I've never been or felt addicted to anything (except tobacco years ago). I have been lucky I guess in that I can have pain meds but only to relieve pain. When there's no pain, I've never felt I wanted them. I actually do not like taking them if they make me fuzzy headed at all.That opioid stuff can change you drastically in as little as a month . Pain & Addiction aint no joke ! It can take the strongest willed man and turn them into an unrecognizable shell of what he used to be.