Anything for you, Neighby!
No, but seriously, here's my contribution to the thread:
Look, one can become physically dependent upon a substance and not mentally addicted. How do you know when you've become
physically dependent? When you begin to show physical symptoms, withdrawal symptoms, of course. For example, a heroin addict without heroin will experience nausea, diarrhea, sneezing/yawning, perhaps restless legs, the chills, etc. These physical symptoms are your body's way of saying it has gotten used to what you've been taking, be it heroin, amphetamines, whatever, and now it needs that substance to function "normally."
Mental addiction, on the other hand, is your craving whatever substance, your obsessively seeking out that substance, all of those thoughts of using and ideas inside your head.
Physical dependence and mental addiction can and oftentimes
do occur simultaneously. That's not always the case, however. I always give this example because I think that it works so well: I quit taking xanax (alprazolam) cold-turkey, and I suffered a seizure. Was I physically dependent? For sure, and the seizure is proof of that. Am I mentally addicted? I am not, and I can honestly say that there isn't a day that goes by I ever crave xanax or the thought ever crosses my mind that it would be nice to have some. In other words, I was physically dependent upon xanax but not mentally addicted.
So how does all of this apply to the OP's question? Well, if by "addiction" the OP means
physically dependent, then I feel confident in saying that he will likely experience
some degree of physical dependence. Why? Because 20 mg oxycodone, albeit not an extraordinarily large dose, is still a considerable dose, especially when taken so regularly (each and every night) and as the OP described (snorting the oxycodone, effectively making the 20 mg oxycodone
instant release as opposed to
extended release). Again, everyone's body chemistry is different, and the OP may not experience very bad withdrawal symptoms at all if and when he quits taking the oxycodone, but it only stands to reason that he would experience
some discomfort.
But if by "addiction" the OP means
mental addiction, then the question itself is flawed, as it lends itself to the misconception that one can somehow
avoid mental addiction, all of the cravings and thoughts of using, by only using very rarely; it's the misconception that a mental addiction is more likely to develop on the 10th, 11th and 12th time using than on the 4th, 5th or 6th. It's also the misconception that the addictive-potential lies almost entirely in the substance itself and not so much in the user when we know the very opposite to be true. (It's more the user than the substance, really.) Do you see what I mean? And that's why in my first post I said something to the effect of, "I love these will-I-become-addicted threads..." I said that because there's just no way for us to know whether or not you'll develop a mental addiction to a certain substance. The most I can do for you is give you an idea of just how many people will develop some sort of a mental addiction based upon statistics, but again, your situation is unique and it's a roll of the dice.
So whenever these threads come up, there's not much for me to say when mental addiction is the topic. Will you become mentally addicted? I haven't the slightest fucking idea and no one else does, either. But I
can tell you with
some accuracy whether or not you'll develop a physical dependency upon a substance based upon the dose and frequency of use.
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