To: manonfire

[Yoda99]

Just wanted to let you know you gave me a good laugh when you said "he's" got quite an addiction.  I'm a woman in fact, a little woman, 5'3", 115 lbs., but I have a very addictive personality.  I think I can thank my father for that.  I quit drinking cold turkey in 1996 (that was easy), quit smoking in 1997 (not so easy - I had to use nicorette and then got addicted to the nicorette.  Chewed that for about a year and have been smoke free since.  I got started on the oxys two years ago because of hurting my back and legs in a wreck and everything was fine for a while.  But then it seemed like my life was just falling apart because of the oxys and I decided to quit cold turkey.  Today is day 10 and I'm still miserable and I still have the same old back and leg pain.
But anyway Yoda is my cat's name and he was born in 1999.
Later,
Yodes a/k/a Yoda99

[manonfire]

Damn girl! I can't BELIEVE the amount of dope you were pushing into that lil body. Jesus! I am 6'3" and was 280lbs when I started this foolishness. I am 235lbs today. That is about 45lbs lost in 2 months. I feel like dog s*it now. Over 48rs without an actiq. If I had one, I'd take it. Thnk God I don't. I was just sitting there after reading your post on 480 mg's thinking "wow he (she) has quite a problem. Then I did some math. I have at least as bad a problem if not worse. I've taken a lot of oxy's, alway chewed them. Never had a nasty w/d like I do now. Fentanyl w/d's are terrible, just awful. Not trying to say oxy w/d's are a walk in the park, but they weren't as hard on me as Fentanyl w/d's...I wish they would only last a week or so. Last time I went c/t i waS ON 100'S. Took me 2 months MONTHS to feel better. 2 MONTHS for those out there thinking Fentanyl would help u. @W&^%$$##@ 2 MONTHS! Nuff said. I am rooting like hell for you yoda! You can do it!

[Yoda99]

Is Fentanyl a patch?  I know when my dad died, he had some patches that I thought were morphine.  I brought them home and wore two at a time.  Wow it was nice but I didn't have enough of them to get addicted to them.  Is Fentanyl the same as morphine?  And what is Actiq?  See, if I haven't done it or taken it, I don't know what they are.
Thanks for writing back.  Tomorrow is day 11 clean for me and I just hope I can make it because I really feel like ****.  I need encouragement!

[AlmostThere99]

If you are 100% clean for 11 days you are almost there. Don't give up now. You are fighting the Mental craving game now. The Physical part has surely almost completly gone.

You know what they say, It is easy to get off drugs, it is staying off that is hard. Well you got off, congrats... Now it is the other part.

You did something I never could. I am a taper sissy. I start to panic when I feel anything more then clock watching. I consider myself lucky that I was able to taper from 500MG down to 70MG for today at 20% a day

Hang in there. I know staying off is going to be my worst issue as well.