Is it normal that i am controlled by pills?

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I have been addicted to opiates for four years. I am 21 years old, I was 17 when i first used. I have tried and tried to quit via suboxone or sbutex,and every time i find myself defeated. I was diagnosed bipolar a year ago as well. I have sold everything i own, stolen from my family, been arrested two times for pot, and flunked out of college twice. I am completely out of control, and i want help. Is it normal to have sooo much trouble getting completely off pills. :(

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  • karmasAbich
    12 years ago

    Delete those numbers in your contacts. You know whos numbers. Get a job, find a healthy hobby, and thats hard I know, but give it time. If you recognize it as a problem, your almost there. Accept yourself for being addicted, and move forward. Ask your family for help, do ridiculous amounts of Google searches for help. Go get some nice excersize. Find a healthy outlet. Good luck recovering. You will accomplish a lot.

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  • greylovesscott
    12 years ago

    People get addicted for different reasons other than wanting an escape. Not many people know the struggles I've had but I was addicted to oxycontins for two years just simply for pain relief. I've been clean now for two years. Personally, I started going to the suboxone clinic and that worked for me to help me stay clean. Have you tried methadone? That works for some people that have been unsuccessful with suboxone. Or maybe rehab?

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    This is some fucked up shit, I dont understand how people get that addicted to stuff. I spent from 2005 through 2010 blowing lines of coke every weekend and I never got addicted to it. Not many stronger drugs then that out there. I could never picture selling everything I own or stealing from anyone for it.

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    • blueizbabe07
      12 years ago

      ONE blow is NOT addictive which means you DO NOT withdrawl from it. And if you honestly think that coke is the "strongest" drug out there, you must not know too much about substances. DO a little research before you judge. Do you honestly think i would purposly, or even willingly get rid of EVERYTHING that i own for something that did not hav control over me?? YOU ask "well how does it have control over you?" I say "because when you do a substance(an addictive substance) too often you become DEPENDANT on then. IN other words, your body feels like absolute SHIT for over a week! YOU feel like your going to DIE w/o your drug(poison). IT has consumed your mind, your mind only thinks for it(the drug). Soon you are not alive, your surviving to get high. You get use to your environment around you, and learn how to ADDAPT to the life you chose. But thats not the end, people can change! THE KEY IS WANTING TO PEOPLE! REALLY wanting to. Sorry but it seems you know nothing AT ALL about addiction. Coming from someone who lived with it her whole life and then found there selfs being a slave. ANyone suffering from this will agree.

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      • [Old Memory]
        12 years ago

        So your argument is that cocaine is not addictive at all?? I bet there are plenty of experts out there that would disagree with you on that. In fact there was a whole crack epidemic in the 80's that proves it is. Crack and cocaine are not the same but very similar. I never felt anything resembling an addiction and was always in complete control of myself when doing it, never spending more then $50-100 a weekend.

        I think you are just a weak person, who needs a substance, any substance, as a crutch to get through life. In fact I think the whole idea of addiction is a crock of shit. I can understand somewhat a 20 year addiction to heroin that a certain person may need or else they get sick, but still that person chose to start using heroin, its their own fault they are addicted. Same for you. I understand how its easier to lose yourself in drugs then it is to cope with life, but that doesnt mean you should do it, just the same as its easier to steal what you want then to work for it. Its the weak people, like you, that get addicted and steal what they want instead of earning it.

        Sorry no sympathy from me. You should just accept that one day no matter you will be dead. Dont use drugs as an escape, life sucks, deal with it, accept it, and understand it without resorting to drugs.

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  • blueizbabe07
    12 years ago

    Update on me, been sober for over 2 weeks, and feeling really good! If you really want it, its yours. Thats the key to addiction.Good luck! :)

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  • Swaglove22
    12 years ago

    well im 15, and im addicted to heroin and cocain. (not really sure how to spell them tho, just use them lol) and iv tried meth a coupla times. but yeah i completly understand. i stole almost 5,000 from my best frind for drugs, and i have horrible grades in school. you know i havnt graduated yet so yeah. but its very hard to quit things that your addicted to. and im trying hard myself. but what i had to do is break contact with the people that try to getme to do drugs and that supply me with it. but the one person i cant let go of yet is my bf. hes 19, and he does drugs to. but i would suggest getting some friends or family to help you. thats what im doing. to remind you not to and to help you. imnot saying its easy. cuz its not. but we have to do it. and i also have to quit smokin and stuff. but thats a whole different story. but good luck to you.

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