Hydroco Withdrawal

[steveh444]

I am in day 2 of a cold turkey attempt off of hydroco 6-120mg / day.
I took 30mg Monday and 30mg on Tuesday. Yesterday and today I have taken none at all. I am in pretty rough shape and was hoping someone could tell me if I can do this safely myself??

[bama88]

And to answer did you ruin your recovrery? what recovery? when did you stop? See....
This disease is mental and physical
the pbysical will go away...the mental will stay.

I am an addict that CHOOSES not to take meds or get high today. just today...i lpromise nothing more.....sorry to be so hard on you...im giving some tough love. but love

[bama88]

First of all breathe. your not the first one or the last person who has backslide. the first part is the admision stage..then you can make progress. ive noticed a pattern i did it too. we feel weak.
or out of control. but we are in control. we control how much when and what we put in our bodies. i see that now. didnt 97 days ago.

i challenge you this....to not take any pain meds for 90 days. not a lifetime. jist 90. if you get to 90  it has a way of working out.

There is no justificstion on 30mgs or 120mgs. none.

you must settle in for a rough week. must. its nessesary. there is no easy way out. you didnt get addicted in a day. nope. it took me years to want to quit. years. i began from hydro to roxy to any pill. if one or two was good. 3-4 better and so forth. i put hydro as weak azz shite. see.

Have you ever had the flu? of course you have. did you live? your still here...so i would say yes. whatz one little week out of a lifetime. it just might save your soul. i promise.

You have to choose. you have to do the work. you. not me. Not the doctor. not your mom. you you you

[steveh444]

TY and God bless you Mike...and ALL of you
I know everything your saying is true. The fact is that if I were not with my wife and our son I wouldn't even be trying to quit. I know I need to be responsible for them. They have put their love and trust in me and I am very close to screwing that up, so I know its time to quit. And as with everything else in my life I am trying to find an easy way to do it, even though I know in my heart that no easy way exists.
I am going to cont to fight and just pray I can find the inner strength and peace I will need to do it.
All of you have been great, the fact that there are so many great people who genuinely seem to care is awesome in its self!! My sister was telling me how we are all surrounded by more angels than we can imagine. It kinda adds to the pressure I feel......man am I screwed up!!!!LOL

[sandstone27]

Mike is right -

There is no easy way around detox - including a "pass" to pop a few pills when you feel weak.  You've just gotta go through it, and it won't be easy. But it WILL pass.  You have to believe that.  I'm no hero when it comes to pain either, but if you want to get clean and stay clean, detoxing is only the first step.  After care is an important part of  recovery.  NA or one on one counseling helps many.

Good luck to you,

Sandy

[MikeInFrance]

The answer to your question about still taking pills every couple days and getting off this drug is NO ...u cannot do it like that. The first sentence in your post that started this conversation talks about your 'attempt' at gettit off hydros. To me personally, u didn't go into this with the right attitude and mindset: in fact it was only cuz you couldn't et anymore that u were forced to stop until you hustled onto some more. So I should really make a commitment to stop and make plans for your future cuz I promise you ....u will have no future if you continue taking these pills. You can say you are a weak person and u give in easy but to me it's an excuse for you to use again. U don't need to have someone hold your hand if you really wanna get clean Steve! You have to do it for you and you have to more than want it! You have to believe in a better life for yourself! The first week is tough....no b.s. ... Some people it's getting better after 3 days 5 days or a week max from what I have seen and heard. For me it was 5 days and then I saw it start to get better. This is something to look back on and be proud of that you worked though it. You need to care about you right now bcause the way you have been handling this 'detox' is only the addict in you caring about himself.  You punish yourself and take  a couple more and then you punish yourself waiting for a new script and so what do you want for yourself in the end? Make a decision to stop and stop for good and not just until someone will front you a couple more. Real talk

[sandstone27]

Hey Steve,

In answer to your question "Have I ruined my recovery?" in my opinion, you never really gave it enough of a chance.  You did the 30 mgs on Monday and Tuesday because you knew you were going to run out but since you were seeing your doctor on Wednesday, it was no big deal - until he refused to refill your script.  You did have 2 clean days, and were off to a good start - and when Friday came around - Day 3 IS Hell Day, you started again, and now you're out of pills and back to day 1 again.

My question to you is - Do you really WANT to quit?  This is what you stated in your initial posts, but it seems more like you just ran out and were waiting for a script refill.  I'm not criticizing you, but unless you WANT this 110%, it's going to be tough, because the mental part of detox will get you every time, and when you start feeling really bad, you will call that buddy of yours for some pills.  

If you can't quit cold turkey, you could always taper, but since you have no pills I guess that option is out.  The good news is, you only took 3 pills, and you had 2 clean days behind you already, so starting at Day 1 today shouldnt be as bad as your first Day 1.  Read through this thread again - everything still applies.  

We're here for you Steve, so post often - we like to know how you're doing.

Take good care of yourself, STAY HYRDATED, and just keep fighting the good fight.  Most important, you have to make up your mind that this is what you WANT, not what you HAVE TO do.    

Well wishes my friend...

Sandy