RSS Pain Management to Addiction
I had a serious accident when I was on my motorbike. I was hit by an oncoming car that was in the wrong lane. After being in hospital for 2 months, I was given a prescription for the pain and sent home. I thought it was a bit soon but I did what the doctors said. They told me to take 2 of the tablets when I needed them but no less than 6 hours apart and no more than 8 in a 24-hour period.
It was hard to deal with the pain. I tried sticking to the correct dosage as the doctors said, but it was never enough to control the pain. I thought I was being weak and not handling the pain well, so I was too embarrassed to go back to the doctor. So I decided to take 3 tablets instead of 2. It can’t be doing me any harm, I thought, it’s aprescription drug . I was so scared the pain would come back that I kept taking them. I was eating them like sweets! I started getting sick all the time and the pills stopped working. It was then that I knew I had a problem. I realized that I had been hiding what I’d been doing from my husband and children. I had to do something.
I told my husband what I’d been doing and he flipped. He knew there was something not right but he had no idea I’d been abusing the pills. He told me about a special center called Narconon Freedom Center that had helped a friend of his get off drugs. We decided to go up and see what the place was like and if they could do something for me.
I was expecting to be treated like some kind of delinquent but they were brilliant. I wasn’t made to feel guilty for what I had done. It was more like being taught about how these drugs had affected my body and led to an addiction. There was no mystery about the treatment and I had very little time to think about the drugs that I thought I needed. I was always involved in one of the many activities they ran on a regular basis. They also had a whole variety of health facilities there, like saunas. It gave me the chance to really look at my health as a whole and start fresh. Narconon Freedom Center reminded me that I need to respect and look after my body, instead of thinking more pills will be better.
I made a lot of new friends at Narconon Freedom Center and I still go there from time to time to say hi. I also try to help other people who have fallen into the same trap I did. It’s so easy to do yet it can be difficult to escape. Narconon provided the helping hand I needed to get my life back on track without the need for drugs.
