Lorcet deserves special consideration when trying to kick. Like most painkillers, several aspects of its use contribute to continued use / relapse.  Painkillers are socially acceptable in many circles and because they are lab quality and medically useful the harm is masked.  We all have pain, and deciding to quit taking painkillers does nothing to address this pain - whether physical or emotional.  Did you start taking it because of an injury?  Are you a little better from the injury but feel a lot better taking them? Or did the novelty and false sense of well-being wear off as your tolerance increased? Have you tried to simply stop taking them but felt so bad from the withdrawal that you relapsed? Did you feel depressed and unable to function or unable to work after quitting? Did happiness become a foreign concept to you without pills?  

 

It is the fear of physical withdrawal and emotional turmoil, combined with its having altered the brain’s chemistry, that keeps one stuck in a vicious cycle of use.