I HAVE WENT N DID IT COLD TURKEY IT TOOK ME 6 MONTHS BEFORE I COULD EAT OR SLEEP I WOULD GO 15 DAYS WITHOUT SLEEP THE PAIN IN MY BONES N MUSCLES WAS. UNBELIEABLY PAINFUL IT TOOK ME A YEAR TO FEEL NORMAL COULD NOT SHOWER I ACHIEVED A YEAR BUT THEN WAS SEEING A PAIN MANAGEMENT DOCTOR I HAVE OSTIOARTHRITIS HE WANTED TO OPERATE ON MY NECK N MY BACK I HAVE HERNIATED BULDGING N DEGENERATION OF DISKS SO OF CIURSE HE WAS GIVING ME SHITS W A MIXTURE IF THREE DIFFERENT PAIN MEDS WAS SUPPOSE TO HELP TAKE AWAY PAIN FOR TWI WEEKS BUT THE VERY NEXT DAY ITS LIKE I RECIEVED NO TREATMENT AT ALL WAS ON VICODEN CIDEINE GABAPENTIN N SOMA GOT INTO A METHADINE PROGRAM N I WAS AT 140MG N STILL COMING UP POSITIVE N IN MORE PAIN THAN I KNEW WHAT TO DO WITH LEFT AT FIFTY WENT THRU THE WITHDRAWLS ALL OVER AGAIN I CANNOT HONESTLY COUNT HOW MANY TIMES WE BOTH TRIED TO STOP I KNOW AS PER ANY DRUG THAT THE BODY NEEDS TO BE WEINED OFF WE BOTH ACHIEVED TWO YEARS. WE BROKE UP WE ARE TOGETHER FOR TWENTY PLUS YEARS BUT AS WE STARTED DATING WE SLOWLY FELL BACK NOT MEANING OR WANTING TO GET ADDICTED WE BOTH REMEMBERED HOW HORRIBLE OUR LIFE WAS BUT THAT SLOWLY DEVELOPED INTO FULL BLOWN ADDICTION ONCE AGAIN MY HUSBAND GETS UP FOR WORK MON THRU FRI AT TWO AM TILL FOUR PM BASUCALLY ALMOST HIS WHOLE PAYCHECK GIES TO SUPPORT THIS LIVING NIGHTMARE WE ARE PROUD GRANDPARENTS N WANT TO LIVE TO SEE HOPEFULLY MANY MORE YEARS WITH OUR FAMILY EVERY SINGLE DAY ITS REALLY SO VERY DEPRESSING TO NEED N FEEL LIKE SLAVES TO THIS 