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Edited on Sat May-06-06 04:38 PM by ShortnFiery
I can be really gruff when confronting people but I do have profound respect and compassion for those who continue to "work their program" ... many people relapse and suffer some more BUT do return ... those people, IMO, the ones who never give up are courageous beyond words. It's the desire to get well that provides hope and recovery from narcotics especially because you can never figuratively let your guard down.
Once, after I hurt my back in Nursing School, the law suit paranoid hospital administration made sure that I was "very well" taken cared for - to include a Prescription to Percodan. I kid you not, that was the first time that I truly understood THE seemingly BEAUTIFUL HIGH that comes with such medication. I was finding myself having great anticipation as to when to take the next dose albeit my back did not hurt anymore. When that DESIRE hit me especially hard, I flushed down the rest of the pills in the toilet. That wasn't courage for it was FEAR that surged through my body at the thought that any one substance would have such control over my person.
Unfortunately, many people suffer from chronic pain and must be weaned off of such medication. Go to the Orthopedic Section of any hospital and KNOW that those good people are going to have difficulty lowering the doses of pain Meds as their condition improves. It's all in the name of the beast - the addictive nature of these medications.
Most Docs I've encountered will admit that our medical system is grossly inept at helping patients wean off of addictive pain medications. That's why we have such a profound number of people seeking treatment for these substances. If "the system" would not let the patients down by monitoring them closer, as a society we would not have this problem in ever increasing frequency.
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