hey all just going into day 4 !!!!

[steve1220]

you know i've been through this game more times than i wish to count (being on the oxys for 5+yrs) towards the end of those the wd got harder and harder !! was off them for 4mo and this time i was gearin up for the same run through hell...and i'm not trying to convince anybody to follow my stupid path  !! guess what i'm trying to convert is.....if your on them for a short period and want your life back do it now please believe me the longer your on pain meds of pretty much any kind  the harder it gets !!!! but no matter how long your on them this is doable and you'll be soooooo glad you did like most of you out there you really dont need them !!! keep posting were all here for ya it really does help
       your friend zona steve

[Fullcircle182]

Steve your truly an inspiration to us all hang in there man I appreciate the words of encouragement Thank you so much it means more than you know.

[clean_in_ks]

I'll send you a message so we don't take the focus off of zona's post OK?

[clean_in_ks]

I'll send you a message so we don't take the focus off of zona's post OK?

[freelysurrendering]

Hi how are you doing today?

[hampstead]

I was just like you i was in AA for 14 years then my doctor put me on hydrocodon and have been struggerling to get off them for 5 years its been so differcult its so much harder then booze right now i am trying again to taper off i went C T last year and lasted 7 weeks i now i do not want to do that again i just hope i can do it this time what is the differents abusing and addicted to alcohol cheers

[clean_in_ks]

Thanks Steve for coming back here and doing it again.  Reading that you had 4 mos and relapsed is just what I needed to read this afternoon,
I'm at 99 days and still have no energy, can't GET to sleep, still having to let a lot of things go that my brain tells me I need to do!
Guess your post sticks out cause my next "goal post" is 4 months.
I was in AA and sober for 18 yrs and NEVER had the battle this opiate addiction has been/always will be!  I learned alot about recovery in AA, but socially drank again after 18 yrs and MUCH contemplation....it NEVER had a hold on me like pain pills.  I did conclude that I was abusing alcohol, not addicted to it........and it never reared it's ugly head as an addiction for me.
THESE OPIATES ARE cunning, baffling and powerful.  I never really felt that way even after many, many years of AA involvement and I was really., really, involved. (I have no regrets about that time in my life, tho. as I learned soooo much.....just never truly related to the desperateness like I do with opiates)
Other opiate addicts KNOW me and I TOTALLY RELATE to them.
I'm so glad you "got back up" and are doing it again.  I needed to hear from you today.  Thank you.
"Lord help me to get UP, I can fall DOWN on my own"
Blessings zona from Kansas!

[TiredinTempe]

That is great Steve! Keep it up! KK