It is the people who are "searching" for fellow addicts on a support group for people with pain that are doing wrong. They are "searching" for things like this and trying to make something out of nothing.
It is all this negativity about the drug (which has been produced because of "druggies") is what puts unnecessary fear into innocent people's minds! It is a wonderful drug for people with legitimate pain, especially people who's body won't tolerate other drugs. In my opinion it has much less side affects than most other drugs and DOESN'T fog your brain as many others do when taken correctly and in normal doses and actually helps your pain.
I am sure there are boards for addicts if these people truly want to help addicts!! This man is "admitting" he "abused" the drug and was even "shooting" them (his words)!!! There is a BIG difference there from someone who is taking them as prescribed "for pain" and NOT abusing them!! We don't even know if this man ever actually took them for pain, but irregardless of how or why he started taking them......he still "abused" them, therefore asking for trouble and creating it of his own free will!
We are people in PAIN, not addicts! Like everywhere they may be addicts on here but that IS NOT the general rule! This IS a SUPPORT GROUP for people in pain, not addicts. It is like strangers who are or were addicts are "searching" for this stuff.
I for one have NEVER done illegal drugs and NEVER abuse my medication and take it ONLY as prescribed as I am sure MOST people do. We may be "dependant" on our medications "to help our pain", but there is a big difference in being "dependant" and being"addicted"! People with asthma, diabetes and heart disease are also "dependant" on their medication!!!!!!!! JEAN
"Listening is just as important as talking" -----Original Message----- From: adhesions@adhesions.org [mailto:adhesions@adhesions.org]On Behalf Of Hchalm@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 7:24 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS Subject: Re: Having an Oxycontin problem - there wasn't one
Why does this post keep coming up when it is almost two years old and there was not a problem with addiction, but this person's pain was returning and she was confused if she was having pain from surgery or from getting off the oxycontin.
I hope I worded this correctly Chrissie, and not stepping on your toes, but this post keeps bugging me to no end and there needs to be a stop to it. I hope that you agree with me as it's none of my business but I just don't understand why it keeps popping up time and time again. Why would someone, once again, go through the archives from 2000 and dig this up?
Since this is not my post, but a beloved friend of mine, I have no right to ask that this be taken off the board, but, with permission, perhaps this is the best thing to do with this e-mail as it keeps getting pulled up time and time again and being misconstrued as there being a drug addiction problem at that time. Perhaps we should ask the moderator to just take it off the board. Chrissy, let me know your thoughts on this?
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
-- hi im doug and im an addict ive done oxys for 6 yrs and they almost ruined my life now im in NA and AA if anyone needs anyone to talk to ive been clean for about 11monts give me a call 740-574-6410 ask for doug