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Jedi Guy

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24. I'm very sorry to hear that you've been in that kind of pain for so long.

Reply to catbyte (Reply #23)

Sun Feb 9, 2020, 07:14 PM

Feb 2020

People who don't live with chronic pain can't understand it. It eats at you every moment of every day, and you reach a point where you just can't stand it anymore and you have to have some relief. I've been there, and I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

It just bugs me to hear people assume that if a person is using a medication like pain meds or benzos, then they're just a junkie addict. In your case, you used your meds responsibly and for the right reasons, and you were still chemically dependent on them, but you were by no means an addict. I really wish people would educate themselves in order to grasp that distinction, doctors included.

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