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Originally Posted by BigRedChief
I'd like to know why some other kid injured his shoulder and needs Oxy initially like your son goes on to have an issue with opioids? Why does one person spiral out of control and the other person doesn't? They have the same economic and social backgrounds. Sure seems to me that we haven't figured out, as of yet, why one spirals out of control and another doesn't.
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It's strange. Some people just have the "addiction" gene. It seems like I couldn't get psychologically addicted to the shit if I tried. I've even had the "physical" addiction thing happen, quit cold turkey. Cigarettes? Quit cold turkey. The worst case of addiction I've personally experienced was actually caffeine, specifically Coca-Cola. That shit was horrible. Not even joking. Sometimes drank a 12 pack a day. Woke up one morning with the shakes and jerking like a lab rat. I didn't have any Coca-Cola in the house, and the lust I had for a Coke consumed me and drove me to get dressed, get my wallet, and walk around the corner to Break Time and get 2 20ozs, one of which I cracked open on the way to the register. I assume that's how crackheads lust after crack, or the opiate addicts are physically and psychologically driven to seek opiates. It was horrible. So I tapered down and quit. Nowadays, I can enjoy a Coke and a smile and shut the **** up without any issues.