Your morning started off fine, but then you stepped on the scale. At that point your day either got much better or much worse. Why does this objective number trigger so much emotion? Weight is a useful number, but it is a data point, not a complete picture of your health or you as a person.
There's been a lot of news recently about the opioid addiction. The use and abuse of opioids has skyrocketed in recent years and has become a nationwide problem. The most common opioids are Vicodin (hydrocodone), OxyContin (oxycodone), Dilaudid (hydromorphone) and Demerol (Meperidine).