Took my last pills yesterday at 3pm and decided not to get any more... Tapering wasn't working for me, so I decided to just go for it. I'm sure I'll be regretting my decision later, but I'm going to stick by it (I purposely didn't work last night so that I wouldn't have any money today to get more).
Danielle,
Bravo! I am proud of you, and I have faith in you as well. You can do this! What a wonderful Christmas gift to yourself. Good luck, and I will keep you in my prayers. We are here if you need us!
Lady M.
Bravo! I am proud of you, and I have faith in you as well. You can do this! What a wonderful Christmas gift to yourself. Good luck, and I will keep you in my prayers. We are here if you need us!
Lady M.
Oh please!
Danielle,
Good for you! I did the same exact thing. My last use was yesterday at 8:00 AM and I was going to continue to taper with one pill until Friday. But I decided that I was stopping once and for all. No more. And, while I dont feel 100% physically, I feel freedom mentally and spiritually. I feel like recovery has finally really begun.
I wish the best of luck on your journey. Lets do whatever it takes, muster whatever will we need., whatever support we can find, and whatever strength we have to make this work. This is our future, and I am not giving mine up.
Thanks for all your help over the past few days. If I can offer any support, please let me know. Lets kick some A$$!
JR
Good for you! I did the same exact thing. My last use was yesterday at 8:00 AM and I was going to continue to taper with one pill until Friday. But I decided that I was stopping once and for all. No more. And, while I dont feel 100% physically, I feel freedom mentally and spiritually. I feel like recovery has finally really begun.
I wish the best of luck on your journey. Lets do whatever it takes, muster whatever will we need., whatever support we can find, and whatever strength we have to make this work. This is our future, and I am not giving mine up.
Thanks for all your help over the past few days. If I can offer any support, please let me know. Lets kick some A$$!
JR
Danielle,
Proud of you -- I know you'll succeed. Sending lots of support....M.
Proud of you -- I know you'll succeed. Sending lots of support....M.
Danielle: good for you,i hope you can go cold turkey. What was the most you was taking and what was you tapered down to? And how long had you been tapering? Sory for all the questions but this is my 3rd day tapering and I was just curious. And good luck, i think if you have even will power you can do anything you set your mind to!!!!
JR,
WOOHOOO! Another one! This is great you two! Again, you can do this JR! You two should work on holding each other up. Since you are doing this at the same time, you will be very sympathetic to each other.
You have 24 hours already, how are you doing? I will keep you in my prayers as well. Congrats!
Lady M.
WOOHOOO! Another one! This is great you two! Again, you can do this JR! You two should work on holding each other up. Since you are doing this at the same time, you will be very sympathetic to each other.
You have 24 hours already, how are you doing? I will keep you in my prayers as well. Congrats!
Lady M.
Good Job danielle Good Luck.....mj
Thank for the kind words Lady M. With 24 hours behind me I feel great. OK, I feel sick, but thrilled that this nightmare has finally ended. I figured, no time like the present, and made a decision and acted on it. I feel exhausted (could barely pick up my kids) but I know that I will soon be back in top condition both mentally and physically.
Thanks to all.
Thanks to all.
You are more than welcome. You sound like you are so ready for this. That is the first step JR. It almost sounds like you are ready to take on 10 rounds of boxing.....lol. Of course you will probably be so tired it will feel like you did fight 10 rounds. Merry Christmas to you!
Lady M
Lady M
Well Danielle & JR......
You are both on your way it seems. I send out wishes of Good Luck to both of you......
Take care,
Tina
You are both on your way it seems. I send out wishes of Good Luck to both of you......
Take care,
Tina
Abby, I hadn't done very good at tapering down.... I was taking 3-3 1/2 pills two times a day (sometimes three times a day), so we're still talking 7-10 pills a day (but, that's good for me.... lately I've been averaging 15-18). Yesterday, I took 10, so going cold turkey will be kind of rough.
But I've been through this song and dance before.... I'm not doing anything special; I just want to kick this so that I can get healthy again and be around for a long time for my son.
I don't want praise from anyone for what a good job I'm doing... If I did such a great job, I wouldn't have relapsed... LOL.... But I WOULD like support and encouragement because I'm going to need that these next few days.
JR, you and I are in this together... Keep me posted.
But I've been through this song and dance before.... I'm not doing anything special; I just want to kick this so that I can get healthy again and be around for a long time for my son.
