vicodin addiction

[peanut123171]

hi i am a 22 year old male and i am addicted to vicodin. for some reason my profile says i am a women, but i am def a man, but thats not important. i have a bad addiction problem with vicodin. its controlling me and i can really start seeing the negative side effects. im scared for my health, but i still take it, everyday now i need those pills. i take alot per day. if i buy 7, most likely they will be gone the day i bought them or the next day. if i get my hands on twenty 750 mg's vics they will be gone in two days. i spend all my money on this..its really really bad and i know its really stupid. if i dont have it i'll have withdrawls. ive never had withdrawls ever in my life..but damnit they are awful. i feel like i am slowly drifting away from my family and friends, who i love dearly. i never thought this could ever happen to me. i want to get help i just dont know where to go. i dont want to tell me family because my mom would be devistated and my dad would be extreamly dissapointed. i know i need to stop, i badly want to stop. i now know what addiction feels like. i have never been addicted to anything, but i am for sure addcted to this ****. im sure i could tell my friends but i really dont want to. counclers are a huge amount of money, and i know i could quit without rehab. could you please give me some feed back on this? thanks!

[shiningstar500]

I was taking up to 6 hydrocodone 10/650 a day and I always ran out every month. I never thought I was strong enough to quit cold turkey so I would go to doctors to get some meds because I didnt want to quit at that time. Took me 6 years to figure out I didnt like this life. I made a decision last week that I was tired of running out and counting pills. I tapered off and I am now 4 days clean. I honestly believe if you want to quit you will. Withdrawls are bad, I will tell you that but they don't last forever. I am still feeling withdrawls today but they aren't that bad.  Good luck to you!

[pattifan]

Hi,

It would help to know why you started the Vicodin. Did you have pain issues, or did you doctor give you some?

Do you take them every day? and how long have you been taking them for?

You'll get lots of help and support on the forum.

[Tab57]

Welcome to this site. It is a great place for help and infromation. Peple here are great and have a wide variety of experiences to talk from. Congratulations on admitting that you have a problem and wanting to get better as this is the first big step toward the road to recovery. It will be a painful road at times butt eh pain will be worth the gain.

I would suggest that you work through Narcotics Annynomous. There are a great organization that can help you. I have sent you a message with additional information.

Please continue to post here and good luck with your recovery efforts.