Oxycontin is such a hard drug to quit. I started on percocet and vicoden a little over a year ago and quickly became obsessed with them. I was getting them prescribed to me for about six months so I had a ready supply, but once my doctor became suspicious, I was out. I had to turn to buying off the streets and stealing them from friends and family. It's a slippery road. Tolerance builds fast. I went from taking about 15mg of oxy to most recently 180mg to get high. I went from popping a couple pills to snorting oxycodone to smoking oc 80. Then I started IVing dilaudid and most recently I've switched to smoking heroin. That's how it starts and that's how it often ends. I've been to rehab and didn't care. I just wanted to get high. I've spent probably close to $8000 dollars in the past year on my addiction. Now I am clean and feel like a new person. I've been clean for a little over two weeks and everyday is a struggle. I just tell you this because I know what opiate addiction does and how it ruins lives. I'm only 19 and my family no longer trusts me or talks to me cause I stole so many things and so much money. I lost my high school sweetheart over my addiction and a couple of my best friends. Please read this and understand what this does to people. If you're addicted now to it, do everything to stop. You might fail but don't give up. If you've just started, stop now before it's too late. And if you're interested in trying it don't. It's just not worth it. Opiate addiction is very powerful but you're stronger than any addiction. Set goals for yourself. Save your money for something you've been really wanting cause you can't save money buying drugs that's for sure. Be strong though. I struggle every single day with this addiction and it's the hardest thing I've ever done. But I'm going to do it and try hard every day. I hope my story has helped even just one person.
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I have been down the road that your son is on. Believe me when I say, he knows that what he is doing is wrong. I think its good that you kicked him out as long as he is using or dealing. The next step is to make sure your son knows that you are there for him, when he is ready for help. There are suboxone doctors all over. I am currently on suboxone and doing ok. But your son wont get clean until he is ready or hits rock bottom. I wish you a lot of luck. I know how it feels to watch someone you love slip out of your reach,but be there for him when hes ready.
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Hey i'm only 20 years old but i got hooked on this devilof a drug during my senior year....At first u think its a regular "feel good party drug" like booze or weed... it started with stealing my moms 5 mg percs and then i found people using oxy 80s and it was over from there. I spent a lot of money and even stole my moms jewerly and brought it to cash for gold at the mall..I was in deep but stopped dec.1 2010 on my own and now i've been clean since and stopped partying all together...i found God and couldn't be happier. It's a long process but you can get off and I figured a good way how atleast for me..Email me at _[removed]_ for help because i will do anything to help anyone to get off this HORRIBLE devils candy...Quit while your ahead if that makes sense or your really F**cked!! Seriously
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I beat this addiction when i thought there was nothing left for me once so ever. I was in the worst state of mind always irritable, pissed, moody, angry, pretty much felt like a complete worthless piece of c**p when deep down i knew that wasn't me but the monkey was already on my back and growing faster and faster. I was 18 and had more than a year of smoking and snorting oxycontin in my system and when those were discontinued I started on every 30mg painkiller you can think of. I had to have it just to function and i was going to get it anyway. Just thinking of those days makes me cringe and get goosebumps like I'm withdrawing again. I stole my moms debit card and took out $600, when I was really desperate I degraded myself to stealing my moms jewelry and trading it into cash for gold at the mall. I was the biggest s**m bag and it was all the drug making me do it. I SO HAPPY to be off and to have found God in my life. I can't even describe in words how much better I feel. I stopped dec.1 2010 and everyday I feel happy with no depression, some anxiety, but I feel good about myself which is what counts. The addiction at first is "fun" until you get to the point where you do it to feel normal. I got off this drug a completely 100% different way than most addicts. I didn't go to rehab or detox but i will tell u how i did it. I had the urge to change because i recognized I was pretty much at rock bottom. Don't give into an addict or help them trust me i know they're your loved one but they are an ADDICT i know its hard. Make them at rock bottom as soon as you can so they can get they're normal life back. PLEASE email me at
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if you are really in trouble with the devils candy or need some advice. I will do anything to help anyone to beat this c**p i dont know why this is made more people use it for harm than good. Life is better on the otherside always.
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if you are really in trouble with the devils candy or need some advice. I will do anything to help anyone to beat this c**p i dont know why this is made more people use it for harm than good. Life is better on the otherside always.
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I thank you GodsWarrior191 I am so thankful for you spreading the faith and your story about what your path has been. I had posted before about the loss of my brother back in August of last year. I still cant believe that this has happened to him and our family. He had found God again and been on the right path but it already had taken a toll on his body and ultimatly took him away from us here on earth. I know now because he chose the right path that we will be together again and this is the only thing that comforts our family left to deal with this enourmous loss. I used to hate people telling me what to believe and that onlly God is the way and pushing me to conform to what they were..... Now I just want to help people who need or want it. The only way I have found peace and a life to want to continue is through the Lord. I hope whoever wants help with this addiction is to just PRAY to The Lord. You will find your way. I asked his forgiveness for any sins and daily I ask guidance to help. I have had positive results and changes in my life for the best.
