what KETAMIKE said is true, and i must say that i know of only 1 person right now(personally) that has his Opiate habit under control...half of how he does it though is because his funds dont give him access to more OPIATES..he takes them twice a weekand thats it...
id honestly say for most people, stay the fuck away from OPIATES unless u have un unlimited supply and u have a nice cash flow....Opiates make life great, and they are the greatest all purpose drug in the world....running out of themm sucks balls bigtime and u will feel like blowing your brains out, and this all comes AFTER the bad withdrawals have stopped.....
i know many people who take Opiates, and 98% of them are addicted to them to a high degree...they wuill struggle with the problem for the rest of their lives...some of them are functional addicts, but most arent...just respect the drug, dont take them for more than 2-3 days at a time no matter what u feel like....once u get mentally addicted, the war has been lost IMO...
once u have had OPIATES and have stopped taking them, im not sure if life ever is the same as before...im not sure if it could be after having experienced such a blissful "buzz" for an extended period of time....