Or the FNG (at least, for the next few weeks.) I currently take Ativan on scrip, and I had taken d-amphetamine on scrip as well (paradoxic effect - it put me to sleep.) I have not had an addictive personality displayed - not even to morphine, booze, smokes, or whatever. Living in California, I /do/ intend to get my "weed card" once I can prise loose the readies to do so. (Until then, I'll keep eating the stuff /sub/ /rosa/ - it helps with the headache I've had for the last - almost - eleven years now. Mostly, because I got hit by a car and killed - almost - /twelve/ years ago, it hit me in the head hard enough to force a restart (FD estimates I was dead for +/- 2 minutes.
That all being said, I have seen the mechanics of addiction from the outside (functional alcoholics, non-functional alcoholics, typical narcotic addiction,) and I've independently walked people through recovery - so saying I'm a complete & utter n00b at this is incorrect.
As far as me goes, there's been a lot of trauma in my past. Ergo, a lot of narcotic analgesics in my past. from hydrocodone all the way through synthetic morphines - and I amazed the doctors by never displaying withdrawal Sx. "Would it help you if I did, doc? I'd need you to remind me of what they were..."
So, I can't say as I /personally/ understand getting off of anything, but I've seen plenty of it from the outside, and I've counselled a few people through it. I guess I don't have the right personality type. Or body chemistry. Maybe that's what has made me helpful - able to keep a level head through it all...
That all being said, I have seen the mechanics of addiction from the outside (functional alcoholics, non-functional alcoholics, typical narcotic addiction,) and I've independently walked people through recovery - so saying I'm a complete & utter n00b at this is incorrect.
As far as me goes, there's been a lot of trauma in my past. Ergo, a lot of narcotic analgesics in my past. from hydrocodone all the way through synthetic morphines - and I amazed the doctors by never displaying withdrawal Sx. "Would it help you if I did, doc? I'd need you to remind me of what they were..."
So, I can't say as I /personally/ understand getting off of anything, but I've seen plenty of it from the outside, and I've counselled a few people through it. I guess I don't have the right personality type. Or body chemistry. Maybe that's what has made me helpful - able to keep a level head through it all...
