At Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Chrissy wrote:
>hi how are you doing i see you have a problem with oxycontin well so do i Im in recovery now and have been clean for a year its amazing what you get back when you are clean all we are is tornadoes ripping through the lives of other people.what I would suggest is go to an NA or AA meeting around your area and talk to one of them about it because it helped me and i was doing oxys for about 6 yrs and shooting them to. i wish the best for you if you need to talk sometime give me a call 740-574-6410 just remember ive been there and wish you the best ask for doug >Hi my friends, >I'm having a problem coming off of the oxycontin pills. I started >taking them over a year ago. First it was at 80 mgs. for almost the >whole year - then down to 40mgs. Now that I have had my surgery with >Dr. Reich and Dr. Redan of course I don't need the pills for the pain >because my pain is not that bad. But OUCH am I having a hard time not >taking them. I have only a few left and I am actually panicing that I >don't have another prescription. I don't know if I am afraid not to >take them because I remember the awful pain I had before I was on them, >or my body is craving them.....I don't know which is worse. I fight NOT >to take the pill cause I know I won't get anymore. My God if I knew it >would be this hard before I started taking them I don't know if I would >chose to take them. But at the time I started taking them I wanted >something, anything just to get rid of some of the pain. What am I to >do? I feel awful......I know this is not as bad as pain, but wow what a >trick it's playing on my mind. >with hugs and love, >Chrissie xohi