Day 12 no Vicodin

[jenny8575309]

Hey guys!  Just wanted to post and let ya'll know that I feel better today, than I have in a LONG time!  I actully slept well, and ate well last night using only Benadryl, (thanks for the advice)  I've decided to put down the wine and the benzos I was using for sleep (very little benzos)  I don't need them.  What's better, I feel like I'm ME again, I don't want to have unrealistic hopes for the future, and I know there are still a few things I need to straiten out in my life (my bf still uses)  but I actually don't mind being alive today.  Today is an OPPURTUNITY not an OBLIGATION.  And anyway, I own today, not Vicodin, I have the power to make my day good or bad.  I have the power to feel happy or sad.   I just can't believe that I have my mind back, I'm so thankful to you all for helping me through this.

[Carrie76]

Wayto go jenny!!! I'm so proud!! It's nice when you actually start feeling alive again isn't it! Keep up the great work!!

[tootough]

good for you too, putting down benzos can be hard, I was taking xanax, just a little, but the w/d from methadone was horrific and I just don't want that physical slavery.  Bless this forum,  it really got me through some tough days.  Progress, not perfection.  I like your name, good song.  Peace and owning today, it's not that easy but it sure is simple, huh!?

[jenny8575309]

I'm proud of you, since Aug WOW!  To tell you the truth I didn't find the wine hard to put down.  It was keeping me awake anyway, and making me snippy w/ my bf, and he's a recovering (if you call replacing alcohol w/ pills recovering)  alcoholic.  I don't think I'm an alcoholic, and I remember how I used to be before I used..  I'm getting  back to that person.

[tootough]

Do you find the wine hard to put down?  I do, I'm hyper aware of replacing addictions but can't go a few days without a drink.  Well, could but don't.  Clean from heroin since june, methadone since aug.  I really think a job would help.  Been supported by my man the last few months, getting old. So appreciative, but need a life.  Thanks for your words!

[thegooch]

I am very happy for you!! I have been on the vic 7.5 for a couple of years now.  I have had a few surgeries and I still need a couple more.  The thought of getting off of these just scares me to death.  this is the first time I've ever gone to a web site like this, and I can see that it can be done.  I wish you the best of luck and hope when the times comes, I can be as strong as you!