I realize this is kind of off topic, but I need some advice.
My neighbour is considering leaving her husband... but it is not because of a bad marriage, it is because she has a secret that is tearing her apart.
She has been secretly using/abusing percocets for over two years.
In this time her personality has changed, she is always tired, irritable, short tempered. She just lays around the house, wont clean, or cook for her family. Her husband and her are NEVER intimate.
She has come to me and dropped this bombshell on me over the weekend. She wants to quit, but it too ashamed to tell her doctor (or anyone else for that matter). She feels that if she can't get off the pills, she wants to leave her husband to save herself the shame and embarassment.
I have convinced her to try and quit cold turkey. Her husband is away at work for the next three days. We have covered it up by telling everyone she has the flu, because she is starting to withdrawl.
I am trying to help her (she is in our guest room), and I am caring for her 3 kids.
She is just starting to get sick, and I have googled for hours and can't find any definative information.
Has anyone out there dealt with something like this? How sick is she going to get and how long it will last?
Does anyone know of a drug abuse forum like this one?
My neighbour is considering leaving her husband... but it is not because of a bad marriage, it is because she has a secret that is tearing her apart.
She has been secretly using/abusing percocets for over two years.
In this time her personality has changed, she is always tired, irritable, short tempered. She just lays around the house, wont clean, or cook for her family. Her husband and her are NEVER intimate.
She has come to me and dropped this bombshell on me over the weekend. She wants to quit, but it too ashamed to tell her doctor (or anyone else for that matter). She feels that if she can't get off the pills, she wants to leave her husband to save herself the shame and embarassment.
I have convinced her to try and quit cold turkey. Her husband is away at work for the next three days. We have covered it up by telling everyone she has the flu, because she is starting to withdrawl.
I am trying to help her (she is in our guest room), and I am caring for her 3 kids.
She is just starting to get sick, and I have googled for hours and can't find any definative information.
Has anyone out there dealt with something like this? How sick is she going to get and how long it will last?
Does anyone know of a drug abuse forum like this one?
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