Escape from Berlin and all of us: You are so right about the pills being the new high, unfortunately too easy to access, safer than what you can buy on the street, because you know what's in them since they come from the pharmacy. The statistics are staggering how many people are addicted to prescription pain medications. Unfortunately doctors are overprescribing right now because they are afraid of being sued by someone who was in pain after surgery, from a back injury, etc. I don't think they have stopped to think about how going so far in the opposite direction is unacceptable and how it's creating addictions in people who wouldn't necessarily have become addicted had they not been overprescribed pain meds. We think that because the doctor has prescribed them, they are ok to use. It starts out innocent enough with just taking them as they are prescribed, then taking them earlier than when they are actually due and maybe taking two instead of one, and then for some, taking them in a manner in which they were not intended to be taken. Before you know it, we're addicted! Not to say we might not have been addicted to something else had we not had access to the pain meds, but chocolate is much safer
I was watching Intervention the other night and somethings that was said so struck me, "secrets keep us sick" and "uncover, discover, discard". The secrets part is pretty easy. The "uncover, discover, discard" was pretty astounding when you think about it. When we uncover what is causing us to be addicted (and most of us are self-medicating), discover how to deal with it and then discard it. Today is Friday and I know it's the most difficult part of the week for many of us, with it being payday and having 2 days off, I know we can all stay clean and sober and not go back to our old ways. Enjoy your weekend and live life clean and sober!