Well I Think Have Have Finally Jumped The Highest Hurdle Today,
I Feel Pretty Good With The Exception Of Some Anxiety. I Know Deep In My Heart That I Would Not Have Made It Without The Grace Of God And All You Fine People Here.
We Are Not Bad People But People With A Vice And The Support You All Have Given Me In This Board Has Loosened The Vice So I Can Breath Again And Be The Caring, Dependable Person I Used To Be. I Am Not Cured But I Think My Head Is Clear Enough Now That I Can Make Responsible Decisions Again.
For Starters Before I Quit Cold Turkey I Had A Prescription Of 120 Norco 10/325 Ordered But The Pharmacy Was Having Problems With Their Shipping Until Today And It Was Ready To Go Out And Guess What, I Actually Cancelled It. A Week Ago You Could Not Have Paid Me $10.000 To Cancell That Order. Amazing.
For Those Who Are Thinking Of Quitting Or In The Process, Just Remember This, We Are All Good People And Live Respectable Lives And This Can Happen To Anyone,
One Thing That Helped Me Was To Keep A Picture Of My Family In My Pocket And Every Time I Wanted A Pill I Would Look At My Children And Remember The Time Lost With Them While I Was Off In My Own Little World, Or Just Put A Tape In The Vcr Of Your Childs Basketball , Volleyball Or Baseball Game, Did You See Yourself There, I Did Not See Myself There. Look What We Have All Missed.
I Have Always Loved My Family But Missed Out On Alot, But Im Back Now And Will Always Be There For Them. I Cant Dwell On The Past But Can Only Concentrate On The Future Now.
All I Ask Is That All That Come To This Message Board Remember We Are All Here For One Reason Or Another And The Wise People Here I Am Sure Have Saved Many Lives And Kept Many Familys Together. I Owe So Much To All Who Have Helped Me Through This.
I Will Always Be Indebted To You. May God Bless And Be With All Of You And Keep Me In Your Prayers And I Will Do The Same.
Thanks So Much, Randy

you hit it right on the head.................congrates on day seven

clean over 2 years
good luck

If it doesn't work, go the subutex route (or suboxone if you are afraid you will snort or shoot it). It is a miracle pill! Take them when you start to feel like crap going into W/D's and they are gone instantly. It even protects you from taking any kind of opiod, as it blocks it from getting to your receptors.

Here's how it works: Norco (my drug of choice - or insert your particular opiod) are like little dots, and your opiate receptors like little grooves. Well these norco dots resach the grooves of the receptors and rest there for a while, causing all these little positive reactions, which make us feel great and gives us some euphoria. What the subutex does is it fits into the groove in such a way that nothing else can get through. It creates a small positive charge, it is a partial opiod agonist, but not like norco. To me, it kind of feels like two or three hours after I took a dose, and was just kind of crusing along. Not straight, but not too high either. I stayed on these for a couple of weeks, until I got past the cravings (see, it is wierd to have not had a single, not 1!, w/d symptom, so I think that brings the cravings on a bit more). you will have a day or two (at the most) of limited withdrawals when you come off of the subs, but you should ween yourself carefully with your doc and all that really affected me was when it was time to go to sleep, but he gave me something for that which took care of that lickedy-split!

Yes, it is expensive, but when I factored in the number of ROP's I was using and the consult fees, refills, etc, I am saving money. It was $200 for the initial visit (do not put it through insurance unless you want your rates to go through the roof, to never be allowed to be prescribed pain pills for anything - there will probably be one or two time syou will need them for a severe injury, and you will be denied life insurance by alot of companies), and then do not ut the subutex on insurance either (is a red flag for addiction therapy), which costs about $300 for a month supply. Cheaper than rehab ($3000+) and about what I would fork out in a month to feed my habit anyway, and I am already healthier than ever before and my liver is not taking a beating daily.

Bottom line, if you are taking too many, you will ultimately reach your limit. Yours could be 30, or 100, but we all have them and if you are anything like me, if you dont stop now, you will stop when you find that limit. Only, it is too late then.

I took upwards of 40 Norco 10's in a day, on average 12-18 at once, with 20 being the highest, and the sad thing is, that was just to feel normal again. Many times it wouldnt even get me high.

Just my story, hope it helps...

Randy..Randy :D
Excellent job man...I knew you could do it. Look how far you've come from day three. Everyday gets better. Everyday! If the urge ever comes on...just keept that family in mind. They need you. Congrats...and cheers to life!

-Greg