I can remember........

[hydro4life]

when I hated the fact that my husband bought pills............
I didn't use pills, thought they were for dope heads............
hiding MY problem from my husband...............
my script lasting me ALL month..................
being in CONTROL of my life and able to stop...................

I just want ME back.

NOT the me........
that buys pills, chases pills, and feels like **** without pills...........

[lurker]

The suboxone can give you pain relief along with eliminating the withdrawals.  It is another narcotic, so you're not clean when on it, but it has low potential for abuse and has made me feel like I will actually be successful and stay off the pills.  I'll wean off he sub as soon as I can.  I don't want to trade one pill for another but I also couldn't taper below 10 pills per day and couldn't live with the withdrawals!
75% of the community - that is scary!!

[hydro4life]

Yes, my husband does too. We both are going to quit using. I just need an alternative to deal with the back pain. My husband has very bad knees from being a bolter in the coal mines and also needs some kind of alternative as well. We both get scripts but buy them also. We are both very aware of our addictions. We just need something to contol the pain. There are days when I can't even walk. The pain pills just don't work anymore and they are in CONTROL of our lives. We plan everything around them. Where I am from 75% of the community use pills. CRAZY HUH???? Soon we will be part of the minority. It will be so great. I think the suboxone is the route we will go. I have been cutting down alot and he sees that. He told me today that he admires me for wanting to get control of my life. I still had 4 pills left this morning, when normally I would have popped them all last night and got more today.

[lurker]

I have chronic back pain and really reached the point where all the drugs weren't really helping.  I'm pleasantly surprised that I'm getting some pain relief with the Suboxone.  I'll keep on it because I have no desire to abuse and I feel great while taking it.  The withdrawals nearly killed me so this is much better.  I think all of the narcotics blocked my ability to really perceive pain and now that I'm off of them I realize that the pain isn't as bad as I had thought it was.  I don't know what I'll do if it gets really bad.  I do have a great pain management doc and will definitely talk to him right away if I start to have pain that I can't handle.
Did you say your hubby uses too?  It seems to me it would be hard to get clean if i was around someone who used.  Is he planning to stop?

[hydro4life]

Let's say......I'm trying to develop one. It's still in the making. I have herniated discs in my back and neck and am in a great deal of pain alot of times. But the pain pills don't help anymore and I feel just as bad taking them(so to speak) as when I don't.

[lurker]

Do you have a plan to quit?  I know exactly what you are feeling.  Since I started taking Suboxone last week I have me back = feel better emotionally and physically than I have in years!