For those of you that don't know me, I have a friend on Oxycontin (Oxyvodone, Roxys) and I want to help get her off of them.

If I can get her to spend say 4-5 hours on this site, when is the best time? I mean, what is the best time of day that she might not be in a thick fog? Early in the morning before she takes any pillls? Just before she normally takes a pill?

Also, If she has kept it secret from everyone (denies it to me), and currently is not ready to quit, what are the chances her reading what all of you wonderful people have to say would have an effect? 50%, 20%? I believe most of you came to this forum with a desire to get clean, so this forum had a bigger impact.

I would appreciate any help, because I truly want to help a friend.

Hello Friend999.

Boy those are some tuff ones.

The first thing is she has to admit she has a problem and then want to get clean before anything else will work. This has to come from inside her. No amount of preaching or reading will help if she does not want to get clean and is in denial. Sorry to be a downer but that is what my first step was, the desire to live a better life and be clean.

As far as what time(s) she spends here, I would say anytime you can get her here. Maybe if she reads some of our stories she will leave denial and want to get clean? Hard to tell what clicks in our brains, we are all different.

The biggest thing that helped me was when I started posting to the forums and made connections with the people here. They are like my extended family. A meeting without actually going to a meeting at my finger tips. I can't always make meetings so this really works for me.

I did lots of reading before I started posting and I was in withdrawals when I started posting. There is always someone here in the same situation as her in one form or another.

By the way I am on day 44 clean from quite a bad Oxy habbit (120mgs per day) Started with Hydros (vicoden)

I feel like I have a new lease on life now. Really a great thing to be clean!!

Hope this helps you, You are a good friend :)

As Always,
Peace.
Baja

Thank you, Baja.

Congratulations on being clean so long.

By the best time, I mean in relation to the time she takes her pills, such as, if she takes them every 6 hours, then is hour 5 the best time that she would be most susceptible to what you folks have to say?

Hi Friend,
Thats difficult to answer because I was already in W/D's when I got here so every second was a good time for me to listen and learn. I had already been tapering and down to only 5mgs per day when I started posting.

I was hurting and needed some help and answers.

Since I am not her and speaking from my experience with the Oxy I would guess if I had to seek help it would be when I was hurting and thinking about takng another dose to feel better. Maybe taking my mind off the pillz would help me and it might help her if she is hurting?
Can you or someone get control of her doses and help her taper? If she is willing to do that.
It would be a way to help her stay on track and not slip back. If she can get them from other sources, she will. I have been there and I got my stuff for free most of the time so I had a never ending supply for little to no cost. That makes it harder when you know you can just go and get more if you want it!!

Try getting her here when she is starting to hurt (W/D's) and if that doesn't work try her right after her dose? Mix it up a little. You never know what might make her click inside.

I wish you the best!!

As Always,
Peace.
Baja

Thank you again, Baja. Sounds like the best time is when she is ready to take another pill(s) and she is hurting a little bit.

Again, congratulations on your time being clean. I don't think I need to remind you, but it wouldn't hurt to remind you, that you are not out of the woods. Please always be alert to those cravings, when they come, and do what it takes to defeat them. My very best to you!