Yeah, I think that is true for me as well, stopdog, in reference to being too much of a control freak to be an addict. I would likely never be addicted to valium even though I liked the feeling in the short term. And for me, pain killers do not take away the pain. I still feel the pain right up to the moment I pass out. I feel more disconcerted by the pain also because I feel so fuzzy and out of control. HATE that.

Sorry I made you say ACK by taking the first thing in a dirty way. Just the way my brain works sometimes.