mixing!! :(

[OhioVicoguy]

Were any of you into mixing alcohol and pain meds? That was/is my  thing....and the strange thing is, I won't do one without the other! Its beer and vikes...or beer and percs......and its binge for a week...and then work out of it! Strange, huh??!! I'm on day 9 of clean.....still feel some anxiety and depression. I've gotten back into my gym routine....I'm getting there...

[beachtowel]

sometimes we have pain from core issues that we just can't deal with at times so we drown it with drugs and make it feel better......
and sometimes we even believe that we really feel better.....but we don't when we wake up the next day its still there..........

[tzt2lady]

Hey you,

I have a friend who takes vikes and drinks MIke's hard lemonade.   Some people mix muscle relaxers with the vikes and some do alcohol.

Im so glad you have 9 days clean, congrats!

I think many of us mix stuff together like that because shorty after we become addicted we lose that initial buzz that seduces us and then we are left doing all kinds of things trying to recapture it.

Keep up the good work!
tzt

[david0263]

Up until 8 days ago I was doing that too.

"Drinking and narcotics is that what it take for you to smile?"

Beach, that's a pretty strong statement and really makes me think about the insanity of it all.

[allaboutmary]

Congrats on 9 days. That was some deadly combo you were takin.  Stay off it and the depression and anxiety will probably ease up. If it doesn't in a month or so,  see a doctor for anti-depressant. Good luck and stay clean.

[michelle300]

I used to do that too.. I would drink and take Xanax, my tolerance was so high I was scared I would go in to a coma. My friend took ten bars and she passed out and woke up in the hospital with her stomach pumped and then off to rehab.. I dont do this anymore. It messes up your life and your mood swings.. i would do the weekend only trick too.. but during the weeks or being "normal" I was either really depressed, or had constant thoughts that i was not doing enough and had to start getting things done.. like be more active and eat better ect.. then saturday night would roll aorund and another night to party and wake up wondering what happened last night. and the awful cirlce starts all over again. So I wish you the best of luck and hope you gett off the pills you are taking now. Once your body gets over the idea that you are not going to feed the habit anymore, then you will feel like a brand new person and be so much more happy.

[beachtowel]

Drinking and narcotics is that what it take for you to smile?

Just curious...........

How long have you been getting tore up like this?

[Gobig]

Very bad for your liver.