Dad was hooked on Vicodin before he moved up here to the farm. Local Dr's wouldn't write candy store scripts like they would in Galveston and he had to go into pain management. Since he usually washed a couple of Vicodin down with a 16oz Keystone Light, getting him off the stuff definitely improved his quality of life and the quality of life for everyone that was around him too.

To the end, he adamantly denied ever being addicted to the stuff but when I cleaned his house after he passed, I must have disposed of 400-500 tabs of Vicodin that were in scripts made out to either him or my stepmother.

As far as Tramadol goes, it would be way too easy to get hooked on Tramadol. I have some prescribed to me for metatarsalgia and when I've taken it, it's like wearing your favorite flannel pyjamas...everything is soft-edged but you still seem to be alert. It is a weird high.

FWIW, Tramadol isn't the same as Vicodin.

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