Addiction to Pain Pills
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2015 9:47 am
Hello - I don't know if this forum is just for users or me I don't know where to turn for help/answers. My husband is addicted to pain medication. He was injured in a work accident 4 years ago and can not go a day without pain. Pain pills were how he got through the day. We were told of the risk of addiction, but even the Doctor thought he was handling it fine. The problem was/is he finishes a 2 week prescription within 7 days...then we go through a withdrawal for the next 7 days until his refill is authorized. I have tried to hid the medication and give it to him only as directed but he finds it and takes it. He swore that he would never touch any of my pain medicine if I had any because he did it once before and when I was in excruciating pain I went to get my pain medicine and it was gone. I was so mad, upset and left in dire pain all night from a condition I had an upcoming surgery planned. I can't tell you how many times he has cried to me giving me a bottle of my pain pills he has found saying he took 1 then 2 because he thought I wouldn't notice until the bottle was almost gone and he had to tell me. I love him so much and I am so committed to help him. I stood by him and faced the withdrawal with him and we got through it and I thought he was doing great. I had my surgery 2 months ago, and as I have hidden my pain medicine because I don't like to ever use it unless I absolutely am in a lot of pain, he just told me this morning that I need to hide them again...he found then and has been helping himself to my prescription and has left me 6 pain pills and has taken 30 of them in the last 4 or 5 days. I don't know what to do. Unfortunately we can't consider any inpatient program because it will be a loss of income with his job and we are not in a position to have him out of work. I have looked up NA meetings and being new to this it is very confusing to me. Some are open to the public and some say newcomer and others say step something or other. I don't understand any of this but I think I want him to at least attend a meeting to look for help. I will not walk away from him or our marriage but it is killing me. Please help