OxyContin Awareness


Name:Zelda Westbury Email:[email protected] Type:Death Story Date:3/29/2005	My friends daughter was only 24 when she died because of an overdose of OXYCONTIN. She died on March 20,2005 after snortining three 80 mg. pills and drinking. She then went home and took three more pills and that was it for her. Jen was not an addict, but was trying to releave some inner pains from the loss of her father and boyfriend. She did not take the pills often, but this last time was all it took. I have known this young girl for many years and I keep remebering how she would get mad at her mom and I for using crank. She was so aganist drugs and now because of them she is dead. Her mom and I are both clean today. I have been clean for over 6 years and now dedacate my life to drug awareness and prevention. Please don't just look the other way if you have a friend or loved one that is using. Evev if it is just once in awhile it can and will kill again.

Name:Denise Email:[email protected] Type:Death Story Date:3/25/2005	My brother, Danny died April 15, 2003 from Oxycontin overdose. He was exactly a month short of his 27th b-day. He had been addicted to presctiption pain relievers for a few years as he had had Chron's Disease (imflamed bowel disease)since the age of 14. His doctor knowingly prescribed him with a fast and slow release form of oxycontin together with anti-depressants knowing fully that he was already addicted to pain meds. My brother was found curled up in a blanket just like he was asleep, dead from an OXYCONTIN overdose. I don't mean to sound harsh, but this is a real problem! When a doctor prescribes a person drugs of this magnitude knowing they have an existing drug dependancy......WHAT IS GOING ON! This drug slows the heart down while you sleep until it STOPS! Don't think that this can't happen to you! If you are addicted to oxycontin right now, GET YOURSELF HELP OR YOU COULD DIE!!!!

Name:AnotherFace InTheCrowd Email:anonymous Type:Abuse Story Date:3/25/2005	I've been addicted to oxycontin for the past year and a half of my life. Every day, the first thing I would do in the morning after waking up was to cut one 40mg pill in half. I would then go to the bathroom and place half of the pill on my tongue, look into my eyes in the mirror and think to myself...I never thought I would end up like this, relying on a pill to get through the day, then take a swig of water and let the pill enter my system. Thinking to myself, that I can always stop taking them later..but not now, they just make me feel too good. Then around 8pm, I would always take that other half. Sometimes I would take more, but never less. I don't get high off the low dosage I'm taking, at least not as high as I was getting when I first started. I just need them to get me through the day, they make everything in my life seem more interesting. I was introduced to them by my younger brother who had been using them recreationally. The europhia I felt when I ate my first pill was incredible, at the time I was going through an extremely depressive state and that pill helped me feel better, but only temporarily. Soon after taking that first one, it became a weekend thing. The weekend oxy then became the every other day oxy, and before i knew it I was taking them daily. I've tried to stop multiple times but I have yet to succeed. As I type this right now, i'm trying to stop. Right now I'm on day 2, and I'm going through intense withdraws. My legs ache, my stomache is cramping up, and I'm very sad. But I need to get through this. I know I have a problem and I'm now trying to deal with it. I've never been addicted to anything before, It literally took over my life. Relying on a pill to get through each day, I can't keep living like this. I wish these aches would go away, I wish this sadness would go away. Before taking oxycontin I was depressed. I need help but I just feel to ashamed to ask for it. For some reason I feel like I need to deal with all my problems alone, I've been that way my entire life. It's made me very independent but also very lonely. I've had some hardships in my life, but so has everyone else. I lost my mother a year after graduating high school in an automobile accident. Since that moment in time I've never been able to be happy - and that happened 8years ago. Wow, I can't believe it's been that long, it still hurts so much :( Life must go on right? I wish I could be happy without taking a pill. The only thing I want in life, is to be happy. I dont blame anyone but myself for my addiction, it was my decision to take that first one. I'm not sure if this glimpse into my life belongs here, and at this moment i'm contemplating pressing that \|update\| key or just deleting this whole thing. There was a moment in my life when I enjoyed waking up, I would do anything to have that back. I realize that i'll never be able to be completely happy, I also realize that I can't continue taking pills. I love you :)

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