it seems to me that i read alot about mothers and painkillers. Why do we feel the need to take these evil pills for energy. I am in the same boat. I feel like I have to have them to be the perfect mother, worker, cleaner...ect. I wasn't in pain atall when I discovered them, a friend asked me once if I had any and I didn't and she said you should try them they can help you get through the day with all we as mothers have to do.. Funny I was a mother to before I found painkillers and did fine. I just wanted to comment on all the replys like mine that all havea commmon theme. I am a single mother who needs these to get everything done. Why do we all feel so pressured?? I was taking 10 painkillers of different kinds a day. I haven't had any in days.. then I get some from friends. Why do I pick them back up after I have gone days without them? Its crazy. Thanks for letting me vent. And I can relate to the depression.. its terrible..
Thanks.. God Bless

I am a stay at home father. I injured my shoulder at work-5 surgeries. Any how my wife and I switched. She went back to work in the medical field I stayed home with the kids. Been on lortab for about seven years. If I had a good supply of tabs I was superman. Without them life really sucks. It didnt suck before pain pills. Same house, same 30 acres of land, same wife same kids. I guess the only thing that sucks is the addiction "That i brought on by myself" To painkillers.

thanks for replying I can relate.. I know everything was the same before. I regret her intoducing me to those things, but i don't blame her in anyway. Take care.Ok??

I do believe that these pills make us feel like super-mom at first....then eventually into a pill junkie where the only thoughts of where the next batch of pills will be coming from. I started out like you only on weeekends when friends would stop by or if we all went out ( I do not drink ) I guess I didn't feel so left out if I was high....I grew to love the feeling almost more than anything. I have to get thru this and the weekend is approaching....that will be the true test.

hey everyone -

I guess this is a universal dilemna that mom's have been asking themselves for years.

Just ask Mick Jagger who wrote a song about it -
"we go running for the shelter of our mother's little helper".

Addiction just plain sucks!!

Dawn