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If you have highly addictive prescription drugs like that in the house, always keep them out of medicine cabinets, and away from anywhere that guests or kids (or loopy spouses) might have access to. Tell him to get his own 'scrip!
I had 7 Xanax from my dr....I keep in case of emergency (occasional bad anixety). I have had since May and have yet to take any (only take when I have to fly). My husband admited to taking 2 of them which would leave 5....I checked and there were only 3 left....he denied taking any more and got very defensive saying maybe I took them and didn't remember. I know I didn't and nobody else has been here who would take them. Am I over reacting for being angry? I remember about 7 years I had Vicodin I had only taken 1 and then one day I checked the bottle and noticed many more were gone. He denied taking that also. He drinks a lot and once in a while seems off....so now I'm starting to wonder if he is taking other things I'm not aware of. He takes his prescriptions for blood pressure and cholesterol but now I wonder what else he is doing.
If he was drunk then yes that's a valid reason for not remembering ... Although it's not an excuse but it's more understandable
Why not put your stash somewhere else and hide them next time?..... Yes I know it's daft but at least it will avoid this happening again and wont leave you feeling angry
If you have highly addictive prescription drugs like that in the house, always keep them out of medicine cabinets, and away from anywhere that guests or kids (or loopy spouses) might have access to. Tell him to get his own 'scrip!
I don't think that 7 Xanax is exactly gonna get anyone hooked. A child couldn't even overdose on 7 Xanax.
I agree with your overall point, though. I see why she left them out in the open if she has no kids who can access them. I mean, most people's spouses don't steal their anxiety meds.
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People who neither abuse nor sell drugs are uninterested in others' prescriptions. Just imagine thinking hmm...my spouse had some dental work done recently, maybe if I rummage through his medicine cabinet, I can score some pills. It doesn't sound too wholesome, does it?
This is drug abuse. Those pills were prescribed for you and you alone. Your doctor didn't sit the both of you down and told you both take that medication. It. Was. For. You. Alone. And I don't give a crap if you guys are married, anyone in your house is blood related, or what. He might not be an addict. He could be looking for something else to smooth over his anxiety. But he's taking you pills without permission, lied about, is not prescribed for them, and he's taking it with alcohol. I mean if a child did this, all kinds of folks would be in an uproar, or would laugh it off and tell them to, "Party on!"
You don't give drugs to people nor do you turn a blind eye when someone is stealing them. I remember one of my friends from school had to be rushed to the hospital because he had accepted and taken aspirin from another one of his friends. Who knows how those pills could be affecting your husband; especially, with that alcohol...wasn't this the same guy who always drinks constantly, and op would always talk about it and how miserable she was but wouldn't really do anything to help her husband?
I wouldn't take this issue lightly. He needs to seek professional help for that and for his drinking. Just because a drug did not come from an alleyway from some shady guy in a hoodie doesn't mean that you can't get hooked or that it's safe. There's a reason why it's called a drug. Google "Xanax" and "Xanax addiction." He needs professional help before it could get out of hand.
I don't think that 7 Xanax is exactly gonna get anyone hooked. A child couldn't even overdose on 7 Xanax.
I agree with your overall point, though. I see why she left them out in the open if she has no kids who can access them. I mean, most people's spouses don't steal their anxiety meds.
Xanax is very addictive, not to mention, a hot little commodity these days.. I can easily see how one pill turned into 7 gone missing. ~ Not saying you are, but I wouldn't downplay the seriousness of a child ingesting 7 xanax. That's a 911 EMERGENCY situation right there!!!!
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