Please pray for everyone struggling with addictions. A close family member is heavily dependent on prescription opiates, and I have been many times over the years so I know how hard it is to quit. Not that long ago, I was using Hydrocodone, Morphine, and Codeine, sometimes simultaneously. Added to that were two benzodiazepines, Ativan and Clonopin. I had to quit them all within a month's time while going through other very traumatic events. I'm mostly over cravings and thankfully past withdrawal symptoms. My family member is still suffering terribly from opioid addiction and dependancy with Tramadol and Vicodin. It's been so bad she has stopped going to work because of severe withdrawals. She has some congenital spinal deformities that cause her pain and is also bipolar. I worry for her and her husband and children. Quitting is so hard, especially when it's been the only thing to make some people feel normal and has gone on for many years. Please pray she can get past it and learns to still function without it. Dependency is a monster. And the major life shift away from the one thing that made you able to cope with life, depression, anxiety, and pain is daunting.