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Milksnake! Congrats! I'm glad Day 4 is treating you so much better (it's way better for me, too, but I'll keep that in my thread) and that you're starting to feel some of that natural happiness. You are so strong!

Holly
 
day 5.. 7:10am

doin great....hardly any w/d symptoms at all. slept good last night. not taking the levsin as of yet today, no need.

i have a suggestion for those in early w/d.....go rent a richard pryor dvd and watch it.....
 
Hey Milksnake --Could you please remind us what dosage you were on before you went CT a few days ago. That will help others suffering know what to expect at what time. The more opiate you take the WORST the symptoms are. I looked back at your posts and couldnt find what your last dosage was or if you tapered down?

D
 
KEEP THAT POSITIVE ATTITUDE FLOWING!

I am so proud of you! You can do this and I love your play by play! Keep on keeping on!

We are here for you!
 
DAY FIVE!!! I'm glad to hear it's good for you, too! Physically, the worst part is behind us! Woo-hoo!

My laptop is still not working so I'm not able to check the boarRAB as often as I'd like, but I'm thinking of you and hope things continue to move in a positive direction! Yay!

Holly
 
sure thing.... Feb. 17th i had a total hip replacement....they had me on morphine and percs. i got out the hospital on the 25th. they sent me home with percs... 5/325 now this is only 5mg of oxycodone, the rest tylenol. so, i was taking 5 or 6 at a time usually twice a day, not to mention the ones i got on the street. so.... i was taking about maybe 80mg a day for less than a month.

However, this hospital stay re-addicted me from my past when i was taking 3 to 4 hundred mg a day for approx. 13 years. i had been clean for 12yrs before i went in the hospital. i have an addictive personality so the doc says. Now, back when i kicked years ago, it was pure h***. so....i was expecting the worse this time but so far it aint nothin compared to last time.

i guess bottom line......... the longer you take opiates and the higher the dose, the worse your w/d's are gonna be.

right now, 12 noon, day 3. i'm doin a lot better than my last post. aint feelin half bad actually. the weakness is hanging on tho, but takin your advice circle and gettin on the exerciser is helpin that. in fact, a while ago i actually felt like a chew......got the o'l can of skoal out and loaded up....... what a rush. I've chewed on and off darn near my whole life and this dip was the best! Again, Tuesday folks, that's the day...i can feel it.
 
I guess i need to tell y'all i have about the best incentive there is to quit opiates. I'm goin back to work in may, and it never fails ....... the first phone call of the morning in the office will be for me. Boss man will call me in off the yard, throw me a pair of truck keys and tell me to drive over to the clinic and drop. drug test. they test for all different kinRAB of drugs INCLUDING opiates. you see, every time one of us is off for a long stretch, we get tested when we get back. and they call it "random?" hahaha..... those sly bast****. anyway, this is why i can safely say i won't be takin this stuff no more. ya test positive.... ya walk, no questions asked...unless the opiates are prescribed of course. So..... a good incentive helps i recon
 
I hope you're still plugging along! It's Day Two for me and I am absolutely baffled by how much better I feel, not just compared to yesterday, but (as you said, too) compared to other times I've done this. I, too, woke up with a lot of stomach pain and didn't get a ton of sleep last night, but some parts feel oddly euphoric simply due to how much it's NOT like yesterday!

I'll be thinking of you today. When I start to have low moments, I'll remind myself that if you can do it, so can I! And I already know you can!

Holly
 
thanks man day 2 doing good . hang in there . an remeraber we would go 500 miles for the drugs. i will pray for you tonight scott:wave:
 
Milksnake,
Your last post just amazed me! Thats almost exactly where I'm at right now.... I mean, yeah, i'm still missing them, i still think about them, but I am FEELING okay without them again. I had forgotten I could feel happiness without them! I am so glad that you were able to put this into perspective for me. I know I've been excited lately....just couldn't really figure out why, ya know? When I read what you wrote, I was like...AAAAHHHH, thats why, I feel like that too!! I mean, I may be tired later, or just plain cranky, and I may have a really bad day, but those are still real emotions that I am actually feeling. It's not just a drug giving me side effects (good, bad or worse). Thank You!!
 
Great job Milksnake! --What is a milksnake anyway --is it really a type of snake? I am proud of you and you are doing great --keep on the right path. 16 days clean for me.

D
 
haha... "milksnake" well, i live fairly close to the border of mexico. we used to go down there every weekend to a small town about 4 miles in. there were these "establishments" where one could go there and, well, lets say....."be entertained?" after a while, the "workers" just started calling me... milksnake.

day 7: feelin great...might just go down to mexico... ;)
 
11am......just got off the exerciser. it actually eased up some weakness. i got up and went outside and walked around the yard. lugar, neigrabroador dog barkin at me, could of sworn he was laughing at me. Anyway, stomach still buggin me but not as bad. headache seemed to ease up for now. gonna get some breakfast down me, see what happens. to sum it up right now....slight weakness, no headache, slight hot flashes on and off, slight stomach ache, kinda feel as i need to lie down, but then again not. actually feel like i got a nasty hangover. however, no tightness in my chest like i remeraber from last time. then again, this is day 1. Only time will tell whats gonna happen i guess. Seems strange tho...i recall last time around day 1 being nasty with day 2 and 3 worse. i don't feel nothing like i did last time on day 1. hmmmm, could it be the strong attitude of "i just aint going to do this crap no more"? don't know.....anyway, gonna go eat
 
Come on buddy, you can do this, it may get a little worse but then it's gonna be SO much better!! Try taking a hot bath , that always helped me. Do you read? Get a great book to get absorbed into, anything to take your mind away for awhile. Not to be totally inappropriate but "relations" works well too. Anything you can do to take up some time. Any movies you've been wanting to watch? The hot\cold thing was always the worst for me, i'm sorry you have that symptom too. Keep up the posting though, you can look back on this later and remeraber why you never want to get back on these things again. We're here for you. Try to stay hydrated and try to get some rest. SounRAB like you have a heck of a wife, that really helps!
 
56789...... i'm in a small town about 100 miles from any kind of na meetings or anything like that. all i have is my will to stay clean and this board. it's cool tho cause like i posted before, i CAN'T take any dope, my job will test and catch me and i'll lose it all. so.........any time i get the urge, i picture me and my wife homeless. that usually does the trick.

you stay on course my pal, there's daylight right around the corner....
 
3:41pm.......... hmmm, took a snooze and woke up feelin alot better. gonna go get some mexican food....first time i've felt like eatin. still a little weak tho. slight headache. i'm pretty much convinced this time around aint gonna be near as bad as last. i'm bettin by tuesday, i'm up and runnin 100%
 
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