re: #249 Backwoods_Sleuth

Best and hardest decision I ever made was to decline opiates ten years ago for a chronic injury.

I can compare where I am today to several of my kin who were convinced to take “non-addictive” opiate formulations. A lot of folks I know who started on hydrocodone didn’t understand they were experiencing opiate abuse symptoms—and withdrawal—until it was too late. And they weren’t given any other options for pain care, and especially not any cheap one.