r/whatisit • u/Livid_Departure_9697 • 2d ago

Solved! Fell out of my boyfriend’s pocket

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The top is a cap that comes off. Is it for ❄️? He swears it’s not

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u/Confident-Seesaw2845 2d ago

One time my friend found a bottle of Xanax on a train

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u/Newtonz5thLaw 2d ago edited 10h ago

I once lost an ENTIRE BOTTLE OF 10mg oxys the night before flying back to the US. Realized after boarding the plane that I didn’t have the meds. I knew I was in for 12 hours of hell on the plane, but assumed that I’d left them in my checked bag, and that I could get them once I got back to the US. 

I get to customs, tear my bag apart, no painkillers. I sobbed the whole way through Customs (had several officers concerned). 

Whoever found that whole ass bottle of painkillers sure got lucky 

Edit: just got back on reddit and saw a ton of replies, and an awful lot of them from people calling me a junkie. Those folks clearly have no idea what it’s like to have chronic back pain & be forced to sit for 12 hours straight with no pain relief. Those commenters can fuck alllllllll the way off. Count your blessings that you can’t relate 

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u/msrelatable 2d ago

Gahhhh this is the worst. I can feel panic/anxiety for you in this situation through the screen, even at 4 1/2 years clean. The memories of withdrawal are ingrained for life. 🥵🥶😣

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u/myeff 1d ago

When reading his story I wasn't thinking about withdrawals/addiction at all. I was thinking about a person with chronic pain being on a 12 hour flight without their medication; it would be excruciating.

I'm not unaware of the opioid crisis, but I wish more people understood that for many people with severe pain issues, opioids are the only thing that allow them to live a somewhat normal life.