SupportNet answers your questions About Opiate Addiction. What is an Opiate drug? What are Opiate drugs used for? How does an Opiate drug work? How does the use of Opiate drugs become a problem? What are the definitions of Substance Use, Abuse and Addiction? What is Physical Dependence? What is Opiate Addiction? So Physical Dependence and Addiction are not the same thing? Why do I need to know the difference between these? What are the other features of Addiction? What is Denial? What are the consequences of Denial? But regardless of Denial - others can see the Addiction? So it is important to understand the true nature of Addiction? Are there still other symptoms of Addiction? Does everyone who takes Opiate drugs become Addicted? What is Cross Addiction? So how does Recovery from Opiate Addiction start?