an argument I don't want to have today

[adrian_turtle]

The word "opiate" does not mean "something that makes a person behave badly." It does not even mean "something that makes a person behave badly, and is also hard to stop using." Most especially, it does not mean, "something that makes a person agitated and short-tempered, and is hard to avoid because it's so pervasive."

I wish there was not so much stigma around the medicine that lets me be as functional as I am.

Comments

[amaebi]

Oooooowwwwwwwwwww.

I swear, pain and pain meds are wildly and ridiculously stigmatized in this country. :(

I'm glad you have meds that work for you.

[adrian_turtle]

Thanks. You're right about the stigma. All 3 of the people saying those things about food additives being "opiates" know I take meds for chronic pain. It just slips their minds when they're thinking about other things, because opiate=impossibly addictive, and opiate=bad, are such very strong memes.