Pain management and family

One side of my family consists of mostly alcoholics. The other side, who knows, because I don't even know who my father is. I made a decision when I was young not to be like the alcoholics because their problem impacts everyone around them. So it is rare that I will even take a sip. I have a neurological condition that causes a severe amount of pain. After take pain killers for some time, I felt I should stop because I had started justifying taking them when the pain was tolerable. The doctor who prescribed them cautioned me about long term use of opiates for a chronic condition like mine. I'm glad I really considered what he said. I don't need to add an addiction as another medical problem.