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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][twitter][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's amazing how many people here think it couldn't possibly be them.  You should listen to how some of these people got to living on the street.  And how some have gotten off the streets.[/quote]

80% of the chronically homeless and panhandlers have serious mental illness and/or substance abuse problems.  [/quote]

I'm not sure if you're agreeing with me or not.  The point is that serious mental illness can develop in any of us.  As can substance abuse problems.  A job loss, a family tragedy, divorce, etc.[/quote]

No substance abuse problems don’t just happen. One must start taking drugs or drink too much first. [/quote]

That can start with prescription pain killers and develop into a dependency.  Or seemingly healthy drinking that grows out of control.

Of course we need to work on avoiding it, but we're all human and might slip.  There but for...[/quote]

I went through major open heart surgery last year and specifically avoided opioids the entire time, including in the ICU. When my teen has his wisdom teeth out last year, we said no opioids.

There are options. [/quote]

Congrats - and good choice, I intend to try the same if confronted with it.  Although wisdom teeth shouldn't need opioids - why would they even offer.

What will you do if you have unbearable pain that leaves you bedridden without relief?  Tough it out?  Chronic pain from a car crash?  Cancer?  You don't actually know what you'll do.

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you’re right I don’t and I hope I never do. And you would not believe how they are pushed at every turn by doctors who are so afraid of a patient being in the slightest amount of pain.

Yes, dental surgeons will RX your kids for opioid pain killers unless you specifically tell them not to. [/quote]

So maybe someone less educated about the risks or in more pain takes that step.  And maybe the straighten up and break free.  Or maybe they don't.  My point is it could very well be one of us out there some day.  We just don't know.[/quote]

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