“and I stop the second my mind says “well, I’m not in pain now but I’m gonna be so I’ll take one for later. “ done.”
really, that’s the only way to avoid heading down the addiction path, and that’s exactly how I do it too ...
but the problem is that 99.999% of people given these powerful pain killers are never told how additive they are by those who prescribe them and what to watch out for, and even if they were told are not smart enough or cognizant enough of their own body’s behavior or have enough control of themselves to avoid addiction ...
It definitely works. But when medical professionals are stabbing you with shots of morphine, you can definitely get addicted without knowing. That should not happen here in the USA, though.