View All General Comment Abuse Story Death Story Chronic Pain Story       Please sign our Guestbook Name:sister Email: Type:Death Story Date:1/14/2003 my younger brother (20yrs old) just recently died from oxycontin....i am in shock still....i dont know what to think, but my family had no idea that this was going on...he had sleeping and respiratory problems to begin with....I want to know so badly how he got this stuff...if his friends feel guilty at all....after he died they claimed not to know anything....my family was out of town and we came home because of that dreaded phone call from the police...his friends found him dead....i just dont understand why this would happen to him....i just dont   Name:Me Email:[email protected] Type:Abuse Story Date:1/13/2003 Hi. I am a recovering addict. You wouldnt think so because I do a good job hiding it. I abused oxy's for about 2 solid years before I decided it was time to bring it to an end. I had used many other drugs before oxy's but once I tried them I knew that my search had come to an end. The euphoria that I got when I snorted oxy is unexplainable. But then no matter how much I did that great feeling went away. I was always depressed. I quit school, sold just about everything of value that I owned and put my family through complete hell. My mother told me that she would hardly sleep at night because she feared that she was going to get the call that I had died. I tried kickin it on my own many times but it just isn't possible as most addicts know. Finally I decided that I needed to get some help. So I went into rehab. It was a good experience I learned alot about myself in there. But now that I am out, I find myself having the same old thoughts again. I always think about how much fun I had and how great I felt. I know that I can not go back and use again, because I will end up right back where I was at. But this drug is extremely powerful not only in how well it works but in how it takes ahold of you and never lets go even after you have quit and been clean for awhile. It will always be on your mind no matter what. So to anyone who has thought about using DON'T and don't listen to what anyone says because there is no such thing as a casual user.   Name:Guy in Ohio Email:[email protected] Type:Abuse Story Date:1/11/2003 Hello. If you saw me, you would be looking at a normal 20 year old guy. What you would not see is 3 years of opiate use due to experimenting with vicodin and lorcet in high school. Then progression bla bla bla, you have all heard it before. Snorting 2 80's in one line would barely allow me to acheive the euphoric feeling I desired. After 3 rehab attempts, I quit the drug. Well, that was about 5 months ago and guess what .. I am doing them again. No explanation. They were in front of me one day for a cheap price, and I only remembered spectacular feelings of euphoria, and magically forgot all the pain the drug has caused me and especially my mom and girlfriend. But in the last month of using I have managed to progress from a 40mg pill getting my high, to 2-3 80mg pills. Lost a good job, totaled a $35,000 Car, and the worse, put my mother back in a state of fear. She is a very educated woman in the world of opiates thanks to a son like me. She knows I am using drugs again. I have no idea how considering I only see her probably once a month. But she urges me to quit and tells me to see a counseler. But I do not think another drug counseler will help. Been there done that, with sincerity. Not just going through the motions. The bottom line is that I hate what the drug does to my life, but it somehow does not over-shadow the fact that I love how the drug makes me feel. I makes me sad to say that my future might coming to a halt and my picture may end up on this webpage. You know what will fix the hopeless thoughts? I bet you do. So I have to go now and sink into the underworld of drugs in ohio. Sincerely, Some Ohio Opiate User.

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