Thank you for your video. When I was young-er (I am 71 years young.), I was addicted to prescription drugs. In the dark ages, it was Valium. And then, I found the effect of straight scotch at lunch - I was in advertising. I have to say I don't remember much about those days. My doctor, who prescribed them to me (my Mother wanted something to make me normal), helped me through the process. Unfortunately, I had to remove myself from my Mother's house to start the process. It took about a year. I stayed with a friend who had a dog. The dog was my sidekick...she was very fit because one tactic I used was to walk her. She was the first dog I had ever lived with. When she died, I was so grateful. I am so grateful for my recovery. The right person/dog was there to help me.

You and me both, I had an any drug addiction about 9 years ago and I ended up in the I.C.U. Not able to breathe or speak, closed my eyes and said a prayer, dear God please don’t let me die. I woke up later and my mom was in a chair beside my bed. She said I flatlined at one point and the doctor wanted to know from my parents what to do with me. Well, when I woke up later I was alive and healed completely by the power of God. Thank you Jesus!! And that’s not the only time Jesus has saved my life. Good luck to you…I hope you have a wonderful life!! Congratulations too!!!

Well done love

This is a wonderful interview, what a strong lady, thank you!

I’m so glad you found your way to recovery. 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

I can relate to this SO much. The colors of labels in the grocery store looked so nice - I remember it so well, it was after dental surgery. I called it the "velveteen high." Loved it. Subsequent addiction was not a good thing and I am glad to be years past it - but it took some time. Congratulations on your recovery. And you are so right about the physical tolerance never going away - so bizarre.

Congratulations! I also became my parents fulltime caregiver so I know how meaningful that is. Thank you for sharing your story and for continuing to help others. Its so nice to hear a success story. I'm sure your parents and other friends and family are very proud of you. Keep up the good job you are doing.

Exactly if I had a problem and needed help what ever it would be I would absolutely want to talk to someone who has been there. I'm so happy for you that u were able to overcome your addiction I'm sure it was extremely difficult at times but you did. 😊👍👍🌺💖🌺

You are so brave

Keep getting stronger! 🙏

Thanks for sharing. ❤

Awesome! Your doing selfless work caring for your parents. Recovery is not easy but can be rewarding if you just keep doing the next good thing!!

Very inspiring ❤

Happy for you, but unfortunately, there are many of us with chronic pain disorders that now are not able to receive any medication and that’s why so many people are going to the streets and dying from fentanyl because doctors can’t prescribe them the care they need even short term let alone, pain management

@lisaturtle1106

8 ай бұрын

I agree 100%

@denisesalles7248

8 ай бұрын

I don't want to sound like a jerk, but you must find the correct doctor. I agree that it's so much more difficult now, but for chronic pain sufferers, you must find the right doctor. I don't take opioids any longer, but I do find that a combination of two Advil and two Tylenol really knocks down my pain - that may not help you, but it has been pretty effective for me.

@purearea5142

8 ай бұрын

You can still get them proscribed but you have to see and be managed by a pain management group.

@candilease938

8 ай бұрын

@@denisesalles7248doctors have actually found that taking 2 Advil and 2 Tylenol is like taking a narcotic for pain and it’s true in my experience with my which I suffer from severe body pain! All over body pain! Neck,shoulders, back, elbows, hips, wrists, knees, ankles! It’s literally head to toe! Of course some days the pain is worse and more unbearable in my back whereas others it’s worse for my knees! And so on. So I take Advil and Tylenol on a daily basis. I was prescribed opioids for a couple years and thankfully something occurred to where I could no longer get the medication and had no choice but to go off of it or God knows where I’d be today! I’m 38 years old and shouldn’t feel the pain I do and my only diagnosis thus far is Fibromyalgia (which is bad enough in and of itself) some people may mot think so but it’s an awful disease! My mother suffered from Multiple Sclerosis and that my fear! Or even worse! So I have a doctors appointment on December 4th and I’m praying for a diagnosis and result to my issues. But refuse opioids! Will never go down that rabbit hole again!

