Cross Addiction Alcohol/Norcos. Stuck and scared.

[DoubleInTrouble]

Hello to all, I am in a bad place right now! Iam 29 yr old female  married, who grew up with an alcoholic father in the house hold so I picked up a drinking problem at the age if 14. I actually CT it when I was 23, for 5 1/2 years and in all seriousness I was very happy and healthy, did not have any unnecessary or extra drama in my life, I actually started norcos 1 1/2 ago , I've been taking 2-4 daily in half increments. I had my first drink last Halloween , thought I would be ok and could control it due to 5 1/2 years of sobriety( WRONG!) it started slow, steady and controlled then got bad, I was mixing it with norcos and boy was I SICK in the morning , deathly sick! Now Iam missing so many days of work, Iam not my productive self anymore, I have tried 4 times to detox myself from both, what really has a hold if me is the norcos , because of how mentally dependent they r and I actually admitted to my husband yesterday of my norco use, he knew about the alcohol and did not like or condone it any bit, thank god he was very supportive and wants to help by all means. Iam still takn norcos
and only taking 2 a day, we are going to do a home detox this week and he will supervise me in case I need to go to a hospital or anything. Iam more concerned about staying sober then getting sober bcuz that is the harder part for me.

Would greatly appreciate all input, especially ppl who have been thru the same as I.

[DoubleInTrouble]

Hey Ann2497
I really did not take anything . I just drank alot of water, and then after so many days it got worse and I Cosby take it and gave up. But I would appreciate some pointers for me to succeed in my detox so hopefully this will the last one. And is clonidine off the counter or prescription, I do not have insurance.

[Ann2497]

You said you have tried to detox 4 times yourself - how many days did you make it?  Have you read the Thomas Recipe on the right hand corner, bottom of the page  "Most Viewed Health Pages".  That has some helpful info.  Not sure if it mentions Clonidine.  That is not addictive and it helped me a lot with detox.  I would not have been able to do it without it.  It is a blood pressure med.  Fill us in on what you tried the 4 times you tried to detox yourself and maybe we could give you some advice on things that you didn't try.

[DoubleInTrouble]

ROSYouralright Thanks for all your positive words of encouragement . I have just never felt so weak and not in control of my life, quitting alcohol wasn't even as hard the first time, I really feel these pills did a number on my nervous system. I will be going to a AA meeting today.

[DoubleInTrouble]

I don't drink everyday, but when I do I drink TOOOO much , I'm a binge drinker, or impulse drinker, that's the scary part. Umm idk about mg but think they r 10/325. I want to quit both for good! That's actually y I don't want to detox at a center bcuz I don't want to take any meds during my withdrawl bcuz of my addictive personality.
Thanx for responding

[ROSYouralright]

Hey. Welcome! I'm so glad to see you here and it's really good that your hubby is there for you during detox. Sounds like you know what the wd's are all about! Thank goodness They don't last forever. Stick close to the site so we can encourage and support you through it. Congrats on taking your life back! You are not alone in this! Your absolutely right about the STAYING CLEAN! its day by day...one choice at a time!! I'm rooting for you! YOU CAN DO THIS!

[Ann2497]

Hi and welcome.  How much are you drinking each day?  The good news is that you are not using a lot of Norco.  Is it 5mg?  The problem is if you detox from the Norco, will you use alcohol to help with the w/d symptoms?   I have been guilty of using alcohol when I don't have pills.  The alcohol helped me with the anxiety.