Clean. Again. Trying some new things

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For my back and neck pain while sitting I got one of those seat things from an infomercial and an energy balance arm band (I know lol). But check this out i got that bracelet while still on pain meds and it was just a decoration. Did nothing. And my pain was still booming in my neck. So i did a super rapid taper starting last weekend and have worked all damn week I can't believe it. I was to crumbs of Oxycodone all week and Monday was HELL at work for me but since yesterday no meds and I actually feel much better that even a few days ago. Almost normal. Ok so now since I stopped my pain the past 2 days has been at like 2 even when sitting! With no Meds or advil or anything. It's weird it's like NOW the bracelet or something is working. Or maybe my blood is just flowing again. It does seem when i take meds my pain gets WAY worse. Anyway I am awaiting my chair thing and hopefully I will stay pain free like the past few days! But like always it feels great to be free! Laughing my *** off again, music kicks *** again, sex is great bla bla bla you know the drill :)

Back2Me · Answer

You remember that disaster huh?! Lol. It's not funny but man what a wreck! That is probably the single biggest reason I have not gotten back into heavy heavy usage. So that in itself is a small victory. Now I'm nervous jumping from 3 or 4 vics a day for a few weeks when I was approaching 180mg oxy or more per day for months. But yep. Feeling good now. It's Friday. Got paid. Going to enjoy my new scenery here :)

Sad_Woman · Answer

Hey I remember you! You jumped off a high dose of oxy around the same time I tried to taper off sub. I messed it up then but finally did it. It's been just over 2 weeks now clean'n yep, music, sex all that good stuff is waaay better off opiates. Let the wds stay fresh in your mind if that helps to deter you. I felt like crap this entire summer during my taper but stuck with it. It paid off, I had wds yes but nuthin like full blown oxy wds. Sounds like tapering helped you too and kudos for being able to taper off oxy. Not something I was ever able to do. Your free now!! Stay that way k? So will I. :)

ANewLife4Me · Answer

Good to see you here again.  You sound a lot different in your writing, better, more confident!  You will get to that 90 days, just keep doing what you're doing.  Keep fighting :)

laurel453 · Answer

if it is working for you, go for it, welcome back :)

Back2Me · Answer

I would LOVE to get to 90 days though. :)

Back2Me · Answer

It's a energy balance bracelet. They are rubber with a little hologram in them. Well 2 hollograms on this one. Anyway I know the powerbands that are similar were supposed to be garbage and a hoax but these people sweat by. You see like tons of pro athletes wearing them. Like I said could be coincidence BUT my pain level is WAAAAY down. And it's really more like day 5 for me with the crumbs that I was taking. As far as aftercare i don't known nothing has worked. Counceling was worthless to me and so were meetings. I'm just not that person I guess I'll have to figure it out some how. I know one motivation is i HATE WD probably more than anyone on the planet and honestly after my horrific exoerience back last December i not
Been perfect but been a pretty good boy as far as really watching my usage and cutting it right off at the first sign of things getting out of hand. I have had some moderate WD,s since December but nothing total debilitating as that whole month. I
Think i learned allot from that. Other than that i moved hundreds of miles from my dealer people and pretty much all of my money is paying for things i need. House car bills, and there are some things i WANT and i keep telling myself $300 for pills this pay period could have bought you this and that. Well that seems to be some real motivation right now :). Well see

sandstone27 · Answer

Hi and Welcome back!  It's great that you've been off the meds for 2 days now..I'm not sure what kind of bracelet you're talking about - I must have missed that infomercial :).  Is it a magnetic bracelet? Some people swear by them.  

Keep your guard up though, since it's only been 2 days sans any medication.  Do you have any aftercare in place such as NA or one on one counseling?  

Glad everything is "so far so good" for you right now.  I hope it continues.

Well wishes to you....

Sandy :)