Some Assembly Required - A Balanced Approach to Recovery from Addiction and Chronic Pain

Dan Mager

Summary

* Between 1991 and 2010, prescriptions for opioid painkillers rose from 75 million to 209 million.* According to the Centers for Disease Control, in 2010, enough opioids were prescribed to treat every person in the US with 5mg of Vicodin every four hours for a month.* As the number of opioid prescriptions increase, complications, including death, are rising. In 2009, more people in the US died from prescription medication overdoses than from motor vehicle accidents.* There are more deaths from prescription drug overdose than from cocaine and heroin combined.* With the onset of a chronic pain condition, the author's need for prescribed opioid painkillers reawakened an addiction to narcotics that had been dormant for nearly twenty years.* Presents a holistic approach to recovery combining psychological theory, twelve-step principles, the ancient wisdom of meditation, and other non-Western spiritual practices.* Uniquely highlights the vicious cycle of addiction and chronic pain and the powerful connection between these co-occurring disorders.* Written in lyrical yet gritty prose, it makes the recovery process accessible to a wide audience.* The author is an experienced behavioral health professional who has worked in a broad range of behavioral health and addiction treatment settings.* The author is in long-term recovery.

Available since: 05/14/2013.

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