during an active addiction it is hard well it is impossible to stop buying the drugs, addiction is a disease that rules u and is a 24/7/365 job. its sad but true. i used to go to ers alot when i used opiates, i had a cp condition and was dependent on narcs. docs did not understand addiction and how i could not just quit. its very hard to just stop esp with opiates/opioids due to extreme w/d. in th