Hi Doc, I think I probably mean addictive, dependence producing and increasing tolerance all at once.

If you take a drug that is likely to produce very nasty withdrawals if you cease taking it, isn't that an addiction? Dependence, well, that's okay, because if it's doing it's job and we depend on it for pain relief then we cease it and the pain returns that's a different thing entirely. Developing a tolerance where you have to have increasing amounts of the same drug to have the same effect is another problem as well.

I think I'm probably a little concerned about each of the above but I just have to learn to trust the professionals to guide me in the right direction.

As I've said earlier, I have a brother who is alcoholic and I'm definitely not judgmental about the choices people make. I just dOnt want it for me.