Thank you to everyone for being here yesterday

[lemaroo]

Thank you everyone who helped me yesterday. This is the first time I've tried getting off the pain pills and I figured if I made it a week the hard part would be over. Boy was I wrong, yesterday was a ***** and my brain just kept telling me...."Go ahead, run in there and take a pill and make all this go away.".... You guys saved my life yesterday. Today I got up, got dressed for the first time in 10 days, and walked to the barn. Now don't get me wrong, I still don't have enough energy to do some things, but I made it to the barn and instead of just turning the horses out to pasture I took a few minutes to smell the air in their stalls, I took a min, to actually lay my head on Jett. my fav. gelding, and listen to his heart beat. He stood stock still like he knew I really really needed to just be with him. It was amazing. For anyone thinking of listening to the devient little itch in your brain telling you to just give up...please don't...listen to these folks in here and just give it one more sec. ...one more min.....one more hour.....one more sunrise.

[jstntime]

Hey Lemaroo!!!

That's a great post and you should be proud of your victory.  Your resolve will NEVER last however as long as you have those pills in the house.  EVERY single person with experience in addiction will tell you that having access to pills coupled with a "weak" moment equals relapse.

Do yourself a BIG favor and get rid of them.  You surely do not want to repeat wd.  You have shown many on this site that it is indeed possible to get through that first tough week.  

Hang in there, we're all pulling for you,

bob

The energy will return

[Purbeckgirl]

Horses are my thereapy too. Don't own one but do a lot of riding in countryside.
Well it's a sober morning for me, lovely day, feel so good.

They didn't say it would be easy but they did say it would be worth it.

Well done!

[BaileenJoshuasMama]

your so right don't give in its not worth it and our new found family on here will help us through those cravings. I'm only on day 4 but I am so happy to be pill free I love this life. I told my mom today I love my life pill free and I never thought I would say that. I'm glad your doing good. Good luck to your future your stronger than any addiction you can do this