7 Days Clean

[Jab222]

I have been taking Vicodin, Vicodin ES, Norcos for about 12 years, with the exception of two previous times I was able to quit, once quit for 4 months and once for 3 months.  I was taking on average 4-10 pills a day (towards the larger end in recent years and less earlier on), mixture of Norco and Vicodin 7.5/500.  I find it amazing that I never really took more than that, especially after reading the posts out here, considering I was taking them for so long.  I would take my first dose b/w 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. and then go two pills every 2-4 hours thereafter, until last does usually between 8 and 10 pm.  Then I would go to sleep, sleeping was easy, then wake up about 6:30 a.m., feeling crappy, and then go to work.  I did a minor wean, and cut it to 8 a day for a week, then 6 a day for a week, then 4 a day for two days, then stopped eight days ago (almost to the minute).  I took some time off from work, played sick, and went through withdrawal in my house.  I have a wife and three beautiful girls, 3, 6, and 8.  My wife had known of my problem in the past, but did not know of my last relapse, about 6 months ago.  The first few days sucked, the worst part being the nausea, insomnia, restlessness, lack of appetite and diarrhea.  I feel way better now and am back at work.  However, the restlessness and the diarrhea persist, to a lesser extent so do the insomnia and lack of appetite and nausea.  My first question, does anyone think after being on the stuff for so long, I have damaged my body?  I understand compared to many I am a light weight, but 12 years is a long time to be on this ****.  Next, I am gettign to sleep now, but waking up every few hours at best, sometimes every hour.  Any idea when that will stop?  I actually found my way back to the gym the last two days, and that did wonders for getting me to sleep, but not keeping me asleep.  It was probably a mistake, but I took Tylenol PM to get to sleep the other night, and found it actually kept me up and restless, rather than put me to sleep.  I smoke weed, and that helps, but I do not like it around my kids, so the opportunity to smoke only comes late at night, but does help calm me.  Any input on the weed being a good or bad idea?  

[friend4afriend]

I think if the weed helps you relax and takes the edge off it is ok, but once you are fairly sure that the pain pills are completely out of your systems, you need to start weening yourself off of the weed!!  That is so you don't become dependable on the weed, than you would be in the same boat you were with the pain pills

[dovt]

It depends on how the weed affects you.  Is it in an addictive way?  I can take it or leave it.  I've gone through periods where I smoked morn, noon & night and then for really no reason other than being tired of being tired I could put it down.  I was smoking right up until the day I put down the pills.  Haven't had the desire since.  I think its because I'm so fatigued from the pill withdraw.  If you're already feeling worn out from the withdraw I think the pot will only make you more tired.  At least it would for me.

[mr.lucky66]

Weed is a bad idea. It always is when you use one drug in place of another. all the best

[enemy48]

Weed has never been my enemy, but it was for my ex-husband.

I wish I would have known back then what he was going through when he'd run out of pot and start jumping my **** for anything.

Now that I've come to terms w/my addiction of 6 years, I've realized that he still after all these years doesn't know he really has a problem.

He smoked it morning, noon & night & at work.  I didn't know about all that until after marriage.  It was useless to make the marriage work.  (I wasn't using anything back then)

He had an addictive personality for all drugs, but pot was his DOC & still is.

If you could see him today, you'd guess his age to be double what it really is.