&quot;Being addicted, by itself, is not a big deal.&quot;
  - As someone with an en extensive amount of first-hand knowledge, I disagree very very much. It is in fact so big of a deal that it becomes your one and only deal.<p>The worst part is, if you use opiates for a long period of time consistently - you WILL become reliant upon them. Your body will be chained to them, physically dependent, and I don&#x27;t care who you are, where you come from, or how much money you have. 100% of the time, no exceptions willpower be damned.<p>And as far as using opiates as a means to heal emotional pain and depression? That&#x27;s is possibly the worst idea ever. You&#x27;re flat out asking for a long, long slow death in which you probably kill yourself in the end anyway but in the meantime you disappoint anyone who has ever cared about you even slightly.