@edda Good morning. I just read your post. I empathize with you and also relate. I think a vicious cycle is occurring in my life too. I am in pain and have difficulty getting around, because I really don't know, but I do. This makes me avoid activities and even family gathering. In turn the depression comes in which stimulates our pain button and here we are. I also take percocet and get frightened. I also was an addiction counselor for 28 years and certainly know the perils of opiate and of course other drug use. At the same time I am tired of pain and the percocet helps so much, except for the foot pain. They only take the edge off the foot. I have osteoarthritis and several back issues and when that attacks me they wil do the job of relieving the pain. I take them as prescribed and so be it I think a suggestion for both of us right now is to get away from the depression. I take an antidepressant (obviously not working well), but in spite of pain I need to get back into water therapy, which is so available to me. I am also going back into grief counseling (lost my husband 18 months ago) and TRY to socialize a bit. Al sounds good, right. Now to do it. If the opiods help to down size your pain and make it a little easier to get about and you are taking them as directed I would not put all my focus on being a drug addict. Many drugs that people abuse are the same ones that keep people walking. God bless