My wife is stealing my RX painkillers, What do I do?

Question

I've long suspected her of doing this and she has always denied it up until this morning. I went to take my RX this morning and the bottle looked light so I counted them and came up QUITE a few short. I confronted her and at first she denied and finally she admitted to me that she had taken them. I am not talking 2 or 3 im talking more than 20. To cap it off she has her own RX for pain. I am diabetic have have nueropothy problems and arthritis which I take the painkillers for. She has her own RX for her back. A relationship is nothing without trust and now the slight trust i had in her is completely gone! I want to have nothing else to do with her and told her to leave but she won't! Both of our names are on the lease so I don't know what my options are for getting her out. please help

I apologize, I assume too much. This is not the first problem mywife and I have. This situation is the last straw. We have been to counseling, I DO hide them from her, she denies she has an addiction problem.

I have sat down with her and given her options such as counseling and discussing her dosage with her doctor. She has refused to do either. I am not a cold hearted jerk.

Answer 1

Hide them - take them to work with you. Or throw them out.

Don't throw her out for that alone - she may be addicted and need drug rehab.

Joy to you.

Answer 2

Are you serious, you would kick your wife out because she has an addiction to pain pill. Yes a relationship needs trust but an addiction can cause you to do things you normally wouldn't. Pain pills are notorious for addiction. If she has constant pain she has taken hers and has grown a tolerance for them. You need to get her some help. She has a problem and didn't feel she could tell you. Yeah she may have told you that she wasn't taking yours but that is part of the problem. You are a heartless person and she should leave. You don't abandom the ones you say you love in a time need. Grow Up.

Answer 3

Your pathetic so your wife took some of your painkillers maybe yours are better and help relieve her pain better then her own. Maybe just tell her if she wanted some all she had to do is ask. Stop being suh a jerk and justv go get some more. Next time just put them somewhere she won't find them
or buy a lock box.

Really this is just stupid to get all worked up over some painkillers. This is marriage sometimes what's yours is our's it is not like she took your important diabetic medication maybe she ran out of her pills and hasn't had time to refill her prescription.

Really I think you need to read what you wrote here and maybe you will see how dumb an foolish you are being.

May God Bless You and Best Wishes.

Answer 4

either your a jerk or the pain killers are taking over your brain! why would you throw her out for taking your meds! I could see if she were a guest or other relative but she's your wife! Maybe she has an addiction problem, and she may need your help! "for better or worse", remember? i mean if you really don't want her in your stuff put them under lock and key or hide them, but kicking her to the curb? what a joke!

Answer 5

I don't think that is a great reason to divorce or even kick her out. I understand that you are mad and upset and your trust in her is gone but you need to sit down and talk with her about her abuse to pain killers and try and get her some help. Then hide your stuff better somewhere where she can't find it!! So She won't be able to steal it anymore. Thanks and hope things work out for you two.

Answer 6

What a stupid reason to kick her out. Why not try to help her instead?
If you insist on doing the wrong thing, you have to legally evict her through the courts which can take months and will cost a lot of money.
Stick it out, go to counseling, grow up. You don't just run away when things get tough. Sometimes people need a little help.

Answer 7

Your wife needs help!! If she is stealing your meds for her on high then you should try to get her some help with her addiction. In the meantime, you have got to keep the pills away from her. If the trust issue is the only problem you have in your marriage then you should try and save it. The addiction your wife has is a disease and it is treatable, is your marriage?

Answer 8

She is probably addicted to pain killers. You are going to leave your wife instead of helping her try to help herself. It has nothing to do with her stealing it has to do with an addiction. Yes you have every right to be upset but gosh at least give her a chance to explain.