I had double hip replacement surgery last year. For the after care and the only way you can do the required exercises is with the aid of Hydromophone. I took them everytime I exercised to keep the pain down. They worked great. They midigated the pain so that I could get my muscle strength and flexibility back. No problem. Second surgery 3 months later, same deal Hydromophone, exercise no problem. At the end of the two weeks when you are supposed to taper off the meds but continue the execrises, I began to notice something odd. Everyone knows their body well enough to notice something odd happening. I felt jumpy and anxious with a weird tightness in my chest after a few hours of not taking the meds. I did not put two and two together until I did an experiment. During one of those "anxious" moments I took one 2 mg Hydromophone pill to see what affect it would have. After not more than 10 minutes the tightness in my chest eased and I felt normal NORMAL. That is the point at which I realized that a real fuckin problem exists when you have to take artificial Heroin to feel NORMAL. I repeated the experiment twice. That situation really scared me.It was real easy to pop a pill to feel normal, not high but normal. I realized then and there that I was done with the pills. I had to visit my Mom in the states for the weekend. A perfect time to get off the meds. I left them at home and took the trip. Not easy but only after 24 hours I was just fine. No tightness or anxiety at all, just blessed normalcy. When I came back home I took the pills and safely put them away for when and if I really needed them. Never had to take them again. The point is, it is very easy to slide into addiction, way too easy. I am not an addictive personality at all, which worked to my ultimate benefit. New wife, new thriving business way too much to loose to a pill.