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Hello, I recently went through the process of getting of Oxy and Percocet for chronic pain. I was taking them for several years for pelvic pain resulting from surgeries. I couldn't take it anymore! I felt like I was becoming "stupid" and couldn't remember anything!   I decided to deal with the pain other ways and ramped my oxy down SLOWLY, seriously slowly. But inevetably you will have to bare the withdrawl process. After slowly getting down to 1x 20mg oxy and 3-5x 15mg percocets a day, and replaced the nightly 20mg Oxy with the 15mg percocet, again keep cutting the dosage down. You ABSOLUTELY will start with the night sweats and withdrawl symptoms and either keep cutting down or go cold turkey. Since you'll be on very little pills at that point, it won't be as bad. Trust me, the nights are the worst. tossing and turning and cold sweats, grinding teeth, upset stomach, shaking, etc., but within 2 days you'll start getting back to normal. Now the mental addiction is the worst. I've been off them for 2 months now and occasionally want one, but keeping yourself busy throughout this whole process is the key. Work, take walks, watch movies, surf the net, dinner with friends will take your mind off of the feelings.   I can't tell you how great I feel. I can read a book and remember what is going on, pay full attention to movies, be coherent and sound intelligent again, and not feel sleepy all the time. It's so amazing, and I'm starting to deal with the pain issues, but getting off those pills even made a difference in that. Opening doors to your 'old' self creates a new outlook on life, and that helps with the mental part associated with pain. The happier and more confident in yourself you are, you'll notice a change in the pain. Sounds weird, but  somehow emotions keep your body in check.   Good luck. I refused a treatment center, but it takes an insane amount of self control. Nobody is forcing you, and maybe you should have a friend be your guardian, feeding you your pills at specific times and not leaving you with the bottle.   It'll feel amazing, I swear.