I basically had a back injury that I went to the doctor to treat. usually I would go to a chiropractor, but for whatever reason that didn’t get rid of the pain this time. This would be the first time I went to a regular doctor for a back issue. I had an x-ray, an MRI and physical therapy, which really didn’t do anything, but the pain pills I was given helped a lot. So I took them, and kept taking them until I found myself addicted. Once addicted I just couldn’t function without them. I also found that I just could function WITH them either, funny how that works. After several times of trying to get off of them, and failing I just gave in to the thought that I would probably have to live the rest of my life with them.

And that my friends, is how I got addicted to pain killers.