Deciding to quit hydro's

On September 16th or 17th i was forced to quit my hydro addiction because i ran out of my pills. I originally started taking them due to back issues i have had since my early 20's. After the doctors had tried over a dozen and half of other drugs and none of them working nearly as well as the Lortab 10's i and my doc.s' decided that would be the drug of choice for me!!!then 5+ years later i realized i was taking them even when i was not experiencing my back pain. When i did skip a dose i would hurt so bad and be mad at myself for skipping. It took a few years of this to realize that i was not really hurting but starting the early stages of withdrawl(false pains). Then i got real pissed that i had been taking the pills for so many years and stopped cold turkey. If it was not for this forum and people relaying their experiences and symptoms to me via the posts i would not have made it. I know i have a long way to go but really do not fear ever going back and taking them again. I say this because i can not imagine going through  the pure hell  of the withdrawls ever again in my life. I do not think or know how anyone can forget the horrible issues we have been going through and want to go back and take those things again...unless no other option for pain management do to injuries and or surgieries. I pray that we all can over come this mess and be drug and withdrawl symptom free!! Peace