Are you addicted to any medication?

**Your Old Comrade** · 10-30-2023, 02:52 PM

Originally Posted by The Lawspeaker

No, thankfully. I am very strict for myself when it comes to any sort of medication. Pain killers, frankly, worry me.

Thankfully not.

**BakersfieldChimp** · 10-30-2023, 05:49 PM

When I had my wisdom teeth out in my early twenties, I got ten Vicodins to be used "as needed". I took a couple the next day. The second day after my oral surgery I didn't think I needed one until the afternoon. Then I thought. " I have an extra one from the one I didn't take this morning. Maybe two will work better." That thought alone made me realize that I better switch to ibuprofen. The only mistake I made was giving the rest to a friend who I shouldn't have given them to.

My takeaways are it easy for people to fall into drug dependence by just acting on a few bad impulses. Equally important, never give your spare pain pills to someone too interested in your spare pain pills. I did not turn him into an addict. However, i did enable his addiction for a day or two.