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Originally Posted by Alawen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The people going off on pill poppers are almost always alcoholics.

or, just old.

I'm kind of old. And as much as I hate to admit it, the body wears down. After smoking 2+ packs of ciggies a day for 15 years, I was going up a single flight of stairs and was running up it, and realized I was almost totally out of breath and sweating. Maybe it is just me. But I just realized at that moment, this is ridiculous. I was still young. The cigs were starting to take their inevitable toll. I went on the patch for 6 months and finally tapered to nothing, and have not had a single smoke since. 20 years later, I only can say, I can now still run up flights of stairs like I did when I was in my early 20's, and do.

I'm not preaching. I'm not judging. I could tell other stories about my substance mistakes and struggles. But the body wears down. And sometimes it can happen real fast. And substance abuse will grease those rails but good.

Think of it as game mechanics. Opiates have some of the worse aggro in game. Once it gets aggro on you, it is almost impossible to get it off. And before you know it, every day is the same: aggro, then feign death until the next day. Repeat.