Need a lil reminder

[Hydroholic19]

Ive been without hydrocodone and all opiates for 7 weeks. Like ive heard quittings easy, staying clean is the hard part. Im going through temptations in my dreams and every once in a while i have that thought. "hey one wont kill me" and i kno this is bad. For the most part i easily brush it off. However lately i dont have the extreem hate of the pills and the addiction they cause like i had during detox and the first month. It would help if anyone would remind me of the evils of the drug. Health, mental, social negative effects. Its silly but its just a thought i wanted to run by the wonderfully helpfull members here.

[Hydroholic19]

Wow i totally forgot about that!! Day planned around pill doses. And the fear of going somewhere without them. Wow two months have felt so long and i forget how horrible the addiction was. Thanks so much everyone.

[cleaninitup]

you are very welcome and repost back to me in 5 weeks :) Heather

[Mikeinthesouth]

Thanks cleaning it up you surmised it all very well.

[cleaninitup]

Remember how your whole day from waking to going to bed was planned around your pill schedule?Remember how you couldnt make plans for more then a few days in the future incase you didnt have anough pills? Remember "treating" yourself to  few extras because you didnt have your usually amount the day before and laying in bed wondering if this was the night that you wouldnt wake up from?Wow that helped me-stick with it 19 you made it this far!!!!

[dominosarah]

Evils of the drug?      Death.

[trdofbeingtrd]

Health wise, you are putting your body deeper and deeper into a hell because of how it affects the body. You have your organs that are affected, specifically your liver, kidneys, and stomach (in fact, I have heard that people have permanent stomach/intestine damage because of opiates). Mentally, you screw up your chemicals in the brain and risk having long term depression and other such problems. Socially, you will seem off to people because when you are "high" you are happy or energetic and really out going, but when you don't have any, you are agitated all the time, depressed, and don't want to really deal with anyone.

I don't mind putting some things down, but only you know you, so it would be a good idea for you to make your own list.

I wish you the best of luck though, if you have made it past the 7 day mark, there is no reason to go back. When you scrape your way out of a hole, there is no reason good enough to fall back in.