opiate dependence
"I am a 38 year old mother of a 3 year old son.  I've been an addict since I was about 12...went from pot to occasional alcohol and coke to heroin addiction.  I managed to still graduate college...then I lost all control after being diagnosed with lupus and fibromyalgia as well as chronic pain from back surgery due to a herniated disc.   I convinced myself I needed the fentanyl patches, the Vicodins, and finally the heroin too to deal with my pain.  Problem was, I was still numb on the inside.  I have been on Suboxone for almost 2 weeks and already I feel 100% normal again.  I go to meetings too, but I can tolerate the "aches" that the Suboxone doesn't get rid of, since it has saved my sanity.  Wish they had this 15 years ago!"