Those were never meant to be a lifetime med, no matter what the incompetent malpractitioner prescribing it for you is saying.
There are no other options for treatment. But, I don't expect you to understand that.
The addiction that comes with the drug is not un-manageable. I can withdraw and change drugs in a week. It is uncomfortable but not difficult to do.
The wrong assumption is yours. You see addiction as a disease and label it wrongly as a failure when in fact it (in this case of pain management) is a side effect.
thankfully, there are some doctors that specialize and or understand this.
It took me some time to find one. During that time I suffered from severe depression. It almost became deadly.
You would ask me to go back to that? You would ask me to go back to never leaving the house and laying in a recliner 24/7.
I would commit a crime before I would do that. And you would be guilty as well.