mrich61 seems to have missed the point of this post. The routine ingestion of pain killers is not a choice for many people (I know, some people do it voluntarily at first). However, some with chronic severe pain need powerful pain medication just to have some normalcy in their life. I have constant lower back pain, surgically cause, that will never disappear; the only "cure" is an 8 hour surgical procedure that has a 50% chance of success. It also has a 50% chance of leaving me a paraplegic. And there is zero guarantee there will be no pain after healing, that in fact, the pain has about a 50% chance of being worse. With those odds, I'll take my strong pain meds. There is no stigma for necessary medication. Would you tell an insulin dependent diabetic that they were addicted to their medication? Until you walk in a pain sufferer's shoes, don't pontificate.
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