I have been one of the lurkers on here for about 9 months. Long story short I have been addicted on and off to narcotics for about 4 years. The past year has been the worst, taking pills every day. I have gotten myself up to 300mg. plus some of the time. Most of the time it is anywhere between 100 to 200mg. a day of oxycodone or hydrocodone. I started taking them legally but the high made me want them all the time so of course I had to find other sources for them. Right now I plan to do taper because I am to the point that the high is gone and I am destroying my liver, stomach, kidneys, etc. trying to find it. My plan is today to take only 40mg. of hydro, which is what I have, and then tonight take 1mg. of Xanax to sleep. Tomorrow I will go as long as I can and then take tomorrow's dose. I know that I have tried taper before and never succeeded, so I hope this time with the stomach pains and tasting blood every now and then I will be able to do it. I will be reading here this weekend and get as much info. as I can. I pray for everyone on here who is going through withdrawals cause it ain't easy!