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My best suggestion is to buy a cane, then use it to walk into an NA meeting. Listen, see if you can relate, and if so, you might be an addict.
I live with chronic pain, too, without the aid of opiates. I can't. They'll kill me because no matter what my intentions, I'll abuse them. The mental compulsion to take more and more is in control once they're in my body. Pain management for me is living within the limitations of pain and a willingness to pay the consequences when I overdo it. Addiction treatment is living my life according to the principles of the 12 steps.
Peace & Love,
Sugah
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There's a train leaving nightly called when all is said and done
Keep me in your heart for awhile
~WZ
ANS 01/29/86 - 08/04/08
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