this is a good thread. i was timid to post on it at first. i have been clean for about 1.5 years now, after being addicted on and off for 4 years. it started out as fun, then 4 orthopedic operations, then abuse(because of easy access from the surgeries). It started out as only a weekend thing too. then after time it turned into more. everyone should be careful! someone asked about methadone, it is a opiate, but does not give the sides (high) that pain meds give. Therefore they prescribe it because it helps control the sides from not taking pain meds(becasue it is an opiate), and the person learns to live with out the high. then they slowly ween you off the methadone.
hope this helps, its a nasty addition and I still crave it all.
btw
percs are oxycodone
vicodin, lortabs are hydrocodone
oxycontin is like super oxycodone.
I see people (not here) refering to percs, and vicodin and others as the drug. percs and vicodin are brand names for the gereric drug oxycodon and hydrocodone. and yes, oxy is more powerful then hydro.
man, I could really go for some now

j/k, well kind of