"i had 2 foot surgeries within 9 months of each other that took me over 2 years to heal, and was given vicodin for the pain. at first it was awesome, it took care of the pain but i slept all the time. after a while i ended up taking more to relieve the pain, which scared me. so i would go off of it for a month or so and live in agony to prove i was not addicted.  it detaches you from whats going on around you. i finally figured out that i would rather be in some pain than be so depressed as that drug made me feel. i just stick to ibuprofen now."