“Without doubt , the stupidest thing I ever did in my life”
Same here. 28 years.
I wrecked my back in an accident about 15 years ago and have had several surgeries to keep me upright, but I can't function without pain medication most of the time. I destroyed my gut with advil so Vicodin is the only functioning alternative. forget the Oxycontin stuff. I've been on pain pills for 15 years almost straight and I have a cycle I have to follow. I take 5mg of Vicodin every 6 hours starting out, over the course of about 1 1/2 years, I eventually get up to about 80-90mg /day which is an unreasonable amount and it doesn't work anymore due to the tolerance slowly building. Of course at that point, I am chemically addicted to the stuff but there is no avoiding it... it's either do it or go in a wheelchair. My point is, I can quit synthetic heroin cold turkey and stay off of it for 6-8 months to reset my system. Its rough, I have to take Tylenol and walk with a cane, but it's do-able. The point is, I can do that, but I couldn't quit cigarettes. I'm a stubborn sonofabitch and can do almost anything I set my mind to, but the damned cigarettes had me cuffed for 30 years. The vaporizer got me off of them. I don't consider it quitting because I still have the habit, but I'm healthier for it, feel better, the kids don't see me doing it and the garage and car don't smell like hell anymore. It's like being unchained, I don't schedule my entire life around my next cigarette anymore. And now these SOB's want to take it away and turn it into something evil. I feel like the vaporizer saved my life... this crap is enough to make someone want to go off the deep end man.