Hi Daryl, I’m glad you reached out on this because whether you know it or not that is the first step and shows that you want help. I’m sure my addiction is incomparable to yours as I was addicted to opiates, I was spending ridiculous amounts of money and lost a lot of friends because the codeine came first. I didn’t see it as a problem at first and this went on for 8 years. It turned me into a horrible person.
In all honesty it is not going to be easy but it is only temporary. You have to be realistic and not be too hard on yourself, my addiction service gave me “milestone tokens” which I would not advise because it made me feel 100 times worse when I relapsed and if you do relapse don’t beat yourself up about it, just pick yourself up and start again.
Take less and ween yourself off slowly going cold turkey is a receipe for disaster.
You CAN do it and you WILL get there eventually.
Take care of yourself and I wish you the best of luck.
Addiction of anyform can happen to ANYONE so never feel ashamed.
Here to talk any time and will give the unfilterd truth (no textbook analogies!)
Best of luck, take care and hope to hear how you’re getting on!
Erin.