SluttyPeach
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Good for you OP! We are all proud of you
Keep us posted on how you're doing.
Keep us posted on how you're doing.
I really feel for you OP. I have been in your shoes the first time I quit. As a poster mentioned, each time you stop and start, you pretty much pick up where you left off in your addiction, and the withdrawals become much harder. This is called the kindling effect.
I am the same as mad dash on this. I would highly suggest going to meetings, even start when you are on the tail end of your detox. It saved my life. I still go to meetings once or twice a month or when I am feeling the itch, but I call my sponsor everyday. It keeps me sober, and it helps keep him sober. Just having a network of people that don't use might be what your life needs...you say boredom and complacency of life led you to spice it up with opiates correct? I have had the most fun I have ever had in my life going to BBQ's, camping, and bowling with some friends from AA. I also second getting your family involved. People say that there are seven degrees of separation between a secret and your loved ones...with opiate its really one degree of separation and eventually they will find out. If your kids are young, do not involve them, if they are older (16+) this could be a wonderful learning experience about the dangers of using opiates and what can happen. You are also going to need someone to help you through your first three days of withdrawal, those are the most debilitating.
I would take a minimum of five days off from work. I would also try to grab a few xanax or valium for sleeping (cos you won't be doing much of that while in withdrawal). valium is the preference though because it is longer acting.
here are a list of supplements and what they do for you.
l-theanine-helps fight the anxiety of quitting
l-tyrosine-helps clear up the brain fog quicker (you will know what I mean when you quit)
magnesium/potassium-helps with RLS (restless leg syndrome)
turmeric-helps detoxify your body quicker
milk thistle- if you haven't been cold water extracting your pills you have been ingesting quite a bit of tylenol. This will help get your liver functioning at a more homeostatic place.
Exercise. This will help immensely once you can.
Good luck my friend, you have my utmost respect for stopping this affliction and I hope you keep this thread active so we can
Thank you guys for your kind responses. I'm not easily scared off so I'm still here. I appreciate all of your suggestions. I've thought about it and decide to just go cold turkey. So my situation was that my connection had roughly 100 oxys left. He had a buyer for all of them but kept them for me since we've known each other for years. Today I told him to get rid of all of them. After asking me if I was sure a half dozen times, he said that they will be gone in 2 days. I've just effectively cut off my supply. He is no longer prescribed those pills hence has no way of replenishing his own supply. I have no other way of getting them either. So no matter how bad it gets, for better or for worse, I can't get them anymore. I have a very finite supply of 5 mg norco and will taper with those and next week just stop. I'll keep you guys informed of my progress. Just want to say thanks to you again. You guys are great!
So I spoke too soon. My connection kept 10 80mg pills. He doled them out to me 2 at a time per week. So I was taking roughly 23mg per day for 5 weeks. After they were gone, I had few 5mg hydro and 1 per day was enough to make me feel ok. I figured that is about as much as I could taper so I took last dose of roughly 20mg oxy which I kept for final hooray on Sunday @ noon. It's 9:30 Wednesday morning so about 72 hours without any opiates. So far, I had diarrhea only once so I didn't even get Imodium. Same connection did give me 8 10mg valium and I've been taking 5mg per day but don't really feel anything and not sure if they are helping or not. I eat and sleep well. Don't have much energy, although it is slowly coming back but I'm on vacation so I can rest as much as I want. I was expecting and getting myself ready for much much worse but am I out of the woods yet or should I expect things to take a turn for the worse soon? Should I be prepared for coming depression/cravings, etc?
honestly a 50 mg a day oxy habit shouldnt be that bad of a withdrawal , esp if tapered down slowly. Finding out the root cause of the addiction, now that will take some time and overall long term sobriety will be the hardest part.