day 9 relasped help

[chance7]

so i've been so proud of my boyfriend for stoping methodone for 9 days now but he just left to get something.the last couple of days he was getting much better but tonight he had a few beers and said he felt like **** today and he wasn't going to fall asleep tonight so he really need something. are we going to have to go though this all over again he he takes only something tonight/

[chance7]

Thank god, he want able to score any pills. So he came home and about 7am fell asleep for awhile so one day at a time. We have mostly stoped all of his connections from giving him anything considering we live in a small town it helps.

[lovebuckets10]

i dont know, I have to tell docs I have an issue with it. If not they give me more pain meds and i start all over. I have no will power. So if they want to look at me like that then let them, but all I have ever been to tell me congdrads on getting clean. they dont treat me bad b/c i am trying not to do pills. when i was stilling using i would have never told them, oh that would mean i would not get my more pills.

[SotiredIcantsleep]

Last night as my first good night of sleep in almost two weeks.  they say it's the last thing to return to normal in most people.  The first 100 hours I was withdrawing I slept maybe 3-4hrs.  I had access of valiums, ambiens and a xanax, nothing could do the trick.  The over the counter stuff is a joke.  It's just a waiting game and I know it's frustrating but he will start getting so tired eventually that he will have to sleep.  I thought it was never coming back but it does, like everything else.  Last night was night 9 of c/t I thought I wasn't going to sleep like I haven't since I got off the oxys 15 days ago, but for some reason 9 was the magic number and my body couldn't take it anymore and just conked-out for 7 hours, I feel great.

[JP123]

never tell a regular dr. your a junkie they'll treat you like a leper just claim anxiety or can't sleep one mistake is nothing we all fall down u just gotta get up!!!

[jenny8575309]

There are other things that can help him fall asleep.  Tylenol PM is one of the non-prescription ones. Sleep issues are common, and if he wants to quit, he has to make a decision to not let this be an excuse for using.  I thought I'd never fall asleep, but I'm sleeping great now!

[chance7]

Thanl you. if it wasnt for the no sleeping he would probably be ok. we had even made a doctors app. tomorrow for help with his sleeping. we didnt know if we should mention his drug habit or not.

[DKRaider]

hope not....sometimes it makes a person feel really guilty that he had been doing so well and then uses again....sometimes to the feeling isn't as good as it once was and he'll realize he was on the right path...hard to say...let's just hope he doesn't like it. Good luck my friend.

[SotiredIcantsleep]

relapse is part of recovery for a lot of people.  some people relapse and realize it wasn't as good as they thought it would be or the guilt of caving in outweighed the benefits of the "high".  Don't give up hope on him right now, now is when he needs you the most.  Be honest with him about how this makes you feel, and ask him his plans.  See if he wants to continue to try to quit or he was just taking a break from the drugs.  A lot of people slip up a few times before they get clean, not that it makes it ok, it's just a long hard process for many.

I wish him lots of strength and I wish you the same, good luck and sorry for your disappointment.