To: Lipstick Stains My Addiction

I was just wondering how you are doing?
Have you told your mom?
Please hang in there and KEEP POSTING. We are all here for you.
-britney
no i havnt told my mom yet.. do u ever feel like this i just feel so great when im on them like i could move the world like i could do anything and when i stop i feel like crap and dont know how i ever lived like this before.. the pills have become my life. i look forward to taking them every day and i think about them all the time. like when im at school or something i cant wait till i get home just to take more. but im almost out of lortabs i only have about 4 left and if i take those my mom will defentatly know that i have been using. but now im just scared that im going to just move on to other things i thought about taking a xanax this morning but i got it out of my head. i think im doing better about controlling myself but when i really think about it.. i dont want to stop.
Yes - I feel the same way when it comes to not taking them. I think about them CONSTANTLY. But like everyone tells me, just a few more days and that will get better.
Now can your mom access any of the web sites on your computer that you have visited?
If she moved the pills once, she probably knows something is up. And you are right, if you take the last 4 lortabs, she WILL know.
If you really are serious about quitting, you need her help. It will be too hard to quit on your own with the pills still in the house. At least if she knows, she can hide them, or keep them at a different location. But I honestly think, until that accesable cabinet is finally closed, you will keep wanting more.
But that is just my opinion.
Please post back.
-britney
honey, honey, honey, you need help in a big way, look i am a girl, (duh), and my e-mail is (jasmine49@comcast.net) please e-mail me, maybe we can talk over the phone, if anyone understands its me...please e-mail me honey, i will help you and i do not have caller id, so i can not call you back unless u give me your number, e-mail me as soo as u get this! I am here for you and care about you,,
{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} .....jasmine..
jaz... do you have msn messenger or anything like that?
No honey i dont, e-mail me and i will give you my number and u can call me and it will be between you and me only, i promise and if your mom gets on the phone i will act like i am one of your friends, dont worry, please do it..
Lipstick - please let me know if you are still out there.
-britney
ya im still out here
So what have you decided to do???
-britney
i dont know... i think im going to try and stop on my own for a week and if that doesnt work and im still dependent on the pills and i cant stop by my own will power ill talk to my mom about it.
How will you try to find your own??(you don't have to say)
What if you can't get the pills, but you stumble accross something else - something more addicting, something worse????
PLEASE don't do it. Just stop now. I know that is sooooo much easier said than done, but it's funny how most of us only quit or try to quit, when we are out of pills.
Please, just stay on this site, and keep posting. We will all be there for you. No matter what.
-britney
I am sorry - I thought you said find your own, not stop on your own. I just wanted to clear that up.
-britney
well i thought i was gonna be ok cuz i ran out of lortabs.. but when i was looking for my vitamins just barely i found a full bottle of vicodins... now im scared the whole thing is going to start again.
Is there anyway you can get rid of all the vicodin? I know that might sound stupid, but if you are going to take all of them, then they would be gone anyway.
So if you flushed the whole bottle, they will be gone - just the same.
Maybe after reading a few posts it will give you the courage to do it.
I don't know if I could, but it is just an idea.
Or what if you put them in your mom's room or purse, so that if for some reason you thought you might take them, she would see you???
-britney
Hey lipstick I know I haven't been on for a bit but reading your post got to me.i understand that anything any of us write will not make you change your mind on stuff but I have got to try.The worst thing about ANY addiction is you never see it comming.You always think you got it under control but in the end it controls you.My wish for you at your age is you find the inner peace you so you don't NEED the pills.You sound alot like Idid at that age when I was trying to find a way to run from the pain in my life.I hope you think about it all before 10-15 yrs go by and you can't find your way back
Dear Lipstick,

I'm sure we probably all sound like a broken record to you by now, "Tell your Mom, ask her for help!" But the reason we can all sing in unison on that point is because we understand -- like few others -- the power of addiction and what you're struggling with....at such a young age The pills may feel good right now, but over time, you will need more and more to achieve the same effect, and then they won't work so well no matter how many you take, and you will have to move on to stronger substances, then the life consequences get much worse. We all felt invincible when we were your age, then found that addiction brought us to our knees like nothing else. Please reconsider telling your mother. You can't do this alone, nor should you have to. Peace, M.