I don't want praise from anyone for what a good job I'm doing... If I did such a great job, I wouldn't have relapsed... LOL.... But I WOULD like support and encouragement because I'm going to need that these next few days.
JR, you and I are in this together... Keep me posted.
Yes, Danielle, we are in this together. And I know that I, and I would guess, you too have been here before. The relapses utterly irrelevant. What happened yesterday had nothing to do with what is going happen today.
Lets fight through the senseless urges and realize the good we are doing for our kids. That is my main motivator. I want to only do things I can be proud to tell my kids. I never want to hear my kid asking me why he doesnt have a bike because I spent too much money to buy drugs. I never want to have my kid ask me why I couldnt go to a soccer game because I had to use the time to go buy drugs. And sure as hell dont want my kids burying their Dad because I blew out my liver.
No, living a longer, happier, healthier, prouder life, to me, is a better option. So we will suffer with some short term pain. As you wisely said yesterday, it is the toxins we had ingested leaving us, making us stronger, even though it does not feel like it yet.
Look longer term. Think about the future and your family. And I am here to help in any way.
Lets fight through the senseless urges and realize the good we are doing for our kids. That is my main motivator. I want to only do things I can be proud to tell my kids. I never want to hear my kid asking me why he doesnt have a bike because I spent too much money to buy drugs. I never want to have my kid ask me why I couldnt go to a soccer game because I had to use the time to go buy drugs. And sure as hell dont want my kids burying their Dad because I blew out my liver.
No, living a longer, happier, healthier, prouder life, to me, is a better option. So we will suffer with some short term pain. As you wisely said yesterday, it is the toxins we had ingested leaving us, making us stronger, even though it does not feel like it yet.
Look longer term. Think about the future and your family. And I am here to help in any way.
Danielle and JR.....You guys sound so determined! Stick to it because that is what you will need to see you through! I'm very happy both of you have reached this point. Hang in there! It does get better with each passing day.
Take care!
Carol
All the best to you Danielle and JR. Stay strong - I know you guys can do this! Jim
Danielle, sorry for praising you. I just wish i could go cold turkey. But i'am bound and determined to quick instead of going by the week i think i will taper ever three days. What do you think about that? Mon,Tues,Wed, i took 8 and today i think i will try 7 just beacause reading this posts have really got me up and thinking. My birthday is jan.5th and i would love to be down to at least 2, that would be my birthday present. So please keep posting me, without you guys,i don't think i can do it. Becausse before coming to this sight, nobody knew my addiction except my husband and some stuff you just can't tell your husband. But i'am so glad i found you guys, without your support i would probably been out last night buying at least 30 or more! So tomorrow , i will try 7 and see if i can cope with that. Danille my e-mail address is etraceybird@aol.com, e-mail me anytime you would like to talk, i always be here for any of you guys and hope the same about you guys. talk to ya later
Abby, I think you'll do fine cutting down one every three days.... When I quit in Sept, I went from taking 10-12 a day (on average, some days 15-18) to 1 1/2 in only 6 days.... then I quit cold turkey.
It wasn't that bad... I think the fear of what was going to happen was worse than what actually DID happen (ask me that again in 24hrs and see if I say the same thing..lol). I never did get nauseous, the diarrhea was very minor, I did get really bad restless legs, cramps in the legs, back pain, headaches, and fatigue, but it was no worse than having the flu. I didn't think I was going to die - I was just uncomfortable.
Get some benadryl or something to help you sleep and just go for it....
(Easy for me to say... I just want others to be suffering with me)... LOL
It wasn't that bad... I think the fear of what was going to happen was worse than what actually DID happen (ask me that again in 24hrs and see if I say the same thing..lol). I never did get nauseous, the diarrhea was very minor, I did get really bad restless legs, cramps in the legs, back pain, headaches, and fatigue, but it was no worse than having the flu. I didn't think I was going to die - I was just uncomfortable.
Get some benadryl or something to help you sleep and just go for it....
(Easy for me to say... I just want others to be suffering with me)... LOL
Wow, Danielle and JR, that takes guts to do this so close to Christmas. I wish you both the best of luck and will offer any encouragement you two may need.
JohnDee
JohnDee
Good luck to you both. Danni, YOU can do it---just take 1 day at a time. Stay focused, if you can make meetings---If I can do anything to help you, please let me know. I really want to you to see what life has to offer when your not using, and clean. When I say clean, I mean no drugs--and also a clean and happy soul---Please keep me posted. And I am here for you---
Mike
Mike
