I used to abuse anything & everything I could get my hands on. ~ Mostly Percocet, Vicodin, Lorcet, Xanax & Ambien. I stopped taking meds 4 years agoby tapering off. I now have chronic severe pain due mostly to diabetes & some amputations. I am prescribed Oxycontin, Vicodin & Flexeril for the pain & Ativan for anxiety By the grace of God, I have not abused them at all & have been on them for more than a year. I take them EXACTLY as prescribed. I DO NOT want the hell of going thru withdrawal again! I think one thing that keeps me from abusing them now is that I truly need these meds for the pain & they help immensely. If I take them all w/in a week, I won't have anything to help the pain until I can get more. I can't even imagine how I would feel if that happened & I don't want to! It's hard some days but I've never given in to the urge ~ thank God!!!!

I have an issue with any pain medication really. Mostly my "drug of choice" was vicodin.

krazykat... I too have chronic pain and need meds... how do you keep from abusing them... I am really struggling with need vs. want.

Msbook ~ it is not easy! I struggle with this daily. I know I am one extra pill away from abusing them again. I just keep reminding myself of the horrendous pain I went through when I was going through withdrawal & I NEVER want to feel like that again. It takes a lot of willpower. People have always told me I have a lot of willpower because I lost 137 lbs by sheer determination & a lot of willpower! LOL I just try to take it day by day! I hope this was a little bit of help to you!!!!! Take care! Kathy

I've abused almost every narcotic prescribed to me and like everyone else, I have chronic pain so I do need the pills but always run out before my refill date. I've abused vicodin, percocet, xanax, ambien, morphine patches, etc. You name it, I've done it. It's gotten to the point where 1 pill doesn't do anything so I would have to take 3 or 4 at a time. I'm trying now to take them as prescribed but every once in a while I slip. Good luck!

Methadone, norco, ativan, ambien, even Lyrica. I have a lot of pain but that is no excuse. Or is it? I don't know. I have emotional pain and physical pain. Sometimes I think it's not fair. But I am being a baby. I see people being strong and not being addicted all the time. Why can't I be that way? Yes, being a baby. I need to be stronger. You guys are wonderful and really help. I need to be there for you too!

i have also used & abused anything & everything I could get my hands on. Xanax, Clonazopam, Ambien, Adderall (+ other amphetamines), Oxycontin, Vicodin, Methadone, Morphine....those were probably the major ones. OC became a huge problem in my life last summer or a little prior to that. & right now it's mainly Ambien & Clonazopam. Then when I add all the non-prescription drugs i've done, the street drugs, the list gets ridiculously long (I actually made one back in the day), & to think I also never thought I had a problem....I only still abuse Ambien & Clonazopam because those are the only ones i'm actually prescribed to or have ever been prescribed to.

codeine, vicodin, norco, lortab, lorcet, percocet, xanax, valium, morphine, dilaudid, and especially oxycontin. obviously anything i could get my hands on. 15 days clean and don't EVER want to go back to those days that i wasn't in control of my own mind.

codeine, lortab, morphine, oxycontin, ambiem, klonopin, adderall.

anything I can get my hands on

Percoset, Oxycontin, Vicodin, Klonopin

I have abused oxycodone, percocet, vicodin and xanax............The hardest one and the strongest addiction I had was to the oxycodone...Never was prescribed it and abused it for 4 hellish yrs...That nightmare ended almost 11 months ago even though sometimes it is still a struggle.

lets see. xanax, loritab and percocet, suboxone, methadone oxys. you name it. i never had a prescription for any of these. i will pretty much take whatever you give me. thats why in my medical file they list me as poly substance dependency. i hate that diagnoses but its true.

WELL IHAVE BEEN ON PAIN PILLS AMD VALIUM SINCE I WAS 26, I\'M NOW 44,I NEVER REALLY STARTED ABUSING THEM UNTIL THE LAST YR OR SO,ALWAYS JUST TOOK WHAT I WAS PRESCRIBED.WELL THEN I WENT THROUGH A BAD DIVORCE,REALLY LOVED THIS GUY WITH ALL MY HEART WE BOTH THOUGHT WE WOULD BE TOGETHER FOREVER,KNOWN EACH OTHER SINCE TEENAGERS,BUT THINGS DIDN\'T WORK OUT, TRYED FOR 5YRS, SO WHEN I LEFT,I JUMPED INTO A REBOUND RELATIONSHIP AND THEN I STARTED USING MORE AND MORE, MOSTLY VICODIN,TRYING TO KILL AND HIDE THE HURT OF MY BROKEN HEART,AND ON TOP OF THAT I HAVE CHRONIC PAIN, SO I NEED THE PAIN PILLS,I KNOW THERE NOT HELPING THE HURT BUT I CAN\'T STOP ABUSING,I JUST GOT ON XANAX YESTERDAY AND TODAY I TOOK THEM RIGHT,I DON\'T WANT TO START ABUSING THEM,BUT ITS A STRUGGLE WITH ANY DRUG I GET.

I HAVE BEEN ON OXYS SINCE 2003 SO THAT IS THE ONLY DRUG I ABUSED. BUT THEN MY DOC SAYS I AM ADDICTED BUT NOT BY CHOICE. I DIDNT THINK I WAS ABUSING THEM I JUST WANTED THE PAIN TO GO AWAY.I AM A DOUBLE ABOVE THE KNEE AMPUTEE SO MY STORY IS COMPLICATED. I AM NOW ON METHADONE IT HAS BEEN KNOWN TO BE HELPFUL IN TREATING CHRONIC PAIN.

Valium, Darvocet, Vicoden, Flexeril, Roboxin, fiorinol.

Those r just the 1's i can think of now.

I also have a prob w weed.

I went so far as to try hubs nitro pills. I didnt care what happened but nothing happened.

Ritalin and Norco