Every once in a while I am moved to share some of my dark days, I have learned to yield to the call that I believe comes from my Redeemer. My motivation is to help another that is suffering from addiction, whether it be the family or the addict who gets motivated to change is not my business, its God’s. I only want to reach one person for one person changed can and will affects 50 more. One of the symptoms of my addiction was hydrocodone, the last handful I took the morning of 02/21/02 I took 17 7.5 vicodin and this was the last of the bottle of 99 I had swiped the day before. By this calculation I estimate that I was taking about 80 pills a day. I’ve since talked to many people and no one as of yet has ever admitted to me that they were up to that many a day. I however do believe there are others out there in the depths of addiction that are at that sever level of addiction. One of my clients about 2 years ago admitted to taking about 50 pills a day, he found recovery BTW!!!! I know it’s hard to believe that a human being can live to tell others about a hard core addiction on the same plane I report to you. It’s true, even though I am not trying to convince you of this for no other reason but the miracle that surrounds my story of recovery. Those last 17 pills were not to get me high they were to get me up and moving enough to not be sick. As years of studying have passed I have learned that vicodin or hydrocodone is similar to a synthetic heroin. I was a 10 year addict at this time of 80 pill tolerance. Studies show that if a person repeats a behavior in the same environment a tolerance can be built a lot quicker than usual. I was a closet user meaning I did not use with others, nor did I share my stash. I never did shoot up, but only because I did not know how and I wasn’t about to ask another IV user. I mean then they would know….BTW I was the last one to know that everybody already knew!!!! Detoxification is a horrible thing for a hydrocodone user and many times I suffered greatly when I would try to stop using or run out, hence the reason I would do just about anything to obtain my DOC. The detoxification of hydrocodone is similar to that of a heroin user. I need to tell you that the day I surrendered to God on that dirty Bathroom floor it was the day that I should have been throwing up but I did not go into detox….God was working Miracles for me….. Tomorrow is Sunday….while at church I hope God brings to your mind a special person that is suffering from addiction. Please pray for them!!!!
Posted on: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 02:53:54 +0000
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