Hydrocodone addiction affects not only the person who is addicted, but all those who are in their life. Parents, children, spouses and fellow co-workers feel the fall out from hydrocodone addiction. Stealing money from family,friends and from the job is a guaranteed result from hydrocodone addiction as is not being where one should be when expected: not being to work on time or not at all, even forgetting to pick up your child from school. The way to avoid this is, do not take the drug without fully realizing the long terms effects it can have. Doctors are only concerned with the short term affect of relieving the symptons, not the long term affect of your life. You are in charge of that decision.