COREX,a slow poison

[sach61]

hii all,
my name is sachin & im frm karnataka..iam an BE GRADUATE,i cmpleted my degree in 2009 but till 2day iam jobless and the main reason fr tat is ,addiction to cough syps lik COREX,PHENSEDYL & M.TS LINCTUS CODIENE..daily i m havin 6 to 8 bottles,frm past 1yr...the very first time i took these syps in 2008 and continued fr 6months..one fine day i decided to quit these syps as it was affectin my health vry badly and i was evn succesfull in doin so..i was cmpletely clean fr abt a yr,but i startd again wen i got dumped frm a girl whom i loved mr then anyone & anythng..but this time its jst impossible fr me to quit these syps infact of knowin d ill effects of these syps..its alrdy affectin my health vry badly ,but still am cmpletely helpless..my parents are pharmacists,evn they vrywell know d effects of these syps addiction..my parents love me more thn anythng and so do i..im tryin vry hard to quit these syps but still i am not able to do so..my parents are not aware of my addiction and i never want them too as my mum is vry vry sensitive and if she comes to knw abt my addiction,she wl giv out her life..i am suffrin lik hell.frm past 1mnth am tryin vry hard to quit, but.....i dnt hv tat WILL anymore nw..i lost my self belief,my confidence...i cnt take help of any doctors as i  never want my parents to knw..my close frnds dnt trust me nw...soo plz help me and show me d way to lead serene life wit my parents.,whom i always want to c happy...this is d last option left fr me and i hope smone will help me to get rid of these syps.....

[gunn73]

hi bro i m from punjab and i ve been an addict for 14 yrs doing heroin. it was hard for me to tell my family too cos i wasn t brought up in a family that had no way thought their son would be be hooked on to something like that where alcohol was also no where near. but when i decided to quit they were the the first ones to know cos no matter what they love u and wud want u to leave the devil behind. show some faith in them and tell them. i wish u all the best.
gunnu

[kdthegr8]

Nothing is impossible...is not just a saying.If one wants to .. one can do .. absolutely anything. Quitting cough syrup is also not impossible.Do not lose your heart....and everytime you hold that bottle in your hands to gulp down the crap....just remember your parents and imagine them to be watching you.
   You dont even need to tell anything to your parents.just STOP it man..THATS it...STOP>>>STOP !! STOP even thinking about it. and trust me..its over.!!
God Blesses.
Cheers..

[10356]

Hello sach61.. welcome to the forum.. You can get out of the hell you are living in. it takes a will and determination. you sound as if you have sunken very low in your addiction. Your parents notice.. in our addiction we think we are doing a wonderful job hiding it but when we are loosing friends our lives and appearance change. it is know by the ones we love but they feel hopeless and are afraid of the answer if asked. You say you are close. as said above you need to be honest with them and trust in their love.. they would rather help you to save your life then to watch you slowly die.. You need someone to be accountable too and they are in the perfect position to do this.. Freedom from our addictions is worth the Honesty it takes to get clean.. You can do this. it would be worth it. your worth it.. lesa

[abritt121222]

I thought the exact same thing as u man i thought it would just kill my mom to know that i was addicted to pain pills because i was not raised that way and have never even touched any kind of drugs before my back injury and the pain pills started ok taking them just like i was supposed to and then before i knew it i was hooked doing whatever i had to in order to get pills but honestly when i finally told my parents it was like a huge weight off of my shoulders and didnt go anything like i thought my mom and dad werent mad at me at all the only thing they wanted to do is help me get thru this bad chapter in my life and get me onto writing the next clean chapter in my life and since you say you and your parents are close like me and my parents are i think you need to tell them and let them help because i am about 99% sure if i didnt have the help of my parents that i would still be on pills because i dont see how i could have done it without them or having to try and hide withdrawals around them all the time because it is very very hard to hide when you are going thru withdrawals well good luck to you and i hope you can get it all figured out quickly

Good Luck and Godspeed

ABritt

[Charetti]

Addiction can hit anyone, perhaps your parents will understand.  Its very hard to tell them you are an addict but makes it softer when you say you want to quit. I could never have quit without someones support and supervision.  

I joined this site when I just wanted to quit but wasnt ready to. I read through everyday, talked with variuous people, and added my opinion when I could. This allowed me to gain the strength I needed.  I am clean now becuase of it. Good luck