Eh, I'm both too stubborn and too cheap to be a very good addict.
As for how much I was hurting then... It's about equal to a fresh kick in the crotch. One of those kicks that is so hard that you fall down because your legs are no longer responding to the signals from your brain. Take the worst 5 seconds of that, and stretch it out for about a week solid. Then another few weeks of 'falling over because it's the easiest option' pain.
