Note that there are many reasons for why anecdotes don't count as evidence. I thought that I felt euphoria the first time I took codeine (but I honestly wasn't

Note that there are many reasons for why anecdotes don't count as evidence. I thought that I felt euphoria the first time I took codeine (but I honestly wasn't sure). I have taken codeine since and was never able to replicate that euphoria. IME with opioids, there will be times when they feel good (or seem to), but those good feelings are frustratingly hard to replicate. I've taken a skeptical look back at all my use and concluded that the drugs simply don't have the power to cause euphoria all by themselves. They can be sort of like a social lubricant, and they can be reliably good when I feel like complete shit. But I never figured out a way to conjure euphoria on command using just opioids.