I kicked nicotine about 16 years ago...cold...never went back.
I was prescribed Ativan during a time of unbearable grief, and I didn't know it was addictive. It took me 8 months to realize that I needed to get off of it, and when I did, it was the middle of Winter and I did it in 2 weeks, which is fast...too fast. It almost wasn't worth the grief it caused me when I quit. I was so low, I didn't know if I would make it.
When I heard Chris Cornell had Ativan in his system when he hung himself, I thought that it must have played a role.