My use of medication to treat my condition is not addiction. I do not seek it out, and am not focused on the next score. I am speaking as someone who has battled the addiciton demon first hand. Yes the withdrawl can be trickey, and painfully scarry at times. However this may feel like comming off an addiciton, but it is not...

If I have a bottle of medication that I am no longer on I can easly resist taking it. However if you were to put a line of cocaine in front of me... Just one wouldn't hurt... Yea been down that road.

As for benzos I am able to use them responsibly when needed... but i never abused them to begin with.

You need to do what is right for you, good luck.