How to tell when you have a problem - Darvocet

[JoeyR]

I would like some information please. I have been taking Darvocet for sometime now... about 8 months and take 12 pills a day...Usually 3 or 4 at a time. How do you know when you are addicted? I dont feel so good if I go without it for more than a day. I get nervous, sweat (god i hate that) and hurt. I am taking them for a sinus problem I have because I cannot afford the surgery to fix the problem. I really want to stop this, but am afraid to. I live in the Chicago area. My name is Joey.

I should also say that I have been living with clinical depression since I was 16... now 28 and I take wellbutrin twice a day. I also have Ativan which I use to sleep, but unlike the Darvocet, I do not find a "high" in taking the Ativan. I use that for what it helps me with. (Anxiety and sleeping).

After reading some of the warnings that go along with pain killers, it scares the hell out of me to think I am in that situation but just dont realize it I guess. I never in my life thought I would become addicted to "legal" drugs like this. This really sux

[oh please already]

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[groovygirl]

please...no structure!  isn't life structured enough?  we didn't have structure before, and it seemed to work well enough.  my point was that people should maybe read the first post in a thread and decide then whether it would be appropriate to post about their new job or whatever.  i was only trying to make the point that there seems to be less sensitivity here than there used to be.  there are a few people here that i now know WAY more about than i would like, and there are others that always seem to have their questions ignored.

[tex3]

Parallels, huh? Maybe it's the patterns we followed while using that got in similar places; whatever, it's strange but I appreciate having you with me and all the kind words you've given me. I don't know that I'm a big enough person to not let it hurt me, but I am smart enough, I think, to let it go and not ruin what peace I've found. What happened with your friend?
By the way, I like your idea about structuring things and would be in for that. I want to answer as many questions as I have the ability to, as I got a lot of help here. One part of that was persistence; the more I posted, the more people responded. I will write more later, but thanks again and have a great night! Back to packing for me.

[lifeisbetter]

Shane how are you holding up today? Don't let the depression get to you. I get up now and don't feel that twinge anymore that I have nothing to look forward to. I just get up.

Tex, again so much in common with you. My best friend since childhood won't even respond to my phone calls. I am so hurt and so resentful at the same time. I have no advice on this one either, except to say I would have come to your pity party if you asked me! Screw our old friends right? We have much more to be grateful for than stressing over people we thought we could count on. People will always let you down thats the nature of being human I guess. But it still sucks!!! I think its really great that you saw something positive from the situation, your right you don't have a thing to hold you there. Just try to make peace with them somehow because they say resentments take us back to our addictions. Uh Oh, I'm in trouble again! How the heck I am staying clean is a true mystery! Its a miracle really.

[lifeisbetter]

Your right sometimes people do get overlooked here and I know I am guilty of it also. This board has all kinds of people and personalities,and sometimes we are just mentally somewhere else. I post as often as possible but I can only post while at work. I think alot of times if there is only one or two responses to a question its usually because nothing else can be added, at least that is how it is for me. I don't know, maybe we should do something similar to the 12 step meetings and have a greeter for the day. Like, maybe every Wed. skip can respond to newcomers or questions, every Tues you can, Jessearpy, Tex3, Angst, GWH, Shane, Ash, Irishrose, hippy etc., all of us who feel we should give back can commit to a few days a month, that no matter what a new person will get an answer. Just a suggestion. I really think everyone here has the desire to help.

[mrmichael67]

Dive....got it licked in two months?  You're barely out of the gate.  What an ass you're going to feel like when you pick up again....if you haven't already.