Support Question to the Group

[sfboxrz]

I'm pretty new.  Well, actually I've been here before in the past in an attempt to get the support I needed to stop taking my DOC (see there, I even know some of the lingo) which is Norco.  I have taken them for the largest part of 6 years for a cervical disc problem which, is painful sometimes but certainly not the reason I take the drugs.  Plain and simple - I need to quit.  I need to get off this Merry Go Round of taking these daily - EVERY DAY  - only to feel guilty and pissed at myself for going another day a slave to a God damned drug!

I guess what I'm saying is I need help and I am coming to all of you to be my support system.  I'm confessing to you that I need and want to quit and I'm hoping that I will feel some conviction to you people out there in Internet Land to keep my word and follow through with a plan to quit.

I have tapered my amount to about 3 Norco a day - I split them in half usually.  I know I could go cold turkey as I have done it and outside of slight flu like symptoms and feeling EXHAUSTED  -  I survived.  My problem is that I keep returning  - backsliding - and I think part of the problem is that I have not confessed to anyone that I have this problem or exactly how compelling it is for me.  Well, I feel like I can do that here.  Hell, this may be the only place I can do it.  I am addicted to opiates and I genuinely want to stop taking them.  I need support and I need discipline.  My life lacks discipline.  I live alone and, outside of the laws of land, I answer to nobody  -  free to do as I please.  Well, it must please me to slowly kill myself because that is exactly what I am doing.

I think I know the answer before I even ask the question  but, will you people help me with this?  Would you do that for me?  You might, literally, be saving a life.

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[newmanagment]

You cant go to a better place on the internet for drug support. I had issues and couldnt use site for a month or so. so i checked out other forums, but i kept finding myself comin back here to get the insite and fellowship of the people here!! Good luck and keep postin, i think that helps make you accountable.

[pandas42]

I'd be happy to support you in any way I can. Just know that I, too, am new here and beginning my journey of quitting pain pills. so I'm not sure how much help I can be. But if helps you to know that I'm dealing with this problem, too, then I'll be supportive. You can send me a message anytime you need an ear or to be accountable to someone. You can do it!

[flmagi]

Have you also tried going to an N/A meeting? Just a thought, since you seem to feel the need to be accountable to someone about your addiction, and thats a good thing. We do need to be accountable, someone (s) should knwo. We should feel the presure and support of others. It makes us think twice, hopefully.

[flmagi]

We're here for you.