It's important not to use anecdotal cases to make sweeping generalizations of every potential RC benzo user.
I'm not defending or vilifying RC benzos, they certainly have major risks due to low cost and ease of availability. You have the same kind of misinformed people who pop whole 2mg xanax tablets (scripted or not), instead of using low-dose benzos (0.25-5mg xanax/day) in conjunction with talk therapy, ordering these benzos in large quantities trying to get the same effect.
I was scripted benzos for 5 years, on and off, and never took even close to the maximum prescribed dosage unless my panic attacks those days were out of control. I've been taking clonazolam for 9 months now at a dosage of 150-180mcg, and have never had a blackout or anything resembling the symptoms of benzo abuse. Then again, I've never abused my scripted benzos (more than prescribed) or ever blacked out on them due to abuse. Did I still feel anxiety on scripted/RC benzos? Sure! But the point of using benzos medicinally is not to feel anxiety-free, it's just to take enough of the edge off that you can tackle life's problems with a normal level of anxiety, not a debilitating level of anxiety.
The zero-tolerance mindset towards pain and anxiety in the western world is what leads to people getting prescribed ridiculous dosages of benzos (you might disagree with me here, but anything over 2mg of xanax/klonopin is pretty ridiculous), and subsequently getting strung out on them. Even when I was scripted 2mg of klonopin for years, I rarely used more than 0.75-1mg a day, and that was still too much in terms of physical dependence.