I've been thinking about quitting drinking for several months now. But good heavens, drinking is such a huge part of my identity!
Katie: Atheist, twin, knitter, drunkard
But I did quit. A week ago I gave up alcohol, cigarettes (yes, I was smoking again, shut up), Valium, Vicodin, tramadol, Xanax, Ambien, and caffeine. Ha! I'm lucky I didn't do a Heath Ledger. I never took all of those at once, though. At least not that I recall. Then again, if I had taken all of those at once, who's to say I'd recall it?
The painkillers were for my back, which I screwed up a couple of weeks ago. I'd forgotten how a week of narcotics--all by themselves!--can make you go totally insane. Throw in random amounts of all the other stuff and, well, bring on the straitjacket. After a particularly nasty incident in which I behaved like a harpy from the seventh circle of hell, I decided I'd rather have a sore back than be psychotic.
So, yeah. I quit everything all at once. Cold turkey. Yay for me.
(I did have a cup of coffee a few days ago. My dad makes the best coffee I've ever had, and that's saying something. We live in Seattle, after all.)
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Whoa, bizarro world on the blawg! Everything's backwards!
Congrats on your cold turkey.
I googled tramadol, and learned of its off-label and investigational uses:
* diabetic neuropathy[6][7]
* postherpetic neuralgia[8][9]
* fibromyalgia[10]
* restless legs syndrome[11]
* opiate withdrawal management[12][13]
* migraine headache[14]
* obsessive-compulsive disorder[15]
* premature ejaculation[16]
Well, THAT is interesting! My mom takes it for her knee pain. She buys it in Mexico and brings it back across the border.
I'm glad you are still drinking dad's coffee (and sharing it with me). xo
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