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I am a 26 year old and father of two (1 is mine 1 is from her last relationship). For the first 2 years of our relationship she was hiding her addiction. I only found out first hand a year ago when i found her blacked out in our bathroom with a needle in her arm. That day she admitted to injecting a total of 6 roxies. Although since then she has stopped injecting the roxys her battle to kick the blue demon hasn't been won. She still locks herself away in the bathroom to snort them. She has cut WAY back she says but you should never trust what an addict says. Although their isn't many known long term problems for the addict they fail to realize the LT affects it has on the people around them. Her 6 year old son only sees her maybe a total of 10 hours a week due to her job and the addiction. He expresses to me and other family members that he misses his mommy and even feels she hates him. He has also said this to her personally. Our 2 year son is too young to realize what is happening. He is just happy she is around, but i can see how it affects him also. Then it affects me... making the decision to be a stay at home dad while going back to college to get a degree... Bills aren't being paid, she has applied for food stamps was approved and uses them plus her tip money to feed her addiction. Money I saved from working for the past 2 years at 12 hours a day goes to making sure the kids have clothes, diapers, school supplies, and towards paying the minimum on the bills so the power, cable, internet, and cell phones don't get turned off. Addicts of roxy will become selfish. The drug comes before everything. Although people say leaving her is the best option, I feel it isn't. Roxies will ruin lives plus the OD rate is extremely high cuz most users will use other pills with it.
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My 24 yr old son has been addicted to oxycotin, oxymorphone, morphine, ovana, almost any type of opiate available on the market. I had the pharmacies run printouts of his medications (under my insurance so allowed for tax purposes) and his cost for one year exceeds $20,000! My opinion at this time is the professionals involved are to blame. He has chronic pain due to nerve damage but unfortunately due to hippa laws now in place he pulled a gag order so we can no longer communicate with doctors or have participation in his treatment plan. Therefore, the dr left me no alternative but to file a formal complaint for medication mismanagement. The problem with abuse of prescibed medications is that they create legal addicts with free drugs. My son went from being on the dean's list at college to a shell of a human being. We have had two failed rehabs due to possible overdose. We have to put pressure on our government to look into and regulate prescription pain meds so these doctors and pharmacies stop profiting from this. A depressed person in chronic pain will go to any extent to gain relief. We are planning a last attempt to get clean by staging a family intervention with clear consequences. However, a mentally ill chemically addicted person (MICA) is unable to think clearly and make rationale decisions about their health care. Seek out as much support for yourself, family, friends and medial professionals. The internet has lots of good information by area. A last and painful resort is having your loved one declared mentally unfit. Disability advocate associations may also may offer legal support for free. Keep trying because you are the only one left to help this person who cannot and will not help themselves. There is always hope for recovery, many productive people in the field are recovering addicts.
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I've been at a pain clinic for about six months now. I was on 3 hydrocodone a day for five months and now on oxycontin for about a month. I run two business, work quite hard and am very close with my family. If your abusing drugs your abusing drugs. End of story, I've smoke pot for years and I quit a few months ago with no issues. If your an addict your an addict, you've got other issues other than drugs. So figure them out or you'll always be abusing something to compensate for your emptiness. If your a parent and your child abuses drugs you screwed up along the line somewhere and it's your fault regardless of how great of a parent you think you are. Without pain killers I couldn't function, I'd be in pain all day in bed. I'm 21 and life's good. Good luck to the rest of you, abuse of anything is bad, USE AS PRESCRIBED!
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my daughter of 34 has relapsed after being on the methadone program for 2 years she was also on seroquel she remembers the first pill she took and that was it she has lost her kid twice in the courts and got them back so it so angers me now she is back at square one I just dont get it she had so much support and help and here we are today her house is a pigsty mail unopened secretive antisocial she says she feels disconected to the family i as her mother feel for her kids what do I do I am ready to throw her out of my house tell the dads shes relapsed why should her kids be sujected to it all again no F way
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Hey, Im a 19 year old girl and I was smoking oxys for over 2 years every single day. I could NOT function with out my tokes every single day, because oxy withdrawls are so bad it makes it very difficult to get off the drug with no help. When I hit rock bottom I turned to a methadone clinic to help me get off the drug. It has worked very good for me and for alot of other people I know as well. It costs *roughly* $5.00 a day and you are monitored by a doctor. Most clinics also offer suboxone to treat people, I know that methadone and suboxone isn't everyones choice but im a recovering addict and methadone literally saved my life. I am from Canada so im not sure what your state offers but its just a suggestion for you to look into. I hate to know that this drug ruined so many people and their lives.
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The addition is likely caused by emotional problems that have progressed into mental health issues. Addition to anything is a mode of hiding from reality, whether it be alcohol, tobacco, food, pain pills or even obessive-compulsive hobbies/hoarding. Positive psychotherapy and non-addictive medication to control anxiety is crucial in helping the person perceive life in a positive light. Often times, family members can actually do more harm than they realize as they can be the cause for some of the emotional trauma.
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my son's bipolar was triggered by taking oxicodens for a crushed ankle, it's been a difficult recovery. I am still looking for a better doctor to answer the questions once and for all. Do you have more clues? Thank you
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MOVE. WA state is drepressing as all hell. Move to florida or texas or something where just being outside in nice weather is a high of its own. Trust me. Boredome turns people into addicts quicker than anything.
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gee mate my heart goese to you was just about have the drug myself and didnt i hope your bro gets better and if he dosent it is a sad thing that has happned but it isnt your fault
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