I was prescribed "non addictive" Ultram after a work injury, and although it never worked all that well for the pain...I loved this drug. It gave me energy, it improved my concentration, and it put me in a fantastic mood that lasted the whole day. Nothing that feels this good comes for free, and when I ultimately tried to stop (I had been taking more than I needed to get the feeling I liked) I was shocked by the severity of my withdrawal symptoms.

While I'm sure that many take to the booze or the drugs as a coping mechanism in reaction to horrible traumas of childhood...I gotta wonder if there aren't more of us that are just like me. People that just really really liked to get high and get drunk.