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How to avoid addiction opiates

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Alexismynams

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I tried opiates for the first time as 15 mg of vicodin two weeks ago and I've been using it a lot these past two weeks I drained the almost full bottle I found and used 15 at first and then eventually 21.5. I wasn't worried about addiction because I didn't have any more opiads but then I just found a bottle of Hydros and I wanna know how often I should take them without becoming dependent on them or messing up my health seriously because I do sports
 
Are you having any withdrawal symptoms yet? Probably not in only 2 weeks, but I started having them at 3 weeks. I have a long drug hx though.
Opiates are very addictive. If you are using them daily already I would get out fast. Do you have pain issues?

The buffered ones stopped working for me, I went onto roxy 30 mg few times a day, then onto Heroin. One's body will build a tolerance fast, especially if they are taken every 4-6 hours or day and night
 
Yeah I'm only 18 yet I've had chronic back pain since I was 15. It makes that better but I'm
Mainly taking them for the high and I am usually good about drinking and smoking occasionally so could I possibly do this occasionally? And after the first time when I took four spread out I had dxm the day before and a ton of focalin xr the day after and then some more vicodin the next day and then the day after that I felt like shit but that was probably because I put all that different stuff in my system so I guess I was just hungover not like withdrawal symptoms
 
I also only have a little more than half a bottle left and I can't get more like my parents would suspect if I tried to get it from doctor and my school is very nerdy so no one sells anything but weed. Could I just use the rest of this bottle? And because I only have so many I'll probably spread em out for good occasions or as a pick me up if I'm upset. Either way I'll run out before it gets too bad because their R really only three maybe four high doses left
 
I think you've already proven to yourself that you cannot control this drug. I used all kinds of drugs before I started taking norcos, I wasn't as smart as you, I wish I had asked BL.

Opiates are quite possibly your "kryptonite" they certainly were for me, to this day I fear taking them just because I know how bad it got and how fast it got that way.

You may not realize it but you have access to opiates right now that you're not aware of, and as you get older it seems like there are more and more opiate resources at your disposal.

Knowing what I know in your situation I would present myself a challenge, see how long you can sit on those pills without taking them. If you really have the self control that 9/10 people lack, then you've answered your question. If you do not possess this self control and cannot sit on them, you need to be very careful about pursuing the high that has taken many great men and women and brought them to their knees.
 
I got into opiates (heroin) after being completely clean of drugs (save a little bit of weed in my teens/20s which was ages ago). Been doing H for about 2 years now. Since then, I've OD'd and WD'd and spent a huge amount of time thinking about dope. And this is while being relatively "in control" of the drug: I *typically* don't use more often than once a week, never IV.

As others have said, one of the really nasty things about opiates is the psychological dependency they raise. I always tried to make sure I didn't become physically dependent, and of course that's important. But what I didn't realize is that, especially for some personalities, the psychological aspect can kick in really quick. Sounds like it may already be happening to you. So, be really careful. Whether you finish that bottle is of course up to you. But if you do, you'll have to figure out what to do next. I sure hope the answer isn't to score more.
 
OP, I don't know you very well, but here's my opinion on the subject of intermittent use of opioids. You've used opioids already and for that matter it appears that you really enjoy them. Even if you aren't yet physically dependent, the thought of using opioids is taking up enough space in your mind to indicate addiction or compulsion. You aren't really trying to find a way to use safely/responsibly, you are trying to find a way to use opioids for the rest of your life. I had the same mentality when I first started with Heroin; that I might be different than anyone else and use responsibly. I was wrong, obviously.

So, given the fact that you have already used and love opioids, chipping isn't a realistic outcome to your continued use. If not becoming addicted or dependent is truly your top priority, then you wouldn't be using at at all. This comment isn't judgmental in any way, I just feel like we all have gone through this phase (opioid addicts that is) and 99% have failed. There is a possibility that you could use opioids safely and chronically, but statistics have shown time and again that this rarely happens. The progression to full-on psychological and physical dependence creeps up on you. One more line/shot because you had a bad day, because you want to party, because your girlfriend left etc.

I just don't think chipping is realistic for most opioid users.
 
Addiction is insidious and the more u plan against it and make "rules to not get addicted" the more u break the rules and the disappointment builds up and the more power u believe opiates have over u and the perspective of bein powerless will create a reality of addiction..theres no goin back once u know the euphoria.

imo with u saying how u like them your already fucked..its just how fucked up are u making your future with these current decisions to use when u know full well the dangers.your already worried about withdrawal when ur not even close to a withdrawal.took me almost a year of steady oxy use to see any physical withdrawal at all besides a low energy and a little anxiety..your already in your own head..the longer u use the harder it will be to get off..and maybe they are not around because u didnt seek them..u will be amazed at what u find when u actually start looking

u might not think it now but this might be a very important cross roads in your life..choose wisely
 
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Yes, listen to the above posters. Eventually one doesn't get high anymore and only uses to keep the withdrawals away, day after day after day after day. I needed em to get out of bed, woke up extremely sick for a year.
Get out while you can. You are young and if you start messing with them now when you really need them for an injury or in the future for temporary pain it can be troublesome. They were my krytonite too. They worked until they stopped working. The thoughts become consuming as the body/brain will start to need them and one doesn't feel normal (seemingly normal), without the opiates. One can't control tolerance.
I've been addicted to about every drug, and the only one that (even after 7 months clean), would rocket me into high productivity if I took them would be an opiate of any kind. They gave me energy initially but then they turn against you.
 
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