"xanax was a god send when i was in a terrible car accident and lost my best friend. i knew that it was a controlled substance, so that made me wearly. i recently got into a relationship, and my boyfriends whole family is highly addicted to xanax. they are prescribed them, buy them off the street, and so on. they fight each other for &quot;bars&quot; and pay a fortune for them. the family is a complete wreck. family members had forgotten important things, like family matters, misplacing wallets, purses etc... even getting into car accidents while they&#039;re on them. they helped me when i took them as prescribed, but seeing how my boyfriends family act while on the drug, i would be careful."