Your addiction is a disease. You need to face it and realize that here is a whole world out there and you need to find some fun in your life- Movies, friends (which you have probably been avoiding), go bowling, go to sporting events, something!

I am a recovering cocaine addict - 5 years clean. My husband is a vicoden addict and I am about to leave him. I have been staying with him because of my past addiction and my feeling that I owe it to him because he was there to help me through my addiction, but I have had enough- over and over again.

I do know that the drug Librium is non addictive and can help with the withdrawals. You need to get into therapy. (rehab,preferably- this may seem scary, but it was the best part of my life!) This will help your transition back into the real world. Saying that your happiness depends on finding this drug- hmmm but you are not happy because you need this drug- choose life or the stupid white pill. Happiness is NOT the drug- BUT Opiate addiction is a physical addiction. You have to deal with the withdrawals and the physical symptoms of it- if you have support around you it will be easier- BuT the real key is to WANT to live life again. And stop being SELFISH.

Isn't it exhausting stressing out all of the time over little white pills? Are you EVER really happy? Start there- look at yourself like you are watching a movie about someone else- look at yourself in the mirror for AT LEAST three minutes- stare at yourself int he mirror- look yourself in the face. Ask yourself what you want.

Good luck

Are you going to allow this vicoden to control you? or ,are you gonna take the bull by the balls and say, enoughi s enough? You do realize it has altered you personality and has done irrepairable damage to some organs in your body. I took my Stadol, (opium deriviative and poured it down the drain. I hated the way it altered my personality turned me into an uncaring and irritable health forum. Like cigarettes, who had the control. after 14 years, I had the control. Get you some aspirin tablets to substitute the vicoden. Count out what you have left of vicoden, bust then in half,,,,,take only one half a day....thats all you get. ration them out. Take an aspirin in its place the next day or that afternoon......oh, and chew the damned things up.....then wash them down.........gradually run out of the vicodin. and use more of the aspirin......then ween yourseldf off them telling yourself you are in control....no more...you can handle this on your own......This has worked for severa friends I know..........hope tit helps for you. Be strong and take the conrtol back over in your life.........

Are you going to allow this vicoden to control you? or ,are you gonna take the bull by the balls and say, enoughi s enough? You do realize it has altered you personality and has done irrepairable damage to some organs in your body. I took my Stadol, (opium deriviative and poured it down the drain. I hated the way it altered my personality turned me into an uncaring and irritable health forum. Like cigarettes, who had the control. after 14 years, I had the control. Get you some aspirin tablets to substitute the vicoden. Count out what you have left of vicoden, bust then in half,,,,,take only one half a day....thats all you get. ration them out. Take an aspirin in its place the next day or that afternoon......oh, and chew the damned things up.....then wash them down.........gradually run out of the vicodin. and use more of the aspirin......then ween yourseldf off them telling yourself you are in control....no more...you can handle this on your own......This has worked for severa friends I know..........hope tit helps for you. Be strong and take the conrtol back over in your life.........

Are you going to allow this vicoden to control you? or ,are you gonna take the bull by the balls and say, enoughi s enough? You do realize it has altered you personality and has done irrepairable damage to some organs in your body. I took my Stadol, (opium deriviative and poured it down the drain. I hated the way it altered my personality turned me into an uncaring and irritable health forum. Like cigarettes, who had the control. after 14 years, I had the control. Get you some aspirin tablets to substitute the vicoden. Count out what you have left of vicoden, bust then in half,,,,,take only one half a day....thats all you get. ration them out. Take an aspirin in its place the next day or that afternoon......oh, and chew the damned things up.....then wash them down.........gradually run out of the vicodin. and use more of the aspirin......then ween yourseldf off them telling yourself you are in control....no more...you can handle this on your own......This has worked for severa friends I know..........hope tit helps for you. Be strong and take the conrtol back over in your life.........

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Hi, I totally understand what you are going through as I have been there before. I took an even higher dosage than you for about 4 years for pain from car accidents. One thing I can tell you is that you are very lucky in the way that you do not really need the medication other than the addiction itself. One thing really good about vicoden though is that the withdrawal symptoms go away after about a week and after about 2 weeks you feel a heck of alot better. I totally agree with another poster that you should slowly get off of it by taking a little less over a period of time to lessen the withdrawal symptoms. I myself was forced to cold turkey them as I was unable to renew my prescription when I went on vacation out of state. What I did was take the powdered aspirin as I had a lot of pain from my injuries but the withdrawal symptoms only lasted about a week and then I felt better. If you are forced to cold turkey it, you are going to feel like you have a bad flu but every day will get alittle better. Try to sleep as much as you can to get through it and try to drink alot of fluids and try your best to eat, although make it lite meals. Good luck and please let us know how you are doing. You will be sooo glad you are finally off of it for good, believe me..