There’s a big bru-ha-ha in the press right now about use of narcotics by older people. “Use has been soaring since 2007” they say. Well, has anyone noticed that the baby boomers began retiring then? There are lots more of us older folks and even more to come. So use of everything we do is increasing rapidly.

Drugs for anxiety or depression or sleeplessness or pain are wonderful when we need them. Ever try to sleep on an arthritic shoulder? Ever lose your hair, your hearing, your best friend and your old dog in the same year?

Just the same, we need to be careful and responsible. It’s really easy to get hooked on meds, needing more, cheating a little to get more. They make us feel so much better. If we can’t remember where our shoes are, we sure do know the way to the drugstore. Time to wake up!