Someone from Toledo, Ohio who has overcome addiction
You can become addicted to prescription opioids and not even realize you have a problem, till it's too late. In the haze of the high and loved ones saying they're worried about you, you lie to yourself and them and say you need the pills, that the doctor wouldn't give you something that would hurt you, that you need them or the pain will be unbearable. So you pull away from everyone so they don't see you high. Not realizing you are not just taking the medicine for pain -- you now need it daily to just to get out of bed. Without it, you're physically sick. Your whole body hurts, and you know the answer to fix it all is the opioids.
I stopped using, I got help and got to see there is still life left to live. My younger brother passed in December 2014 from a combined drug intoxication and heroin was one of the drugs that helped take his life along with prescription drugs. He lost his battle but I am fighting it in his name to try and help bring this front and center, and let people know there is help out there, there is life after all this. They have to want to get clean, more than they want to get high.