Introduce yourself, tell your pain killer story, ask questions or just say HI!

[gcat333]

Hi, well I just started this group and there's an odd sense of
lonliness that comes with posting a topic on a message board with 0
members but alas, there are a LOT of people out there who are looking
for answers and in desperate need of help for their opiate dependency
or addiction.

My addiction started innocently enough with a couple surgeries for my
spine and...same story, I got hooked on pain killers. After a couple
years of taking hadfuls of Norco 10/325's a day, I decided that enough
was enough and that I was going to quit. Boy was I in for a couple of
surprises!

First of all the withdrawal made me want to be dead...of course I
didn't want to actually kill myself but it was just so uncomfortable
that I wanted to die! It took a few weeks to feel better and then the
next surprise hit me.

Wow, why didn't I think about quitting earlier? I didn't have any
moodiness, or lack of energy and even my back pain got better. I
didn't really know how messed up I was taking these things and I
wasn't aware of how close I was to losing everything until I actually
decided to do it.

But it's hard and there are absolutely no choices out there! I didn't
have the money or the time to do a 30 day detox and I didn't really
think I needed group therapy for my addiction, I just needed to get
off of these things. I didn't want to spend a week in a detox center
and just get hooked on valium. There were simply no other choices out
there that were affordable and that I could at least start at home.

Anyways, here I am...ho hum...the only member. Well if you have any
questions or want to share your story with me, just sign in and post
away. I'm happy to give advice or just listen.