It is a nightmare that we never stir from. An affliction that will not subside. An ache that cannot be described to its fullest. It consumes your world, as much as you try to not allow it. You end the day in the same manner as it began. No amount of therapy or medicines can force it away completely and entirely. The instant you wake from your analgesic slumber, your hopes for a moment of relief are obliterated by the all too familiar pang at the source of it all.
As the excruciating months rapidly transform into years, you begin to understand how other sufferers can rely on substances to transform their world of distress into a bubble of relief. The temptation is present; the reality a disillusion. The pain absolute and unlimited. Solace never in sight.