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Message: [QUOTE="j66kicker, post: 2180665, member: 4447"] Semi-related: LJ says she used painkillers to stay on the floor toward the end of her career. [I]"Because of the injuries that I had, there are high stakes," Jackson said. "You're getting paid a lot of money to perform, and when you're a franchise player or someone that is expected to perform day in, day out, you do what you have to do to get by. For me, that was painkillers and sleeping pills generally." Jackson retired last year after almost two decades as a professional, and she said overcoming her dependence on drugs was a nightmare. "Having to get off everything was really, really, really hard," she said. [URL="http://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/19289674/wnba-star-lauren-jackson-speaks-dependence-painkillers"]L. Jackson: Needed painkillers to stay on court[/URL][/I] [/QUOTE]