If you're able to get a lot, go to
http://www.coldwaterworld.com and extract the codeine from the APAP, it's a lot more fun....
If not, hell, for an opiate virgin, 3-5 T3's should wack ya decent...
While Alcohol won't hurt you, it's not a GOOD THING as you have the APAP to deal with too... so go ahead and slam a 6 pack and have a few T3's - no harm, but it's not the best practice...
BTW, you're friend needs to play his cards right - knee surgery (of most any type) can be DAMN PAINFULL, so he should do better then codeine - at LEAST hydrocodone or perhaps oxycodone... if they give him codeine he needs to go home, then call a few hours later saying it's not helping the pain... surgery is a blessing in disguise, because you can often milk it for LOTS of goodies... ain't that a fucked up outlook on life? Bah! Not for a true pill popper... furthermore, like back surgery (to fuse vertibre and whatnot) knee surgeries can often fail - so, REGARDLESS of his condition, he should complain aboutthe pain being WORSE... it could get him on some long-term narcotics (ie OxyContin) ..
Of course for 95% of the drug-using population this isn't viable - they take their 30 Percocet/Lortabs and have their fun, then move on with their life...
But there are those 5% that almost HOPE they get in car accidents so that have a legit reason (read: excuse) for narcotics....
Of course PhreeX doesn't endorse such things - but it's all outlined in TAOS v2.0 (which will eventually be out - stop bugging me) ..
You know, this is the PERFECT time of year for nast car wrecks... lots of drunks... if you have good comprehensive auto insurance (or better yet - you're in a friends car) you might be able to find yourself in am orgy of destruction - hell, a lamp post, gaurd rail, or better yet, get in the path of a drunk driver... now you dun wanna be doing more then about 40mph because you don't want to die... if the car catches fire, see if you can sustain some 3rd/4th degree burns on any part of your body you wish - then, of course, act un-conscious (better yet, knock yourself our) .. after an incident like that, you can get on a long-term narcotics program..
So get yer ass offline and in a car, the drunks hit the road about 1am-3am .. oh yeah, if the bastard that wacks you is loaded you can sue too... honestly, what could be better then sitting at home on your piles of money eating/snorting potent narcotics?
exactly ..