I was addicted to opiates after my first back surgery. Nearly cost me everything that matters to me.wife kids everything. Pain pills are pure evil. Your body builds a tolerance to them faster than any other drug. There is an epidemic in America. Heroine is taking over the pain pill culture
My second back surgery, this year, I gave my wife complete control over my meds. Told her to treat me like a child. Only give me what was prescribed when told to by the drs. They stepped me down gradually and it still almost killed me. The withdrawals and pain and sickness are unreal. When I got my nuts cut a week or 2 ago I didn't even fill the scrip
Gave it to my wife. I am man enough to know there are some things in life I can't handle. I can't handle opiates. If the Lord hadn't has His hands all over my marriage and my family then pain pills would have destroyed my family. Cost me my job, my family everything. All of which was fed to me by doctors...and for legitimate issues. I now have rods and screws in my spine. I eat a lot of ibuprofen. I don't know if I will ever not have a desire buried inside me to relapse and take opiates.
Be very careful guys. The devil loves the tool of addiction. He has been using it for thousands of years to destroy good men. It sneaks up on you slowly. I promise you I never said "hey I wanna pill habit and to try and wreck my family." My wife stood by me through things should never have had to. Ever. Because of her love for the Lord, not me at that point. That is one reason why I treat her like a queen. She has been by my side when I was at my worst. Our marriage is stronger for it. It has been battle tested for sure. Lol.