Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown episode where he goes to Massachusetts discusses the heroin/opioid epidemic. It's a good one.
When my youngest son got his face fractured from a 'hit by a pitch' in a baseball game, the doc gave him painkillers. He decided to take Motrin instead, because his uncle (my BIL) killed himself being addicted to those things. I've never taken a painkiller other than Motrin.
I had an issue when my wisdom teeth were removed. I accidentally took a stronger dose than I should have with vicodin and slept for eighteen hours straight. When I woke up (it was around Christmas time and I had errands to run) I could barely stay awake.
I flushed my Vicodin down the god damned toilet that same day. It felt great and it took away my pain. And, it was fun, and I wanted to do more of it. That was probably one of my better moments in my late teen/early twenty years. I think I was nineteen. Regardless, when I had another health issue three weeks later, my liver levels were still a little out of whack.
****. That. Noise.
I've had several occasions over the years in which I've used pain killers, Percocet and Vicodin, maybe others can't remember. I can definitely see how people could get addicted to them. I never felt as if I myself would. If I'm in pain and they're prescribed, I'll take them other than that the thought has never crossed my mind.
Let's Rid3!!!!
I never take anything other than motrin or Tylenol. Not even after my vasectomy. During/after my heart attack I had no choice with what was put in my IV (Fentanyl and something else, darvocet maybe, something with a D), but I really try to limit pain meds to on't what I need. If I take motrin or Tylenol and still can't handle pain I'll take what I'm prescribed, but I haven't had to yet.
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