are opiates everywhere in your town like they are in mine?

I am a recovering addict. I have been off suboxone for 3 weeks now and feel good. Before that it was 6 years clean from tabs and did it cold turkey. My question or comment is everyone around me seems to be prescribed some sort of drug or another ranging in all different ages. It just blows my mind.My dad gets tabs every month, sister-in law gets benzos, brother get narcos, two of his best friends get oc's and opana(not sure if that's spelled right), my aunt gets dilada(spelling again), sister, her husband and a couple of other family friends are taking suboxone, and a few other family and friends are taking methadone. We were at my parents having a family get together and my brothers lifelong friend(lives across the street) was in his yard and my dad made a comment of how bad the guy looked. He wanted to know if he was sick? This is the guy that snorts the opana'a. I could go on and on but it really worries me. Can anyone comment if u notice this in your town?

[NautyOne]

No, and I wondered about that myself because I read a lot here how readily available it is to so many.  If it were, i wonder if my addiction would have been worse than it was because if I ran out of my prescription...that was it!!  I only let that happen twice and learned my lesson.  If I had known a "pill dealer" or had a friend who had them I may have been worse off.  I would use my pills a lot for stress purposes.  Take more one week and then have to cut back the next, and of course, that was when I would do something to strain myself...lol.  

I do know one person who takes codeine and she is not an addict, but rather a strange pill and medication hoarder, but no...and I am glad I don't.  I never discussed to anyone of my pill use, so nobody really knew.

nauty.........

[GA Guy]

Addiction is hereditary. It runs in family just like heart disease. Sounds like you're in a family with a big history of addiction. There's indeed families with addiction histories like yours. There's also families who have very little history of addiction. Plus, us addicts seem to attract other addicts like magnets.

[whitie]

I am amazed at some of the doc stories I have read around here

how some docs prescribe oxy's to people is amazing. although addicts are good actors, that is probably why they get it.

but I can tell you the local surgeons around here and most of the PCP docs are very RELUCTANT to prescribe oxys and hydros.

[troubleinohio]

yes, it is like that here. I know more people on opiates than are NOT on them...seriously. Its crazy! Almost everyone I am related to or am friends with or even know just casually through others, are on some type of pain pill longterm. That's why i used to call so many of them up back when I was active and asking them if they had any extras so i wouldnt have to go through WD.  Thankfully most of them now know of my problem and they know to say NO to me if i would ever ask again. It actually got downright uncomfortable for everyone involved because it was very obvious I was addicted and it got really awkward with them for a long time. They were reluctant to stop by and see me, or call me because they were afraid I'd ask for pills again. I hate that some of these effects are still lingering in my relationships =(