View All General Comment Abuse Story Death Story Chronic Pain Story       Please sign our Guestbook Name:Danielle Email:[email protected] Type:General Comment Date:8/3/2005 Hi, my name is Danielle. I am 18 years old and live in Waukesha, Wi. My brother matt is 21 and has been snorting oxycontin's for a little less than a year. I knew this the whole time and would constantly warn him of how dangerous this pill really is. Matt would always ignore me and say he would be fine. As more time passed i noticed the scary change in his appearance and daily performance- extremely thin and pale,always tired and feeling sick after waking up. Everyone knew that matt had a problem and wanted to help, but one thing was in the way- denial of the problem. I would never give up, i always watched 0ut for him and told him that his family cares for him. He just didnt want to listen to anyone! Well about a week ago, he just broke down and called for help. He had the shakes and sweats -symptoms of withdrawl for oxycontin. I found out that he had called for help, but so many things ran through my mind. Was he actaully going to go through with this 6 week out patient program or was he going to relapse? I just want matt to go back to being the brother i have always known. I never thought how much i really did care until now. I cant stop thinking about my brother and how much i just want him to be better. After reading the stories about the children and teens that have died from this nasty drug I just want to cry. why and how does a person become dependent on a pain pill? Yea i guess it makes scence in a way, but to me its just all messed up! I cant even imagine losing matt to any drug and i love him so much that i would do anything to make the oxycontin just not be there for his access and to just bring him back to the sweet, loving guy i know he can be. If anyone has any advice for helping my brother get through this addiction, feel free to email me at any time : )thank you   Name:Jamie Email:[email protected] Type:Death Story Date:8/3/2005 A person who was so loved, had a bad problem with oxycontin. Her dad was prescribed the 80 mg oxycontin for problems that he has, along with percocet and valum and many others. Her problem had been going on for three years. She had been in and out of drug rehabs over the years. The last time she went she came out and she was doing the best she ever had. So everyone thought. She starting doing the oxycontin again and anything else she could get her hands on. The night before she died her parents had left there safe open(which they kept so that she didn't have any access to any of the drugs)on accident, she walked by and couldn't help herself. The next morning her parents went in to wake her up and they found her staring up at the ceiling not breathing. They found percocet, valium, seroquel, neurontin, and oxycontin in her system. The weird thing was, was that she would never mix the valium with anything else. So we still aren't sure if it was an accident or on purpose. It's either people die from overdosing or they take their own lives. May you rest in peace Ashley.   Name:Brian Email:[email protected] Type:General Comment Date:8/3/2005 My wife was an LCSW at a drug rehab. Got self seduced on oxy and took off with a patient - still alive but not the person I knew. Oxy can kill not only people but loving relationships too.

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