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Trying to stop
I would like to hear how all you guys stopped as in your thoughts while doing it, what made you decide to stop, did you relapse, if so how many times did it take to get sober for good. The reason I ask is because I am trying to stop too and having a really hard time doing it, so I wanted to hear from you guys about your own thoughts and experiences with stopping. I have been using oxycontin for about 8 months and for the last 2 1/2 weeks I have been in a horrible cycle of a couple days not using and then a couple days using, around and around.
Oxy Abuse Kills.com. This is a website that someone posted in their journal. I think that it might help you. Please check it out. Corey
I guess to answer your question, I stopped when I finally surrendered to my addiction, unfortunately it took a lot of pain and suffering to get there. You can avoid all that, by stopping now.
Hi Cassie,
I can see how bad you want this, you are posting and writing journals and I am proud of you for that. I know you say you will break your Mom's heart by telling her about your addiction, but you will break her heart even more if you continue to do this to yourself. OD is possible, but without a doubt, this addiction will begin to steal everything from you. You have been using 8 months, that is the joy ride, but as immunity builds and we grow deeper in our addiction it becomse so so so much harder to stop. I wish you would talk to your Mom, ask her for some support and help even if she does not understand addiction. We have to hold ourselves accountable. Your 19 hun, if you keep using, there is only one way to go and that is DOWN. You can do this girl and please keep posting and trying. You have your whole life ahead of you:) Hugs
I can see how bad you want this, you are posting and writing journals and I am proud of you for that. I know you say you will break your Mom's heart by telling her about your addiction, but you will break her heart even more if you continue to do this to yourself. OD is possible, but without a doubt, this addiction will begin to steal everything from you. You have been using 8 months, that is the joy ride, but as immunity builds and we grow deeper in our addiction it becomse so so so much harder to stop. I wish you would talk to your Mom, ask her for some support and help even if she does not understand addiction. We have to hold ourselves accountable. Your 19 hun, if you keep using, there is only one way to go and that is DOWN. You can do this girl and please keep posting and trying. You have your whole life ahead of you:) Hugs
I don't have experience with sub...But i will tell you that i have tried and relapsed many times , I really had a hard time until i found this forum...i probably read for about 4 months before i even had the nerve to post...I learned so much.. Then i realized all the times i had tried i don't think i was really ready to stop...The last time, was because I really wanted too...I hated my life...
Some things that helped me was looking at old pictures, and home videos, from when i didn't use..may sound silly, but I needed to see if I was really happy and normal etc then...It was amazing to see the ones before being addicted, and the ones after..After all this time i still watch them sometimes...Also, posting alot and reading alot here helped me the most....Good luck and YES you can do this!!
r2r
Some things that helped me was looking at old pictures, and home videos, from when i didn't use..may sound silly, but I needed to see if I was really happy and normal etc then...It was amazing to see the ones before being addicted, and the ones after..After all this time i still watch them sometimes...Also, posting alot and reading alot here helped me the most....Good luck and YES you can do this!!
r2r
Thanks for the advice--In response to the first post, I am only able to stop a couple days if I take suboxone and as for tapering. I was advised this about a month ago and tried it but failed. If I have more I always do it. I was thinking about using suboxone just in the beginning to get through the first two weeks, do you think that will work?
I recommend that you do a very strict taper schedule do not randomly try to stop. For example if you are taking 3 pills a day cut to 2 1/2 for a few days then to 2 to 1 1/5 etc. When you get to zero I highly recommend getting rid of all your remaining pills. YOu must commit yourself to this schedule but be flexible to make changes to it as you progress. Again if you can speed it up do so. If you need to stay at a level for more than a few days do that do. But document each day what you plan and what you actually did and the variance between the 2.
Yes you will then have to deal with w/d. but there is no way out of that for any one stopping.
I believe you need to relapse at least once or twice to really get serious about how hard this is. I stopped for 4 months than took 1 pill because my back was killing me. Now this is 3 years later. If I only threw away all the percs when I stopped the 1st time. But I needed this education to help me be successful on my 3rd attempt (I actually stopped once for 10 days to pass a drug test but I never really had it in my mind that I was stopping.
That is my story and I have not had a perc for 101 days and I have been off Suboxone for 36 days - good luck to all of us
Yes you will then have to deal with w/d. but there is no way out of that for any one stopping.
I believe you need to relapse at least once or twice to really get serious about how hard this is. I stopped for 4 months than took 1 pill because my back was killing me. Now this is 3 years later. If I only threw away all the percs when I stopped the 1st time. But I needed this education to help me be successful on my 3rd attempt (I actually stopped once for 10 days to pass a drug test but I never really had it in my mind that I was stopping.
That is my story and I have not had a perc for 101 days and I have been off Suboxone for 36 days - good luck to all of us
8 mths is not a long time in the scheme of things..and the fact that u can go without using for a day or 2 at a time is in ur favor for sure...at this point..i would think mentally it would be tougher for u than physically..but it is that way for most..even those who experience physical wds...the mental stuff is the hard part..hence aftercare..learning like u r doing..and stopping now while u r still ahead of the game...co if u keep playing u will not win..using is just a dead end street that will put u in the poor house or jail..or the grave..eventually if u keep on and on...keep posting
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