My SIL is addicted to Zanax. She freaks out if she thinks she may have to go one day without. 30+ years of the stuff, non stop.
Irony is that my wife has shown her the literature on physical side effects from long term addiction. And she suffers from a bunch of them. She refuses to believe that all these other problems can be tied to the Zanax, she is convinced she will literally die without the drug.
Sad thing is, her life totally sucks (unnecessarily, pretty much all of her own doing). A month in her shoes and I’d be suicidal. But she refuses to do anything for herself, just give me my Zanax and leave me alone. It’s depressing just being around her.