Addiction Remains Epic Problem in the US
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Called "Facing Addiction in America" it speaks of the consequences of addiction, advances in brain science and the ability for treatment, and is generally a piece to inspire action regardless of the speed at which certain addiction numbers are growing ... such as those seen in opiod addiction.
Legitimate source beginnings mark the advent of addiction in some individuals who substitute street drugs like heroin for prescription pills in an effort to find some elusive relief they seek.
Regardless, the road is littered with pitfalls which impede success and having fought my own set of personal demons in this realm I can tell you that the addict has a particularly rough row to hoe with diminishing resources available due to budgetary constraints.
Regardless, there can be light at the end of the tunnel and I am fortunate to have been able to shake the monkey off my back using a technique called "cold turkey". I simply awoke one day having decided that enough was enough and I never indulged my addictive personality and dare say have been 30 years free of recreational drugs with a clearer thought process and a much more liberal tolerance to those taxing interpersonal relationships that eluded me in the past.
Suffice it to say that the chronic illness which is addiction was in my case a character flaw which I discarded like other aspects of the "old" me I chose to change.
The new me is a different human being altogether.