I began taking Oxycodone for a shoulder surgery about 25 years ago and have been on the pain medication ever since for shoulder pain. Both of my shoulders were diagnosed as requiring full replacement which I put off for many years until October 2021, when I had my right shoulder replaced. I still need to have my left one replaced but I am at a point where I want/need to get off this medication. Over all these years I've not abused the drug but the dependency is something I do not want to live with any longer. The only real attempt I made to get off the drug was in Nov/Dec of 2015 when I followed a pre-defined "at home" plan to withdraw. I actually got off the drug 100% for about 30 days and then an event related to my relationship ending was the catalyst for my beginning to take the drug again. That's a whole other story. 

Since then, 12/31/15, I have taken the medication again, as prescribed and like clockwork, and I do not want to continue the "cycle" any longer. I am in corportate software sales that requires me to travel weekly, converse with executives at large corporations, and always be on my "A" game so to speak. I just resigned from this role with the specific purpose of using the time to come to ANR from Oregon, have the treatment, and spend a couple months to re-energize and continue my life but without all the negative consequences of this drug. 