Cold turkey diary. By Sam

Day 1 Thursday 20th September

Went a whole day without taking any painkillers.  I had a little wobble around lunchtime so I sellotaped the boxes up so I couldn't sneak one and had a custard slice and a cup of tea.  That did the trick.

Day 2 Friday 21st September

Woke up with a huge migraine but I had a glass of milk and took Lotty to agility training and then took the dogs for a walk.  But by the time I got home I felt so sick I had to go off to bed, fell asleep, was 10 minutes late picking Bryn up from school and had to leave my car in the warehouse at work overnight and get John to drive us home cos I couldn't even see the road.  By the time I drove the half mile from school to work at 5 miles an hour with one eye working I felt so bad I was nearly in tears and ripped the boxes of painkillers open to get to my precious drugs.

So there you have it.  I'm clearly addicted to painkillers.  But I can't go through a month of that.  I know the experts said it would get worse before it got better but I didn't even make it 24 hours.

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