What is Prescription Drug Abuse
A prescription drug (or POM Prescription Only Medicine, in UK) is a licensed medicine that is regulated by legislation to require a prescription before it can be obtained. The term...
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My father is unwell and will be undergoing quadruple bypass surgery. We've been told its an especially complicated surgery so there is a lot of nervousness to be had. He has a pre-op appt. on Monday and basically its a situation of whenever a slot opens up he goes in for surgery. This obviously makes me very anxious.
This is a weak point for me. My first instinct is to go find whatever I can to try and level out/ numb the anxiety. This situation brings to light how poor my coping skills are without drugs. I need to try very very hard right now to make sure I don't slip up. Cravings sort of become less like simple cravings and more like anger that I F-ed up the ability to use these drugs as they were designed. What do you all do when high stress situations come up and you can no longer turn to using drugs?? How do you handle the anxiety and the fear without using substance to numb?? Just any thoughts at all would be hugely welcomed... Posted on 07/01/09, 06:07 pm |
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Dutch, I am so sorry about your dad and I will pray for him. I can tell that you love him very much.
Well what I do now, is get on the phone and call up my sponser. Are you in a 12 step program? NA or AA? If not, I highly recommend it for you. Many recovering addics prefer AA meetings because they seem to be more structured but it is up to you hun. Not too long ago, my dad fell on the steps as he was leaving my home and he broke his neck. I watched him suffer horribly for 2 weeks as he lay in a hospital 100 miles away, paralyzed from the chest down. When he died, all the narcotics in the world couldn't take away that pain and guilt. so I recieved some grief counseling from a psychologist and it helped alot. I also had relapse prevention group therapy which was also useful. If I feel so overwelmed with frustration and anxiety from a situation I have no control over, I put all of these feelings into the hands of my Higher Power and then I'll sleep like a baby knowing everything will turn out ok. I may not get what I want but I always seem to get what I need. Again, my heart goes out to you and I hope and pray your father gets better. If I would have used, it just would have made things far worse. So I can understand why you crave because I have been there. You need to have someone to hug and hold you during this difficult time in your life. It is not an easy thing to go through. BIG hug! Keep in touch with us and let us know how dad is doing. TC hun and God Bless! 
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Thank you kindly Bob. I appreciate your thoughts and your prayers and your hug. I'm not in a program of any sort. Never was... I am considering NA or AA as my coping skills are sorely lacking and something needs to change. I'm rather determined to not slip but I'm being tested and feeling a bit weak so I need to do something.
On a separate note, I'm sorry to hear of your loss, thats terribly sad. Good on you for choosing the proper channels. Thank you again.
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