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

[angst]

Only you could find a civil way to respond to an egghead who probably does not know the meaning of humility.  I still say the
whole of the forum is stronger than any one person alone.  There is no greater way than one addict helping another.  That is enough foul language to start his own sex anonymous group in his home town.
Thanks hippy for being you.  You got a point across that many of us felt but did not know how to say.  Not only are you a poet, but you also showed your skill of vocabulary dealing with a neanderthal (sic).
Thanks again,  Ava

[hippy]

what s up, you seem like something really bothering you,
don't you think your being a little harsh.
i know some people a big babies sometimes, but geez
don't ya think ya over did with the put downs.
i am personaly grateful twards this fourm.
im no spring chicken my self, so i think i can say that
with all  my years in na , there is a saying----
cockiness is a red light indicater.
so what im trying to say in a respectful way we need to find some humilty once we get clean.
you could post back to me and rip me up , but  i am only trying to share my experence. getting clean is a lot easier than continueing to stay clean fo rlong periords of time , hopefully for the rest of your life.

but we do reap what we sow,
and arragonnce is a mask for low self esteem.
  sorry for the bad spelling

[tex3]

Life -- thanks for looking for me! I've been out of town all week, just got home last night. We are moving next week and I'm trying to get everything settled, so haven't been around and probably won't be until after it's done. But I miss you guys so had to stop by! I'm doing great and hope everyone else is too.

Phear -- First, congratulations, you've made it through the worst part! The restless leg should get better everyday now, and be gone soon, probably a day at most (I think). I had a similar habit and that's how it always worked for me. Hang in there. Eat bananas. I've heard that helps, but if I'm wrong someone please correct me! You might post on the most recent question at top so more people can see it.

GWH -- This was just radioboy up to his usual ****. Jesus, he must be on a trip. The "slip" with the posting gave it away, if the grammar alone didn't. He and AVS and "radioboy's wife" are all the same. I'd ignore it and not pay it a single thought; he needs help we can't give him and has something really wrong if he's wasting so much time playing mind games. Sorry if this offends anyone but when you read it close you will realize the error "radioboy's wife" made when posting under his old screen name and then breaking in under a new screen name. Crazy.

Have a great weekend everyone.

[dive]

Hey everyone,

I just returned from a week and a half in Curacao, scuba diving, I was feeling pretty good, but when I saw this thread, and actually read it, I laughed my ass off.

WHAT A BUNCH OF BULLSHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

from RadioBoy that is.  First of all NCIC is pretty legit, so there was no suicide, second GWH is right, and there is now way you can post using someone else's name without either being on their computer, or having their password.  

Stop bickering, noone died.  Whoever Radioboy is, is screwing with everyone here.  All he ever did was ask us for info on how to get high, any good junkie knows when another is looking for a buzz, and it doesn't take a genious to figure out radioboys questions.  

GWH, email me, I finally have that pic I promised.

To everyone: have a great life.  This forum sucks **** when you've sobered up like I have.  I can't even bear to read it anymore, and I was using it as a relapse prevention tool, after I detoxed over two months ago.  

It's amazing how differently you begin to think after the drugs leave your system.

For those of you who are here for real reasons, and are trying to win this battle geniunley, I applaud you and wish you the best, and I wish I could help you.  For the rest of you whining, self pittying, no-job, buprenex shooting (or Methadone munching), lazy motherfuckers, you know who you are.  I hope you never get clean, you ******* don't deserve it.  Most people put in a real effort to get and stay clean.  And those that do it, get on this board to whine during Detox, and then get better.  The rest of you just keep doping up, and keep biching how terrible WD is.  Well guess what, nobody put a gun to your head and told you to blow 50 oxy 80's up your nose in one sitting did they, your doctor certainly didn't prescribe them that way.  So please realize that the ONLY way to get off drugs is to get off drugs, and stop lying to yourself, your not clean if you keep shooting Bub, your not clean if you keep taking Methadone, you're not clean if you eat 20 ultrams every 2 hours.  You're only clean when you're off all opiates ( and benzos for that matter)

So if you think I'm being insensitive, **** YOU, and you can blow me for all I care, because I too was addicted, and I suffered thru WD, and I'm clean now because of it, If that sounds impossible to you, than you don't deserve sobriety.  Anyone can do this, it just takes a little more willpower than your lazy ass is willing to give.  

Flame away..... everyone.  I hope it gives you something to do...

I used to like this forum, but the only true friend I've made here, who was an extraordinary example for me to follow, was GWH.  

For that GWH, I thank you, and my liver does too, so I will talk to you privatley from now on, since this bunch of babies, loosers, and self pity bunch of assholes is too much for me to deal with.  My life has mooved on and so am I.

Goodbye everyone.  I hope to all those that really want sobriety, that you will find it someday.  Because it won't find you....  You need to seek it out.

[lifeisbetter]

Hey! You doing ok? Haven't seen your post lately. Miss you.

[lifeisbetter]

Hey you. So glad your back. I was kinda worried that you would feel like you were being "judged". The truth is I didn't see more than a couple of negative posts to you. One was from someone I haven't ever seen before. There were far more from those of us who know you. I feel pretty lucky to be involved in a group that is so supportive of one another. Thank God you didn't let anyone get you down for long. We need you! I did read someones quote from the Bible "an eye for an eye". I think that person should read it a little more and come to the section where Jesus talks about casting that first stone. He was talking to the Pharisees who were judging a woman for cheating on her husband. He told them not to judge that woman. He said "if anyone here has not sinned then cast the first stone". No body did. I just mean please don't feel judged. The people that have been here for a while are the ones who know you and the ones who need you.

Now, how did this glitch affect your progress? You started the post needing some help staying on track. You could easily use this as an excuse to pick up the oxy's again. How are you doing?