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Showing posts with label drug addiction. Show all posts
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Tuesday, September 4, 2018

When Life CAN be a Do-Over!

B'SD

 24 Elul, 5778

 The Jewish month of Elul is coming to close, and Rosh HaShana (the Jewish New Year holiday) will soon be here (SUNDAY NIGHT!). It's a time ripe with sweet, wonderful blessings and new beginnings. Life can be a do-over in some respects. Here's a look at one:
Due to this blog and the book it is based on, 
someone reached out to me in a desperate 
search for help. 

The person had become addicted to opioids, 
no thanks to a doctor who'd 
over-prescribed some painkillers.


I've written about different aspects of the addiction nightmare several times, for e-counseling.com. When this accidentally drug-addicted individual contacted me for emergency help, I knew exactly how to respond: "Contact Retorno. It is a highly regarded treatment center and I happen to know its director."

 I know of clients whose lives literally became admirable do-overs as they chose to resolve their addictions.

 Please know that there are highly effective painkillers which are not addictive. Contact a reputable (I'm emphasizing the word REPUTABLE) homeopathic, holistic, or natural methods practitioner who can help you to zero in on the best pain-killing treatments for your specific needs. This is not a one-size-fits-all reality by any means. 

 And yes, I use natural pain-killing techniques. I even managed to do just fine with some after an accident on the horse I'd been riding.

I'm deep into holiday cooking, making more of the lovely evening bags, and writing articles in between some proctoring assignments. 

 I long to share my sense of happiness at quite literally having turned on some neurological switches with my bag-making hobby. I am startled at the increasing ease with which I sew each creation, and that no two are alike. Miracles are happening in my head.







Get into the mood of doing life over and smiling with the effort.

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Face Your Medical Problems with Dignity. Face Your Future with Optimism.

Fill your time with productive efforts, your soul with happiness.
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Sunday, February 18, 2018

How to Persevere PAST PAIN, No Drugs Involved!

B'SD

 Adar 3, 5778

 You might have read any of my several articles and op-eds about America's opioid epidemic. I am convinced that the core of the problem is a need to know coping mechanisms, and to feel comfort with them.

 This news update reminded me of the necessity to be able to deal with physical and/or emotional pain without drugs:

Connecticut Medical Examiner’s Office Struggling To Keep Up With Deadly Overdoses



I'm not in some ivory tower, folks, I speak from experience. Remember when I recovered from debilitating RSD/CRPS several years ago? It was a matter of choice, focus and effort. My medical team was stunned at the speed and thoroughness of my recovery and alerted their other patients to my innovative technique (some of them bought the book to understand me and the healing processes that I use a bit better!).

Each of us has different chemistries and needs. Different pain-fighting techniques work for one person, perhaps not for another.

Seek out and use what works for you.

Do not succumb to drug dependence. Drugs are great for getting over hurdles and preventing harm. But when they become a source of harm, we need to rely on user-friendly resources instead.

Click on some of your options, below. Look for others as necessary.

 Blessings in the Universe. 



Read about how natural healing techniques restored my sight, strength, and abilities and what those life lessons just might do for you!




The book holds information about FOODS that fight pain. 
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Face Your Medical Problems with Dignity. Face Your Future with Optimism.

Fill your efforts with determination to succeed.
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Thursday, July 27, 2017

Dealing with Addiction

B'SD

 4 Av, 5777

 Several mental health practitioners or practices are mentioned in the Global Resources section of the EMPOWER Yourself book. I urge you to make use of them, or the ones you prefer, especially if you or a loved one are dealing with any sort of addiction.

 Unlike medical problems which can traced back to a definite cause or two, treated with medication, diet, lifestyle changes and/or surgery, the cause of an addiction is hard to identify. It is as much a physical problem as it is a mental health matter. That makes the situation even more complicated to understand and to treat. The overall problem is quite hard for lay people to understand. 
The situation is all the harder for the addict to overcome.
They suffer from the addiction, and from the lack of
awareness as to what is amiss in their minds.

