Author: Romeo

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 11:14 am

Will430 said, "All those opium dens and whatnot. Those guys probably went through legendary kicks and rattles. Then picked up there swords and shields and carried on!"

I think that’s part of what I was getting at. I honestly wonder how many people back then got off opiates and stayed off. The ones who did get off and stay off, were those folks a "tougher breed" than we are today?

I know from my experience of getting off opiates, it can be a grueling process and there’s no question about it….it does take a certain mental fortitude to do it. Staying clean also takes a certain "strength", along with changing your view on many aspects of life. Did folks back then have more of this "strength" than we do today or were they failing left, right and center?

I guess we’ll never really know? I just thought it was an interesting mental exercise to think back to before Suboxone, Celebrity Rehabs and whatnot and wonder what those folks did?