kzaug2014,
Good for you getting off of them! I whipped them a few years back, and it was a slow titration down. Brutal to say the least, but have never looked back. I never knew they were addictive, and when I was trying to stop the doctor kept trying to give me more! Crazy. When I finally got off of them for good I was proud and told him I was drug free, and told me if I was not going to take the meds he prescribed then I needed to see a new doc. Guess what, I got me a new doc. Was on Zolpidiem, restoril and Xanax.