when i went in to my clinic and in to my ob/gyn, there were boxes for past surgeries, different diseases (cancer, diabetes, etc.), and other stuff that you check yes or no, depending on what you've got and what you don't. there was also one for alcoholism and one for drug addiction. i checked yes. no one will give me anything besides extra strength ibuprofen or aleve now... unless i come in a number of times to be seen, and then they determine it's appropriate (like when i had killer bronchitis two years ago and they gave me cough syrup w/ codeine). maybe that'll work?