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In reply to the discussion: It appears a fair number of DUers are unaware of an opioid crisis, [View all]libodem
(19,288 posts)Thank you for being there. I'm just a little older than you and I can barely imagine the responsibility you have taken on at my age. I baby sit once a week and come home exhausted.
When I worked in treatment, I supervised the detox phase, after admission. My toughest people to get through to were the nice, regular, housewives, who were in deep denial, because they felt prescription drugs were in a nicer more upstanding class than stree drugs. They felt they had nothing in common with gross street addicts even though they stold from friends and relatives and took the prescription pads from the Dr's office and were in trouble with the board of pharmacy. I was amazed at the tolerance as they said they could use a whole bottle of 30 pills in 2 days and clean house top to bottom. Some people have a paradoxical effect to medicine and for these ladies it didn't knock them out. It would kill me or you.
I kind of understand what they are after now that I have chronic pain because I get insomnia from some medicine.
I could still.never abuse it in that kind of quantity. It makes my insides roll just imagining it.
Bless you grandma for being there for that baby. I hope you have alanon or some support to help you emotionally with the effort of having family with substance problem
You have my utmost respect and admiration.