared to what i paid for vic's or perc's on the streets !!! I Would spend in three days the same amount for two weeks worth of Suboxone.
Congrats on getting off the opiates. Most ppl here who have used Suboxone are doing well with it. I have tried it before but at the time I was still using and took it when I was out of my DOC, which was the same as yours. I ended up going the methadone route and that didn't work that well, still had major cravings and w/d's were still rough but after 6 mos i quit the methadone and have being clean from that for 4 mos so in the end it did work out. I wish the suboxone was cheaper to get so ppl would not have to suffer so much with w/d's, but it's such a money maker for the drs and clients right now. Ppl continue to use for yrs as i did so as to not go thru the w/d's. I think your post will help ppl look a little harder at suboxone. Thanks
Welcome jgee.
Yes, if you read through the posts here you will find that quite a few people did, or still are, using Suboxone. Since it was approved in this country 4 years ago, it has become quite popular as a detox tool, and recently is being prescribed for pain management.
Good to see you around. Keep posting.
Yes, if you read through the posts here you will find that quite a few people did, or still are, using Suboxone. Since it was approved in this country 4 years ago, it has become quite popular as a detox tool, and recently is being prescribed for pain management.
Good to see you around. Keep posting.
wow! we were reading each others at the same time. I did not know you had read or commented on mine, but that is what i was doing...reading yours and posting to it.
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