the challenges of overcoming narcotics and the best way that worked for me

well incase you havent read my posts before i am a 28 year old male with 2 children and my wife, i work as a car mechanic. i was taking oxycontin 80 mgs 9 times a day and about 15 percocets and vicodin a day for about 6 1/2 years and i quite by myself, i am clean now for 2 years with no cravings no relapses and by the way i hate that term, i call it a memory. i wrote a post about if people where looking for help or hope i told my story and still to this day i hear people with excuses, when they might as well say im weak and scared, i said before there is no diffrence in the person there is no diffrence in the age, addiction is controlled by the mind in which yeah guess what you control your mind and life. i sufferd for years off and on and off withdrawling but every time i was finding out new methods of dealing with it, after the second clinic stop i just said to hell with this the methadone is killing me im killing me. so...what to do i had to go to work i couldent afford this...people i have been to hell and back several times. but if you read my last post you would no more about my trials...but here is what i did. i found the best way to handle the aches and pains was advil i took 3-4 every 6 hours, but then also i found with good hard exercise my aches and pains went to a minimum and by the way the aches and pains is from dehyidration from narcotics thats why they say drink plenty of water. then of course what i did was drank plenty of water to put back in my system. then i found out taking b12 vitamins brought my energy level back up, then i still felt aches in my bones then i started taking 1000mgs of calcium and guess what my bone structure felt better. in my diet was in the a.m i ate fruits and carrots at lunch time i ate more fruits and vegitables, in a quick notice after b12 and fruits and veggies i felt so much better, and at night i ate a hearty meal, meat,chicken and seafood...you need to put your resources back into your system, the narcotics kill your bodys natural resources.....like i said before do not make excuses for your self thats what addicts do they lie without even knowing there lying...im tired of people saying everyone is diffrent yes your right every one is diffrent your brain has become dependent on narcotics, oh my gosh guess what i become dependent on narcotics and defeated addiction on my own. whats the diffrence there, well i can tell you i stopped the b.s and stopped lying to others and just stopped. i said in a post that everyone is going through a constant war, everyone is i declared war against narcotics and won the battle...people and i mean no harm to others but we as people have become so weak anymore in todays life, we whine ***** and moan so much its not funny...take control of your life, step up to the plate and man up....if you need help and some advice i can and will help any way i can. but if you wanna make excuses i cant help you......you know what heck since i was able to quite pills i even realized hey if i can stop this i can quit smoking cigarettes and i have not smoked a cigarette in 1 year. people if you stop this on your own it will be so rewarding you will feal like you cannot be stopped and you will shine brighter than the north star itself......if you believe then you will achieve

[snowflake620]

I agree with you I told myself that this was it and I meant it when I felt like **** I told myself "YOU DID THIS TO YOURSELF, SO DEAL WITH IT" I also believe that some people need to do things a little differently than I did some of us are just wired differently but at the same time I think if you look really deep you will find that you are strong enough you just have to want it bad enough
snowflake

[sunshinedaydream3]

"if you control your mind, you control your life"

so true, this battle is all mental... ya you have to endure the physical withdraws, but if you win the struggle by changing your thought process.  

if you keep tellin urself you can do it, you'll start believing it.

if you believe u can, u will
if you believe u cant, u wont

simple as that

[candothis247]

JW, I've read your recent posts and some things you said, have helped me the last 2 days as i taper off OC's. Treatment is not an option for me I have to do this myself and I do believe I can. Thanks for your powerful words and reminder of what powerful minds we have and of our own inner strength. My support is lots of prayer and N.A. meetings. I’m tapering and my head is becoming more clear each day, I smiled when you said “you will shine brighter than the northern star”,  It made me feel good, because I feel that way today as my head clears!!! Thanks again!!! I believe in me. Gotta b strong!!