Just for reference (and not to moralize, I assure you!) I'm as clean as they come. ...Well, besides being addicted to chocolate... I don't smoke, don't drink that often, and don't do any drugs except that one time I tried a pot brownie. Even I have a LOT of trouble getting the medication I need! I think the docs are being stingy for a few reasons... one being the moralizing fools in elected office. They think we "lesser beings" are just faking to get the stuff we want. I think it's totally a projection! Another is that I've heard about doctors who sell pain pills for a tidy profit under the table... because all their wealth from legit work isn't good enough. How Greedy Doctors Just Caused Me 5 Days Of Withdrawal | Cracked.com for more.

I'm usually hard-nosed about toeing the line and all that, but considering a clean and sober guy like myself can't get any relief, I'd definitely recommend everyone keep mum about their past. I'd recommend finding another doctor, if you can, too. Obviously that bullcrap about distracting yourself with magazines is not going to work... and frankly smells a bit like sexism to me, too! I wish we could all navel-gaze our way out of pain. Hell, I'd be among the first to set up a free ashram dedicated to pain relief if that worked. But if that's ALL he's telling you, time to say "Namaste" and move on.