[Protect the Bill of Rights]

The amazing thing was I was not strung out. Being pain free was the only time I could function. I had a job & three small children. Oops, make that 3 small children and one large child (husband).

I guess the difference is that I took the codiene for one reason only--pain control. When that reason no longer exsisted, I did not think twice about taking any type of narcotic.

[I must admit, I have a stash in the house. My greatest fear is having to live like that again.]

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

When that reason no longer exsisted, I did not think twice about taking any type of narcotic.

Clarification.....I did not think about taking any narcotic. Some how my original reads like I kept on taking narcotics. Which I did not.

[DaughterofEve]

[I must admit, I have a stash in the house. My greatest fear is having to live like that again.]

The difference between you and many others is that you admitted it. I have a feeling it is the story of a large percentage.

Does anyone remember an old Burt Reynolds/Jill Clayburgh movie where someone (Jill? Burt?) had a panic attack in Bloomingdales, and someone asked, "Does anyone have a Valium?" and on cue there were a gaggle of women shoppers who immediately dug in their purse and produced one on command...or something like that. The years and drug may be different, but the idea is the same.