Any of you guys have siblings suffering from pill addiction...

Any of you guys have siblings suffering from pill addiction ? If so how did your family deal with it and what was the eventual outcome of this mishap ?

bumpin for some answers

My dad and all my siblings.

Mom left when I was 11, then my dad spent all day nodding off in his room or working.

Sisters wanted nothing to do with me.

Spend most of my time on the computer, whole famoly isolating each other since mom left.

Get into drugs myself

Waste my life on drugs and Sup Forums

Then I lived happily ever after

Are you still addicted to drugs ?

about to do some now

what IS addicted?

my youger sibling is addicted to xanax and we just dont know what to do anymore its really stressful.

when your life revolves around getting high

I don't think I agree with that definition.

Generally my life revolves around feeding my children, but I wouldn't dare call myself a child addict. The metaphor breaks down quickly when applied elsewhere.

Isn't there a better way to define it?

substance abuse

Yeah, more fast and loose definitions, and now the two definitions in this thread are co-mutual.

'Substance' is ill-defined , and 'abuse' is ill-defined. Can find many practical situations where people 'abuse' 'substances' in legal and rational ways.

I'm out.

youre fucking retarded quit getting all mad because we all can tell youre an addict. go fuck yourself.

First got a taste of the forbidden fruit with hydrocodone syrup after a tonsillectomy. Never forgot it and ended up scrounging around for pills periodically. I ended up binging on norco and percs for a few days at a time every so often. I never became physically dependent on the pills, but I was hooked from the start and ended up using poppy tea and kratom to scratch the itch. I had been using kratom for about a year and a half before deciding to kick it last friday. I had ended up with a massive tolerance before my previous half-assed attempt to quit and really don't want to go back to that place. Withdrawal basically forced me to drop out of college and come back to live NEET mode. After a month clean after that I decided to give it another go to numb the boredom and self medicate for depression. I went through four kilos over the course of the summer, which isn't as bad as it was the previous time around, but I figured out that I fucked up a few weeks ago.

Withdrawal was rough, physiologically and especially emotionally and psychologically. Things are starting to turn up I think though.

My family was never fully aware of the nature of my problem but they had their suspicions. I really feel like shit for putting them through all that, even if they tended not to show their disappointment.

My addiction would probably not be considered a bad case by any means, but I figured I'd share. Don't start with this shit. It will take you by the nuts if you don't have your shit together.

im trying to help a loved one suffering from pill addiciton its hard.

The first thing that needs to be established in his mind is that he is hurting himself. I wouldn't say you need to hit rock bottom, but there definitely needs to be a wake up call of some sort. He can ruin his liver and stomach, he can OD, he can end up switching to H when cash runs low and get an infection from shooting up. It's almost certainly soaking up any money, motivation, and natural energy he may have once had. If he is already aware, he may totally resigned to live like this, too afraid to make a change.
The change is scary and painful, but not impossible. Running out of poppy tea was probably one of the worst experience I've had, there is no sugarcoating it. There are tools to help though, supplements and medications that can help mediate some of the effects.
An understanding of the underlying cause helps too. A normal guy with a fulfilled life could probably pop percs once a month and not get into any trouble, but someone chronically depressed or otherwise emotionally/psychologically crippled will more than likely get one taste and never want to let go, because the comfort is so much better than the constant turmoil.

Feel u bro

Good post

thank you bro

ive oded twice and ive never thought of quitting


people are gonna stop when they wanna stop, nothing else can make them

Subutex/suboxone. Actually really helped a family member of mine. But you have to wanna get better

That's definitely true. If you don't have anything to wake up for in the morning, why not sedate yourself?
I wish there was an easy solution.
I'd tell you that life is better clean, but if I was told that, I'd think I was being lied to.

>people are gonna stop when they wanna stop, nothing else can make them
pretty much this.

I am the pill sibling, currently sober except alcoholic. It's a bummer for everybody else

Fuck all of you pill popping whiny ass faggots. WAAAAHHHH LIFE IS HARD I NEED AN ESCAPE WAAAHHHH MY ESCAPE IS NOW RUING MY LIFE PLEASE HELP

Just fuckimg overdose and make the world a better place.

An addiction and dependency are two totally different things. It becomes an addiction when it starts effecting your life in a negative way.

>. It's a bummer for everybody else
yeah no shit man it sucks

Your middleclass crewcut got dem sharp edges bro

my sibling has od'd, had a cousin pas away 4 motnhs ago because of the same thing, he makes making that excuse to use. If that isnt a wake up call i dont know what is he keeps using.

I look like an unkempt schizophrenic and im just barely above poor. Its fucking awesome not giving a fuck about anything but food water and shelter.

I'm addicted to weed so what makes you better?

>addicted
>weed
sure kid

Why the fuck do people use this condescending phrase? Why the fuck is the current generation a conglomeration of pretentious stuck up spoiled brat narcissistic fucks?

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Weed is overrated, get introverted and talks about cosmos
Fuck that
Not relaxing at all ether

Take a Xanax you will feel beter

pretty fucked up advice tbh man. I dont pop pills or do anything much im too busy working but its getting hard to focus at work because of my siblings problem.

There are always tradeoffs. Even using painkillers as prescribed for chronic pain has distinct negative effects. Hormonal upset is what immediately comes to mind.
From what I've seen and experienced their seems to be a few distinct phases of addiction.
It starts with a sort of honeymoon period during which you'll be feeling all the positives and the side effects are not manifesting themselves too much. Tolerance starts building and things are going smoothly enough, but it's more financially taxing and where once you told yourself you just wanted your daily pick-me-up, you need that shit and can't stop thinking about the next dose. The negative feelings that you chased away are gone, but so are the positive ones you want to savor, and life becomes a foggy mess of waking up, dosing, finding cash, dosing, and sleeping. You end up undernourished and your hepatic and renal systems are heavily taxed. Your dick stops working. Then you realize you fucked up, but you know that it will hurt to go back, so you keep going. It can go on for ages, if, and only if you make the conscious decision to want to get better will you be able to face the future. Otherwise it's just a slow death from all the strain on the heart.

It's substitute standard for suicide, but it isn't completely final.

>Otherwise it's just a slow death from all the strain on the heart.
This is what im worried of.

There are some far less ravaging things you can take to help with stress. Look into theanine, ashwagandha, and passion flower, just to start. I have a script for lorazepam, but usually those can get me through a rough patch.

I dont feel especially good nowadays,
But thinkin back on the foggy messy times gives me the chills

This guy sounds like a russian doctor lol