I used to take a lot of Oxycontin and Vicodin myself. What happened is I got Oxy's from my own doc and suscribed to this site *************.com which got me in touch with understanding physicians that prescribed high quantity prescriptions for the Vicodin. Needless to say I got hooked to the prescription drugs but to make a long story short, I now use Buprenorphine which has been a life saver for me. I plan on tapering down this week so if it goes well I will let you know..
~ You might benefit from a taper off the pain medications due to your chronic pain issues while transitioning to non narcotic medications and other outlets for pain relief. Dont forget to address the underlying issue that keeps you abusing the medication like depression,,etc. What was the underlying issues for the alcohol abuse,, I cant stress this enough. Ive "quit" the pills lots of times before but kept going back because they made me feel good.You know what it takes to live a sober life,,you need to incorperate that into this addiction as well. Keep us posted please. You can do this~Bkitty
i went to AA and they said one thing at a time that i will over load myself im going to see if i can have a thing put in my spine to block pain recepters they believe in me and my pain is crippling. i will hve them dispensed and im ganna take 1 perday till we can figure out options with dr they know i dont want the pill route i think im screaming about the cronic pain topic today as about resentfulness i am disabled and was so active and im so torn inside because my body doesnt do things i wish it could and does things so painful for simple things i am so motivated now and christiantity is back in my life and im really praying about this. but they assured me at AA i was doing things correctly the 1st thing i started doing about almost a month sober is be honest so honest i was screaming the truth thru the roof tops
You gotta try and slow up your thinking. You are putting so much stress on yourself. I am glad you finally gave those pills to your husband to hold. Your addict brain is screaming at you. Many of us found that our pain levels dropped once we cleaned up. Hopefully that will be the case for you but you have to give it time. You gotta let those pills go as they are controlling you. You gave up the alcohol and that is great, you found out that there is a life without alcohol, now try it without the pills. You can do this beth~~sara