hi there i meber how i had posted how my tooth hurt real real bad, cause i ahd got it pulled on friday. well today it got way worse i mean i was shaking the pain was o bad. and no pian killer was helping except for motrin which didnt do much. so i went to the dentist as a walk in, he tld em that i had dry socket and thats why the pain was o bad. i ahve never felt this much pain im feeling a little better. hes gonna clean it out tomrorow. but ive ben taking the vikes and motrin together and thta helps. and im actually not taking the vikes to get high just enpough fro the pain. well i hope everyone is having a good night. god bless!!!! :angel:

if i may ask......how many vikes a day do you use......and for how long?......tell me short about your addiction.......

openly addicted....a little tough love here and im goin back to sleep....its 4 am est and i start my day off in three hours......anyways i went back to read some of your threads...your history....you said your 19 so youve got somethin goin there.....your brain aint gone yet....one thread you said 19 vikes a day....the other only 10.....so if you had a pool of them would your addiction be 16 a day?.....whats your higher dose?.....you have only came her 12 days ago lookin for help and you said you had a script of 50 left plus patches....your runnin to the dentist askin for more cause your tooth hurt.....im not here to offend but to help.....you are strugglin quittin.....we all are.....your boyfriend holds your meds?.......my advice is to seek help today.....can you do that?........can you call a treatment center?......hit an n/a mtg tonight and ask a local opiate addict where they went?.......you have to come to terms/ and be honest with yourself first.......you can not lie/manipulate/decieve your own heart......youve been takin opiates for three years....thats long enough....your young yet......im 44 and destroyed my life....when i couldnt get hydrocodone,heroin found me....i spent 20bucks a pill for 15 20mg of oxy's just to get strait once.....slowly this disease overcomes you.....you cannot control it,trust me....this disease is now your life long companion whether you want it or not and you should not be takin one vike without a doctors watch on you for awhile if you want to break the cycle....it is a viscious cycle.........you need to surround yourself,live and in person with other addicts who have the same problomo as you do......but ones who are in recovery and havebnt touched an opiate for sometime...unfortunately im on methsadone but i go every damm week to a a/a mtg and speak about my past/present problem with opiates....im tryin to do somethin after usin drugs for the first 24 years of my life....i was takin drugs before you were born.....trust me here....just for one minute....sit back and read this.................do you think you are an addict?............can you beat your addiction all by yourself?............how important is life to you?.............has your life changed since taking vikes?.............how honest can you be with yourself?.........opiates play with your decision making process..........you start to plan out your day when you get up by how many pills youve got/when your gettin more,ect....it will consume your whole life.....and then what.........my doc said to me once.....one pill aint enough and you could have a pool full and youd take em all and then what.....one is too many and a pool full aint enough.....i have been thru what i can only describe as shear misery and im not gona live the rest of my years like that.....once im stabilized at 9mos on meth im weanin down with his help and with professional help im beatin this wrap..........take the steps necessary to fix your problem....but dont wait till tomorrow to do it.....it could be just findin a phone number for you to go locally that wont cost you a dime.............chef

Hi Chef -

What a great post! You certainly have alot of insight to share and I don't think you were lecturing openly addicted - I thought you gave some great advice. Sounds like you have come quite a long way and have a great vision in front of you.

-Kathi

again words of wisdom from the chef

all I can say is really look and take to heart, everything that chef just told you.and right now, you are experiencing the current hell that i am dealing with as a result of an addiction to pain meds.the pain meds wont work!!!i am living everyday and soooo regreting the day that i became addicted to hydro.as now, after a rather torturous spinal cord surgery, i am experiencing central pain syndrome,it is basically nerve pain run amuck.i feel this constant deep horrid burning and extreme cold and it also has this lovely demension of a ripping and tearing feeling in my skin.it is one of the most painful nerve syndromes out there,and because of my past addiction,even some of the strongest narcotics availiable just don't work.so i sit and soooo regret my days of 'fun' with narcotics as now I am really paying the price.
if you really really want to get better.listen to what chef just told you to do.believe me, you don't want to end up like us.Good luck to you.We are hear for you any time,okay?take care, Marcia

openelyaddicted.....please respond if you wouldnt mind....i didnt mean to offend you in anyway...i want to help you as much as i can....i feel like your runnin from me/your addiction....i just want to communicate with ya.......i think i can give you some positive direction..........chef

openly....if you are that serious about quitting you wouldnt have ran off to the dentist to get more meds.....or you would have denied them, you know you have a problem, why did you take the prescription, I know what a dry socket is, I have had one. Im here to tell you that I am dead serious about my quitting, and no matter how much pain I am in...you couldnt force another vicodin down my throat!! You can tell me all day long that you arent taking the vics to get high....you know as well as I do thats a load of bull, I used to say the same thing. You can justify it all you want, but you know your an addict, and you know what you have to do, whether you decide to or not is up to you. Just remember that you are amongst other addicts who know this routine.....an alcoholic can..."just drink every once in a while" so dont tell us that you are taking the pills to get high!!! You know that if you want to stop...you can never take another one again!! What starts as choise, ended in an addiction. You have to be the one who decides that enough is enough....I hope that you get over this addiction that consumed 7 years of my life, and killed 2 people I care about. This isnt a joke. Next time you use....dont get on here and discuss as though are proud to say you are REALLY taking them for the pain....you know deep down its just an excuse to continue you addiction.
Lyn