What do you get when you have a bad back? Medicine, Specifically prescription pills. The worst your back, the greater the power the pills have. What do you get when, said person, realizes that the prescription pills can numb not only the back pain, but the senses as well and begins to use it more and more often for other then back pain? You probably already guessed, you get a drug addict.

So, what exactly makes back pain medicine or any pain prescription medicine so addiction? What is in it? The answer is, Opioid drugs. For me, the one that solves all problems is Hydrocodone, or also known as Vicodin.

In pill form when swallowed it usually takes about 15 to 30 minutes to kick in, it all depends on the person and dosage. But for a drug addict that is too long, they want the hit to be immediate, but there is a solution. When crushed then swallowed or snorted, the hit is immediate, within minutes you are somewhere els. You are perfectly numb.

Recent studies have said that Opioid overdoses now kill more people than cocaine or heroine, isn't that ironic. In 2007 painkillers killed twice as many people as cocaine and five times as many as heroine. Thats pretty fucked up, whats even more fucked up is how some people get it, 76% of people who are addicted to prescription pills steal them from their own family members.

While grandpa or grandma are screaming in pain instead of giving them their medication you take it for yourself, because you can and they most likely can't stop you, people are selfish, they were right when they said hell is other humans.

There are two types of addicts, there is dependence and abuse. Dependence is when a person shows a greater tolerance of the substance, withdrawal symptoms, ongoing desire to quit using, loss of control over quantity used, greater focus on obtaining or using the substance, less focus on responsibilities at work and home, and continuing to use in spite of problems.

Abuse describes people who don't have the same compulsion or physical need to use a substance as those with dependence, but who use it on a regular basis. As a result, they may fail to fulfill major responsibilities, continue using the substance even though it imperils relationships, or incur other types of problems.

I would fall into the abuse category, able to quit but chooses not to, doesn't need it but likes it. But aren't all addicts like that? We don't need it but we like it, we can quit but we choose not to, I see it as more of stage one and stage two sort of thing. The longer you do the stuff the more dependent you become on it.

The more you need it, every moment your sober all you could think about is when you're going to get high again. Drug addicts aren't addicted to pain, pain follows us. Do you really think we like snorting things up our nose or pocking our selfs with needles? But we do it anyway, because we are addicted to the escape, we are addict to the high. The wonderful numbing feeling... all the worries, all the stress fly out the window... theres nothing like it.

They say the first step to recovery is acceptance, so here goes nothing. My name is Jellal Fernandes, and I'm a drug addict.

Surprising? Probably for some of you, considering I'm a world known architect, my most famous work being the tower of heaven. You would expect me to be older, and a workaholic, which I am, but still sort of surprising. Im not a run of the mill drug addict, I don't go to extremes to get my fixed, I don't spend my every moment trying to get pills, but I'm no saint either. But then again who is?

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My eyes open to the sound of my alarm clock going off, I sigh as I turn to my night stand and turn it off. I lay in bed for a couple of minutes thinking about what I have to do today. I don't think of anything so I turn around and go back to sleep.

I am awaken again by the sound of my phone ringing and knocking at the door. I groan as I get up and answer the door. Standing there is a friend of mine, Ultear, she glares at me. "Jellal did you forget!" she yells, I cover my ears. "Forget what?" I ask, she sighs. "Were eating lunch with my parents tonight!" she reminds me.

Oh did I forget to mention that Ultear's parents think were dating? Don't ask why, it's a long and complicated story, one for another time. "Thats today?" I ask, she glares at me. "Of course thats today! I have been telling you about this for a week!" she yells at me.

I sigh, I swear this whole fake dating thing is becoming fucking annoying, she acts like we really dating. "Fine ill go get ready" I say, I walk further into my condo as she comes in and closes the door. "Jellal" I hear her say, I turn and face her, "Yeah" I answer. She smiles at me, "Thank you" she says. Ultear actually looks very pretty when she smiles, its too bad she doesn't do it often. "Its nothing" I say, then turn around and continue walking to my room.

When I get to my room I walk further in and open a door that leads to my personal bathroom. I go inside and take a shower, I let the water hit my face for a couple of minutes, but quickly stop when a sudden memory passes through my mind. I turn off the water and get out, I wrap a towel around my waist and walk to the mirror.

Its all fogged up, I put my hand on the mirror run it down, in its path leaving a clean picture of me. I open the cabinet behind the mirror, there on the shelf is the best part of my day. I pick up the orange see through bottle and take out four pills, I don't need an immediate hit so I just put them in my mouth and chew them like they were candy.

I close the cabinet and look myself in the mirror again, I sigh and walk away. I walk inside my room and go straight to my walk in closet, I put on a suit and walk out. I don't usually wear suits except out of work, but Ultear's family is very formal, it isn't very surprising they are rich. I walk back to the bathroom and wrap five pills inside a napkin in case I need any later.

I find Ultear on the couch watching tv, when she sees me she stands up and turns off the tv. "Ready?" she ask, I nod my head. "Lets go" she says and walks to the front door, I walk behind her. We get out on the hallway and go into the elevator, we go down to the ground floor and walk to the parking lot. We get inside my car and drive to Ultear's family home.

When we get there we park and go inside, a maid takes us to an outside garden were Ultear's parents are seated at a table. Ultear and I sit down at the table and begin to eat, remembering our manners every second and making sure not to mess up.

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