How can I overcome my addiction to vicodin?
12 Apr / 09
Goober M asked:
I am addicted to vicodin. There is no denying that. In the past, I took them and quit. I actually quit for over one year, and then one day, I had a bad migraine. My gf offered me a vicodin (she did not know that I used to be addicted). I couldn’t help it. I got tempted. I thought that I was strong, but I learned different. I started stealing out of my girlfriend’s bottle (I know, it’s horrible). I feel terrible. Every other facet of my life is normal. I have a good job, I go to college, and I support my girlfriend. I’m very good to her (aside from what I did). She doesn’t know that I took her vicodin. I refilled her bottle once, and now I’m planning to do it again. Now, I didn’t take ALL her vicodin. I find that I’m able to abstain from it when her pills are really low because if she had pain for some reason and ALL her pills were gone, I’d feel even worse. Any suggestions on how I can do this WITHOUT inpatient rehab. I did it on my own a long time ago.
I am addicted to vicodin. There is no denying that. In the past, I took them and quit. I actually quit for over one year, and then one day, I had a bad migraine. My gf offered me a vicodin (she did not know that I used to be addicted). I couldn’t help it. I got tempted. I thought that I was strong, but I learned different. I started stealing out of my girlfriend’s bottle (I know, it’s horrible). I feel terrible. Every other facet of my life is normal. I have a good job, I go to college, and I support my girlfriend. I’m very good to her (aside from what I did). She doesn’t know that I took her vicodin. I refilled her bottle once, and now I’m planning to do it again. Now, I didn’t take ALL her vicodin. I find that I’m able to abstain from it when her pills are really low because if she had pain for some reason and ALL her pills were gone, I’d feel even worse. Any suggestions on how I can do this WITHOUT inpatient rehab. I did it on my own a long time ago.
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Well, an addict CAN’T do it alone. I don’t know how you are “refilling” them for her. How are you getting them? Don’t answer that–just think about that answer. If you are getting them and don’t have legitimate pain, then you know you’re doing something wrong.
If you love this woman, you need to be honest with her about what’s going on and what you’ve done. Then you need to tell her you need help. She needs to get those pills away from you. And you need to stop taking them and get into NA at the very least. Everyone there has been where you are now. Just about everyone there has had to go to detox to get off of them-even if it’s just for a few days till the worst of the withdrawal is over. They can give you medication that will help you with those symptoms.
You are NOT a bad person. You are sick and there is no shame in that. Forget about stopping on your own before. Honestly, it didn’t work out, did it?
Find a meeting:
You CAN stop taking them, but until you admit you need help doing it you will continue to be miserable and things WILL get worse.
Best wishes.
Try to remember what you did the first time you quit. I mean, it worked before right?? Just have some self-control man…
Good Luck!