Am I addicted yet

[jinx2418]

Hi Tmh... everyone is right. You should stop. I'm and addict, "once and addict, always and addict" but I've been clean for about 4 years now. My thing wasn't pills at the time, but I had a brief spurt. you really do have to stay away from them or anything that reminds you or makes you want to take a pill. There are things that trigger your need to swallow a pill, and cutting out those pills will help. Also, the habitual pills like when you wake up, get home, etc... those are the hardest to stop. But if you can stop those, you should be ok. I know working makes it hard to lock your self in a room, but I would take the first step by throwing away the bottle. Just dump them. It sounds harsh, but you need to take away your accessibility to them. It will be hard physically while your body withdraws, but once it's over, it's over.

You are strong, not weak, and you can do it if you want to! Questioning yourself is a good thing because you are realizing it and you WANT to make a change. You are strong! Just put your mind to it and you can beat it! I have faith in you!

Good luck!

[janewhite1]

It might be a good idea if someone you know offline knows that you are going through withdrawl, as it can temporarily affect your behavior and decision making. A family member, a medical professional, a friend who can be non judgmental.

I remember when my uncle was drying out, he was a little erratic at times.

[kellibear]

hi, i started out pretty much the same as you--ended up forging scripts, was up to 80 10mg lortab a day, then went to morphine, demerol, fentynal .was arrested, lost my career, detoxed in jail and will have a felony record forever. if you think "that will never happen to me"--i thought exactly the same thing. opiate addiction will ruin your life and it's just not worth it!! STOP NOW while you still have some control!!

[mod-anon]

tatertot3,

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[tatertot3]

I'm so sorry....I just read kellibear's post and it scared the daylights out of me. I've been in enough trouble with the law and I was afraid that it was just a matter of time before they came knockng on my door again. Please forgive me. And I knew better than to ask for private conversation, I guess fear pushed all logic out of my head. Again....I'm really sorry, especially to you Kellibear.