Are you addicted to insulin when being treated for diabetes? Or to blood pressure medicine for hypertension?
If I go off insulin I die. Diabetes is not a choice.
I had friends who were functioning drug addicts for years. I also had friends who got off of heroin and onto methadone. I also had friends who kicked it.
All I said is if you go on methadone you are now addicted to something else. Can you function the rest of your life on it, sure.