mykingdomforanam: Hopefully I can help somebody by writing this...
In 2004 I was a world class athlete, with less than 1,000 miles to go, to make the longest solo canoe trip, and the plans and ability to skunk that record.
A car I was in flipped doing 70 mph, and threw me through the window, making me too disabled to paddle a canoe anymore in a matter of seconds.
My doctor had me on 150 dilaudids, 150 oxycodones, 90 valiums, and all the morphine and medical marijuana I wanted every month.
I only have a couple vertebrae that aren't damaged.
My x-rays qualify me for anything I want.
Most days I get out of bed, begin with 30 mgs.of oxycodone; but, I quit the dilaudids and morphine, and cut down on the oxycodones, and everything else.
After 13 years of being prescribed very strong opiates, I don't have a physical addiction to anything.
The reason why I can use pain pills without being addicted to them is...
I spend a lot of time in pain.
I never need to feel pain; but I know, if never feel pain, and I use all the drugs I get-- I'll just need more.
My tolerance would just go up. I'd feel pain unless I got more drugs; and I'd have a habit with horrible complications on top of all my other problems.
I do drug fasts regularly.
I stay in bed, without using any pills for days at a time.
I practice yoga, pranayama, meditation, and living in my mind.
I don't get prescribed too much drugs; if I was physically active everyday, I could easily use twice as much drugs as the doctor gives me.
Because I fast regularly, and deal with as much pain as I can take: the worst side effects I ever get are restless leg syndrome, and diarrhea; and those only last a few days.
I'm thankful for the opiates I get, and the doctor who prescribes them. I need them to be active, to go shopping for food, and to do yard work, or clean my house; but if I used all the drugs I get prescribed for me, without spending days at a time in pain... I'd be a junkie.
Unfortunately, I didn't learn anything I just wrote, from a physician.
I broke my lower spine back in the mid-seventies (50 foot fall), I just recently re-broke my L2, 3,4, in another fall. Yes, I am on drugs. I was also born in the fifties....so I have seen a multitude of "other" drugs. I only speak for myself, but I enjoyed my recreational trips, but when it came to narcotics and antibiotics...I saved them all for this stage of my life so I could continue to function as a contributive member of my society. Drugs are but an aspect of biochemistry. Heroin, acetaminophen, LSD, caffeine, anti-histamines, dextromethorophan, marijuana, penicillin, peyote (mescaline), cocaine, novacaine, epinephrine, the list is nearly endless. It is all about how you use them, and how you interpret life when you are "under the influence!" It is simply chemistry/biochemistry/life
mykingdomforanam: Number of drug-addicted babies born in the US has QUADRUPLED in just one decade amid 'heroin epidemic'
By Mia De Graaf For Dailymail.com 02:00 EDT 07 Sep 2015, updated 05:16 EDT 07 Sep 2015
This is just children in the US who were born addicted to opioid.
This study doesn't include children who were born addicted in other nations, or born addicted to ice, or cocaine, etc.
This show.how responsible those parents are. as well the USA government ( i suppose doing nothing). Drugs addicted parents,producing "born addicted kids"" Great,just great.what Americans start to look like.??? A nation of druggies
The last time we talked was on Pedro's "Bipolar thread;" and you came out as bipolar.
It was your other personality that said this on page 1!
You are the last one to characterise myself "bipolar". Have your daily dose and be happy.,and forget about others, who NEVER had a dose of drugs,including myself,in their life..-
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For those youngsters addicted to drugs,there is NO excuse,as have a choice,drugs or NO drugs.
Number of drug-addicted babies born in the US has QUADRUPLED in just one decade amid 'heroin epidemic'
By Mia De Graaf For Dailymail.com
02:00 EDT 07 Sep 2015, updated 05:16 EDT 07 Sep 2015
This is just children in the US who were born addicted to opioid.
This study doesn't include children who were born addicted in other nations, or born addicted to ice, or cocaine, etc.