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A year later.....
Hey everyone! It's been about 11 months since I posted last about my awful addiction (and many relapses) to Vicodin. I have not had a single Vicodin tablet since December of 2010! And it feels AMAZING!!!! To all the people that helped me on here....THANK YOU, YOU SAVED MY LIFE. I have since switched therapists like you all suggested and she has me on a great regimine of (non addicting) medicine to keep my depression and anxiety in order. I have such a positive outlook on life now and realize there is life after Vicodin.
To all the people on here just starting out, there is an end to the WD's. There is an end to the awful mind games those nasty pills play on you. Basically, there is hope. If I can get clean, ANYONE can do it. Trust me. It was a painful few months, but with the help of my amazing husband and my trust in God I am alive today. I had a BAD...REALLY BAD addiction and I never thought in a million years I could go 1 day without taking it. And every morning I wake up and the first thing on my mind is decorating my new house, spending SOBER time with my friends and family. A year ago I woke up thinking of Vicodin, I fell asleep thinking about Vicodin....and I'm pretty sure I even dreamt about it!
Even if this post touches 1 person on this site, I feel like I've done something good. So if your doubting yourself, you can do it!!
To all the people on here just starting out, there is an end to the WD's. There is an end to the awful mind games those nasty pills play on you. Basically, there is hope. If I can get clean, ANYONE can do it. Trust me. It was a painful few months, but with the help of my amazing husband and my trust in God I am alive today. I had a BAD...REALLY BAD addiction and I never thought in a million years I could go 1 day without taking it. And every morning I wake up and the first thing on my mind is decorating my new house, spending SOBER time with my friends and family. A year ago I woke up thinking of Vicodin, I fell asleep thinking about Vicodin....and I'm pretty sure I even dreamt about it!
Even if this post touches 1 person on this site, I feel like I've done something good. So if your doubting yourself, you can do it!!
Hey there...just a suggestion for you if you haven't already tried...I had the same issue with RLS and it lasted 3 months...UGH!!! Anywhooo the ONLY thing that would stop mine was to lay on my side with a pillow between my knees and a heating pad on the pillow. The heat would stop it completely...can't hurt to try it :)~
HI ....I love reading these CUDOS to you for getting and now staying clean that what this site is all about!!!!! im so happy you took the time to come tell us the good news so many slip into the abiss and we never here from them or if we do its usually a relapse so it always great to have a success story keep up the good work work your aftercare stay on your new meds and you will stay clean it an ausum feeling im coming up on 2yr myself in about 13 days
cant wait planing a celebration anyways thanks for the report good luck an may God bless your family abundantly........Gnarly
cant wait planing a celebration anyways thanks for the report good luck an may God bless your family abundantly........Gnarly
Great story...thanks for sharing. I am on day 27 and feeling great. The only WD I am having is restless legs..it is worse than ever..but a small price to pay for being clean. I hope I can come back and say something similar in a few months.
Congrats!!! Thank you for the inspiration :)
9 days off sub today and seeing your success story is uplifting!
9 days off sub today and seeing your success story is uplifting!
Congrats on 36 days! It will get better, believe me!! The depression was something that really got to be unbearable for me & so that's why I decided to see a therapist. She put me on cymbalta and it has made a world of a difference! Even if you see someone just to talk, it will make you feel better. I can't count how many times I literally talked my husband to sleep rambling on about what I was going through. Alot of people on her suggested NA to me, but being from a super well known family in a small town, I just couldn't bring myself to go....anonymous or not!
Keep up the good work & before you know it 6 months will have gone by, then a year!
Keep up the good work & before you know it 6 months will have gone by, then a year!
Thank you for taking the time to post something so great and positive, I tell you it brought me SO much joy to read it, congrats to you!!! I LOVE reading positive posts on this web-site!!!
well you've touched me so your post worked!
I am 36 days clean from vicodin and still have no energy and some depression. the cravings are letting up but I still seem to feel sick all the time. So thank you for posting this. It gives me the drive to keep going.
Great job on your clean time. You are an inspiration!
I am 36 days clean from vicodin and still have no energy and some depression. the cravings are letting up but I still seem to feel sick all the time. So thank you for posting this. It gives me the drive to keep going.
Great job on your clean time. You are an inspiration!
I LOVE your post - seriiously I remember you and I can not tell you how happy it makes me to read this. You are a TRUE inspiration.
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Thank you - I mean.. well, just thank you. :)
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Thank you - I mean.. well, just thank you. :)
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