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“Everywhere I go, I kind of half stumble, half stomp. If theres a balcony within a hundred feet of me at any given time, I am on it smoking a Marlboro light 100 and complaining about something.”
“Not much more than a broke disgrace who's hooked on tonics, so excuse him if his poker face has puke on it.”
“The addiction crisis is terrifying, and many people dont comprehend appropriate opioid use. When I first started taking pain medication, I remember a family member saying, Dianne, youre going to be...”
“My doctors, who are not cavalier with prescriptions, give me this medication because I have earned their trust. And yet, with mounting government and public pressure, my doctors hands are becoming ...”
“Anyone who takes opioids on a regular basis will become dependent upon them, meaning they will have to taper off gradually to avoid withdrawal symptoms. But very few chronic pain patients exhibit t...”
“the media, at least in the U.S., tends to focus on pain pill use, abuse, and addiction by people who do not have chronic pain.Even if these stories offhandedly mention that these pills are used to ...”
“We have a genuine and devastating epidemic of opiate abuse in this country, and it is of critical importance that this problem be addressed. But we must do so in a way that doesnt cut off an effect...”
“Several medical professional organizations acknowledge the utility of opioid therapy and many case series and large surveys report satisfactory reductions in pain, improvement in function and minim...”
“Government agencies are trying to get doctors to cut back on prescribing opioids. I understand that they need to do something about the epidemic of overdoses. However, labeling everyone as addicts,...”
“Despite what appears to be a low risk of addiction in nave, chronic pain patients, it is reasonable to ask how much harm is actually done to patients with chronic pain by withholding opiate analges...”
“I will be living with chronic pain for the rest of my life. I dont have the mobility, energy or life options I used to have. I work hard to manage the pain, and I want the medical system to be a re...”
“I am made of a thousand ghosts, only you can shoot me down.”
“Chronic pain patients like me are not the cause of the opioid crisis; only 22% of those who misuse opioids are prescribed them by a doctor, and only 13% of ER visits for opiate overdoses were chron...”
“I know it sounds a bit trite, but I really do get everything I want now. They say life is a game, and I guess I might agree if the stakes were a little higher, but its just so easy to fall into a c...”
“When we are forced to endure what we cannot endure, something breaks inside our minds. That broken-mindedness is commonly called trauma.”
“Why the addict is counting on the days of taking off addiction ... simply because he is waiting to know how long he will resits until back in the loop”
“This is the part they dont tell you about in the movies. Or in On the Road. This is not rock n roll. You are not William Burroughs, and it doesnt make a damn bit of difference if Kurt Cobain was sl...”
“Two choices; one: tough it oot, back in the room, two: phone that cunt Forrester and go tae Muirhoose, get fucked aboot and ripped oaf wi some crap gear. Nae contest.In twenty minutes it wis: Muir...”
“Mom rubbed the back of my neck and we kept walking, away from the kids and the colors and the high-pitched, happy voices. Seeing them made me feel like I was a million miles from anything good. I j...”
“Theres a saying that goes something like: We are all one drink or pill away from addiction, and I know this is meant to destigmatize what addicts go through, but I feel like Ive been seeing variati...”
