day 8 no norco and going good except stress at work!

[feeldown28]

So here I am day 8 no norco and feeling great and then I come into work and am pulled into office for days I missed last week. I want so bad to slap these idiotic people beside their heads!!! But I just signed the dang paper and let it go. I will NOT allow these morons to be a trigger for me I guarantee u I will quit and be with my kids all day before that happens!! People amaze me!

[feeldown28]

Thanks guys and you are so right we try to do good and get kicked right back down. I am thinking of cutting down my work hours to about 30 a week so I can focus on me and my kids and more imporant my recovery. I do enjoy my job working in a medical office but some parts of me make me feel like I need to give my kids back the one on one time the pills took away from them and all the happy emotions they probably have not seen from me in a while. But then I think......work is a good thing and what I need to keep my mind busy and not thinking about pills. Oh me oh my lol one thought after another let me tell you LOL

[minn66]

My workplace is not conducive for quitting pills either. I have to leave work about 30 minutes early twice a week for physical and massage therapy, which are essential now since I am not taking the pills any more. I have worked there close to 24 years and have been an excellent employee, but that doesn't seem to matter. They give me a hard time about it. I understand they need the work to be done, and I do what I'm asked, but they are accustomed to the old me who would pop a pill or two and work tons of overtime. Now I can't do that anymore. I work in pain a lot and work over to make up my time on the days I don't go to therapy, yet it isn't enough. I just take it a day at a time, like I did detox, lol, and tell myself that it is a means to an end. Still, I understand your frustration. Seems like when we try to do good is when we get kicked the most. Hang in there!

[Bones216]

Hang in there my friend. I am also struggling in returning to work this week.My gut instinct to stress is to take a pill, so it has me also very edgy. Try and incorporate some fresh air and walks where you can at work.
Feeling ur pain but we shall overcome this.
Bones

[kyle505]

Day 8 is fantastic...You're on your way. Unfortunately, life happens, even during detox, so sometimes you just have to hunker down and deal with it. Remember that your emotions are still a bit on edge, so things can come across somewhat overblown.
Hang in there. And on to day 9.