@theresekirkpatrick3337

8 ай бұрын

@@purearea5142 if you can afford it and are believed about the pain. Then you’re treated like a criminal. I have experienced this broken system. Fired for looking for alternatives to the options offered. I found healthier alternatives that are not paid for or supported by dr’s trained by the pharmaceutical industry ie med schools. Because they don’t get kick backs. Look into prolbzome injections it’s liquid oxygen doesn’t have amy of the side effects but works wonders. NOT covered by insurance who decides what treatments are appropriate instead you’re given steroids which have so many side effects and destroy tissue and then you’re going to need pt and surgery to replace joints that fail. Its all about the money. My mom and mom inlaw suffered from all these injustices and died from the consequences. I have spent 6 hours suffering in agony from stomach pain for which my husband had to beg them to help me. 0 drugs in my ua they took upon arrival. My friend had an accident and broke her finger so badly they did surgery the next morning she was given NOTHING for pain even though it was clearly fd up. They tell you to take Tylenol (liver killer -dementia later) or ibuprofen which eats your stomach or suffer. 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️🫤👺💩 not as clear cut as go to pain management.

bravo pour votre courage parce que ça ne doit pas être facile d'aller en cure il faut de la volonté, et surtout ne jamais replonger!! profitez un maximum de votre famille , de la vie tout simplement.. encore bravo!!!!

Kudos to you! What an awesome story.

Love your story. Thank you for sharing ❤

Unfortunately opioid in small amounts DOES help a plethora of symptoms.

@TexasPictures

8 ай бұрын

Correct, administered by a physician opioids can have great value for people that are suffering severe chronic pain.

@sonshinetres4541

7 ай бұрын

But only short-term.

This is SO similar to my story. Thank you

You would've been in extreme pain without those medications though. After a bad car accident I thought I broke my ribs but they were badly bruised ribs. I was in horrible pain for 2 weeks and the doctors only gave me Tylenol. It didn't help at all, I couldn't sleep or function.

@vrthomas74

7 ай бұрын

Yes, I needed the pain medications after the fall. I think what would have been more helpful after they were prescribed, was a provider asking about cravings, over medicating, home-life, stress, and history of addiction in my family. We need a systemic change in our entire healthcare system where we’re treating the entire person and not just prescribing medications for symptoms or elevated lab/test results. Perhaps with screening, my addiction, and many others whose began with prescription meds, could have been avoided.

Very clavero woman

Lucky for you, you only had to go to rehab once and get it. Many ppl are really struggling

@vrthomas74

7 ай бұрын

I’m sure you didn’t mean for your comment to sound as if my recovery journey has been all bunny rabbits and rainbows. I know many people have a hard time because I have been there, too. Please don’t minimize my story or success because I went to rehab one time. It’s time we reevaluate what treatment does and doesn’t work for every person in need. Let’s look at who is really benefiting from 28 day (or more) treatment programs and what level of success is found in those walls. Hint: the outcomes are pretty abysmal. Not everyone with a substance use disorder needs rehab, not everyone with a substance use disorder has a set back. Let’s change the narrative and build upon other recovery pathways where people can find recovery and positive outcomes without a 28 inpatient stay.

I don't understand how an addict can blame the physician for their addictions. She is the one taking the pills. She is the one actively killing herself. The physicians are treating the problem presented by the patient to the best of their abilities. Why doesn't she take responsibility for the decisions she made every time she took a pill?

@vrthomas74

Ай бұрын

You need to rewatch the video again. I said in the video that I was the one who took the pills. But, physicians are part of the problem when they don’t offer solutions to prevent addiction or they know there’s a problem and don’t address it. I took responsibility for what I did to myself and to others. I’m in the prevention and addiction field to pay it forward and help others make change. Part of the reason I do that work is to continue to take responsibility for the harms I’ve caused to society. No where in this video was I blaming someone or a group of professionals. Also, I don’t identify with the word addict. It’s stigmatizing and labels me in a shameful manner. I have a substance use disorder and was a person who used drugs, please address me as such.

Im proud of you ...but with that being said...people that need pain meds cannot have them ..and people are turning to the streets and obtaining them illegally..I was prescribed pain meds for 13 years....my doctor knew what was coming with the opioid crisis ..so he retired ..I was stuck naively thinking I needed to just stop taking them..I have major depressive disorder and anxiety...going cold turkey made my symptoms worse and no subsequent doctor would help me titrate down on them..they called me a drug seeker and dismissed me ...I was treated like garbage...even if I was a drug seeker ...I still neeeded help ..one doctor scolded me and said. " We wont help you off of these ..well be stuck with you and youll be our problem ....go to the ER...now I have fears of being mistreated by doctors..My doctor never talked to me about withdrawals and what happens when you abruptly stop taking them ..horrible..Thank you for your story and transparentcy

@vrthomas74

2 ай бұрын

I’m so sorry this happened to you. What we need is systemic change in the healthcare system so that people are never treated the way you were. Stigma, lack of education, and lack of accountable have gotten us to where we are today and it must stop. People are going to the streets to treat pain and in the age of fentanyl they aren’t surviving. I sincerely hope you are in a better place now and have found someone that can help you. V