relapse...please help!!

[markshark]

ive been going to na meetings and was on the road to recovery. i was finally 10 days clean. had no severe withdrawal symptoms aside from anxiousness and a lot of sleeplessness. it all caught up today and i took 30mg of oxycodone and now i feel so guilty and terrible!!! next week i have a drug test for a new job and im so scared it will show up. i was just so exhausted and was so used to using painkillers day to day for about 3 months that i did some today. i feel terrible...do you guys think its possible to recover from this? do people trying to get clean on painkillers relapse a lot??

 

[mel486]

I found that between 10 and 14 days after being clean that I had extreme cravings and I slipped up also. Don't beat yourself up about it. Realize that you caught it and stopped and you'll know the signs to look out for if the feeling comes back again. It's a day to day process and every day we hope to go to bed saying that we made it through another day. Just learn from the experience.