I’ve been taking kratom for three years after a motorcycle wreck. It messed my wrist and ankle up, And I’m a carpenter so I am very active and use both of those joints frequently obviously. Kratom has been a huge help to me. It is slightly addictive though. In the mornings, if I don’t drink it within a few hours of waking up I feel kind of off. But its in the coffee family has some serious immune boosting properties, along w the analgesic effect. It does make you feel good, but not necessarily a high. I’ve always explained it as “anti-coffee”. It’s about the same level of feeling as you would get from a cup of coffee, but more of a relaxing effect rather than simulating. In my opinion, there’s only a very minor abuse potential. If you take it a few times a day for years you’ll be slightly addicted, just as you would be coffee, but it’s not like people are going to end up in the gutter because of it like they would with a real drug.