opiate dependence
"Let me put to rest the biggest misconception about Suboxone.  You've all heard or have said it before.  "With Suboxone, I'm just trading one addiction for another."  That's WRONG and I'll tell you why.  An addiction is a compulsive behavior that we do and continue to do despite HARMFUL CONSEQUENCES.  I was addicted to heroin for a couple of years.  My life was going down the tubes.  I was suffering consequences left and right, but I kept using.  Now lets talk about DEPENDENCE.  We are dependent on a substance where if we STOP taking it, we will have harmful consequences.  A diabetic is dependent on their insulin, if they don't take it they could get very sick.  If I stop my Suboxone, I could suffer bad consequences.  Kapeesh?"