Codeine Recovery

Personal blog posts about codeine addiction recovery, withdrawal, tapering, relapse prevention and rebuilding life after addiction. These posts are based on lived experience and are written to help people feel less alone while encouraging proper support where needed.

Man in a green athletic T-shirt stands with his hands clasped in front of a blurred pharmacy background, beside the headline “Codeine Addiction: My Pharmacy Act” and the line “Three pharmacies a day. One rehearsed story.”

Codeine Addiction: The Pharmacy Routine I Built Around Nurofen Plus

Codeine addiction is not just about taking tablets. For me, it became planning, lying, acting, rotating pharmacies and living with constant shame. This is the part people often do not see.

Mark Fearon

Jul 14 min read

Codeine withdrawal symptoms including restless legs, poor sleep, anxiety and flu-like symptoms

Codeine Withdrawals: What to Expect and What Helped Me

Codeine withdrawals can be physically and mentally exhausting. I share what they felt like for me, why restless legs were the worst symptom and what helped me get through them.

Mark Fearon

Jun 125 min read

Person struggling with Nurofen Plus and codeine addiction as their physical health deteriorates

Nurofen Plus Addiction: My Body Was Begging Me to Stop

My body was giving me serious warning signs but I continued taking 72 Nurofen Plus tablets every day. This is what codeine addiction did to my health and why asking for help cannot wait.

Mark Fearon

Jun 113 min read

Person sitting in a doctor’s waiting room before asking for help with codeine addiction.

Codeine Addiction: Why I Was Scared To Tell My Doctor

I was scared my doctor would judge me for my codeine addiction. What actually happened was very different and my only regret is not telling him sooner.

Mark Fearon

Jun 104 min read

Codeine in Ireland: Why This Warning Needs to Be Taken Seriously

A personal response to a recent Irish codeine warning and why codeine addiction needs to be taken more seriously in Ireland.

Mark Fearon

Jun 32 min read