Quote From: luciawells"I'm not saying I'm addicted to it but it does help me get through the day...[but when I don't do it I'm really cranky..."
It's clear that you are indeed an addict, but only you can make that final determination in order to help yourself.
I have been addicted to pain medication for over ten years, starting like another writer, because of endometriosis. When I began taking the pills, I never would have called myself an addict; it was only after I suffered withdrawal, jail time, loss of job and self esteem that I realized that I was a hard core addict. I hope that you won't have to experience more than yelling at your kids in order to know the truth about yourself.
I'm still addicted to these things even after entering myself into treatment several times; every time, however, I've gone back to using. It's an insidious disease that I wouldn't wish on anyone.
Lucia
Lucia, you are correct in sharing with the previous writer that she IS an addict. None of like to use that word. Junkies and addicts are supposed to live in a cardboard box under a bridge and hand out in crack houses. I am a professional with an advanced college degree, well-off financially, with a wonderful husband and family life. I am also a junkie. Addicted to narc painkillers, been sober since 13 July 2002. Dr. Phil told his first guest today the truth - she IS a junkie. So am I.
"There's no reasoning why,
But the mirror don't lie -
You're a junkie."
----Ozzy Osbourne
"Junkie"
