Dear Student,
Since hurting your back during your last season of professional baseball, the pain has become very burdensome, even unbearable, and has continued to get worse as the years have progressed. Your left leg constantly throbs, and intense shooting nerve pain travels all the way down to the base of your foot. You must be miserable.
Student, keep going to your family doctor for refills of Percocet 10s to help you with the pain. You need them to help you deal with the physical pain as well as the emotional pain and stress that accompanies everyday living. Just think about how much better you feel when you take them during family events, movies, dinners, or any other event.
I’m sorry that back surgery is needed. During this past year, your leg pain has become unbearable; you even walk with a limp. Student, you need this surgery, so just accept it. The surgery will be a great thing for you. Not only will your leg and back get better, but you will also have another excuse to keep using my good friend Percocet.
The surgery went well, and your pain seems to have gone away, although you would never know it because of how much medication you are on. I love how you have convinced yourself that you are constantly in pain and that more pain medication is needed. You have built up a great tolerance to my friend Percocet, which is a good thing. Now you will be led into a relationship with my even better, more effective friend, Roxicontin. Even the doctor has said that you are going to have back pain for the rest of your life, which gives you an entire lifetime to spend with Opiate. This is great news, Student.
I see that the pain clinic has put you on four Roxys a day, which means you can take 28 pills a week. Remember, you have to take these pills because you are in pain, and they will help you, regardless of their negative effects and consequences. The mood swings and negative aura that constantly follow you around are just a few of the side effects of being on Roxy. Everyone knows you have a hurt back, anyway, so just keep using that as an excuse to always be unhappy.
I realize that your prescription timeline is now all out of whack. The pills are running out about 10 days before they are supposed to, but don’t let this bother you. You know friends and family members who have them, right? Your sister just had a baby. A C-section, right? Go and pretend to visit Mom and Baby, and when the time is right, go through the medicine cabinet and make the score.
Wow, Student! It’s been three years since the surgery, and you are in a dark cycle of prescription refills, running out of your prescription early, hustling to find pills during the time between your next refill, stealing pills, spending money you don’t have, stealing money, dishonesty, loss of integrity, job loss, relationship problems, unhappiness, and negativity. You are unhealthy spiritually, emotionally, and physically. You have zero respect from anyone anymore. Everyone knows what road you’ve gone down, but you’re too blinded by my friend Opiate to even realize the person you have become. Just remember, Student: It’s all okay because you have a bad back. Keep being full of self-pity; you have more problems than everyone else. You are special, Student.
Your Fake Friend,
The Devil
