Posted by bsj on November 24, 2003, at 1:53:26
In reply to Re: Boy~Do I miss Vicodin!, posted by rxnurse on November 24, 2003, at 1:05:13
"Why so defensive?"
I'm glad you asked that question.
I'm defensive on this topic because there are too many persons like yourself who have nothing to offer but fear: fear of addiction, fear of horrible consequences, fear of the unknown. Sure, opiates cause physical addiction; but so does Paxil--I spent two weeks in hell when I went off it; I'll never forget that agony.
Your overbroad generalization of "...ultimately you will pay dearly in the end" is what evoked my ire; it's the very same deterministic garbage put out by AA. It's not a fact; it's fallacious reasoning, based on projecting from a general to a particular. Not everyone who uses--or "abuses" in your lingo--opiates will end up "paying dearly in the end"; there are some of us who use them, and for a good purpose, yet you want to thunder prophecies of our doom based on your limited experience as a nurse. Come down from the pulpit, please.
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