 Read on to learn of a subtle but powerful factor driving addiction. Educate yourself a bit, and do what you can to learn more in your quest to help an addict to move beyond it into a more productive, satisfying life. 

 The article below is a simple starter kit, hardly the last word on how to overcome addictions. Keep in mind that every journey begins with the first step.



Why People Consistently Fall Short of Overcoming Addiction | E-Counseling.com
A years-ago television drama called ER showed its audience some of the ramifications of drug addiction, and confronting it. A hard-working, conscientious d
E-COUNSELING.COM


Read that Global Resources section and find out where to get help.

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Fill your heart and mind with facts, compassion and good sense.
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Monday, November 9, 2015

Coping with Adversity Beats the Alternative

B'SD

 27 Cheshvan, 5776

 It's been a while since I made remarks, here. Today I have quite a powerful statement to make regarding an article featured below: "Coping with Adversity Beats the Alternative."

 I've spoken about that in public appearances. It means that people can choose to forthrightly admit their problems and practice sensible ways to minimize or to end them.

 The alternative to doing so? Drowning your sorrows in counterproductive behaviors that bring on more problems: Gambling, substance abuse, wasting time and opportunities, etc. You and I could spend the day listing more alternatives to coping efforts. But let's do something sensible, instead: Think clearly about the issues involved.

 Here's what prompted my blogpost today:





How Doctors Helped Drive the Addiction Crisis









Bjorn Rune Lie

THERE has been an alarming and steady increase in the mortality rate of middle-aged white Americans since 1999, according to a study published last week. This increase — half a percent annually — contrasts starkly with decreasing death rates in all other age and ethnic groups and with middle-aged people in other developed countries.
So what is killing middle-aged white Americans? Much of the excess death is attributable to suicide and drug and alcohol poisonings. Opioid painkillers like OxyContin prescribed by physicians contribute significantly to these drug overdoses.
Thus, it seems that an opioid overdose epidemic is at the heart of this rise in white middle-age mortality. The rate of death from prescription opioids in the United States increased more than fourfold between 1999 and 2010, dwarfing the combined mortality from heroin and cocaine. In 2013 alone, opioids were involved in 37 percent of all fatal drug overdoses.
Driving this opioid epidemic, in large part, is...

 I disagree with the writer's conclusion, "WHAT is really needed is a sea change within the medical profession itself. We should be educating and training our medical students and residents about the risks and limited benefits of opioids in treating pain. All medical professional organizations should back mandated education about safe opioid treatment as a prerequisite for licensure and prescribing."

 Society at large ALSO needs to re-evaluate its ability to deal with discomfort, not only the medical establishment. Medicating your life away so that you need not confront your fears, limitations, aches and other disappointments is immature, a failure to use the executive thinking skills GOD gave you. Exercise your tolerance for inner and outer pain. Hiding it under an onslaught of drugs is not a problem-solver. And NO, I do not advocate letting people in astonishing physical or emotional anguish linger in it. I'm addressing the everyday issues of life, not the exceptional problems that indeed require pain-killers (e.g., post-surgical pain, clinical mental health issues).




Want some solutions to inner and outer pain? 

 Find several in the doctor-recommended E-book or print edition of EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge. 

 I have lived the tale and proven to many people that once a person decides to face their pain, they need not become addicted to anything.



Face Your Medical Problems with Dignity. Face Your Future with Optimism.

Fill your mind and heart with pro-health choices.
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Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Whew!

B'SD
20 Menachem Av, 5775

 Whew, it's been sweltering weather throughout the Middle East, and my home lost fans plus air conditioners during 40+/100+ temperatures!

 Updating this blog between bouts of lost electricity, high heat, piles of the repairman's equipment, messy floors and feeling quite drained has been a challenge. But I have some interesting news to share with you, a sort of informational potpourri:
Vocabulary matters. So does attitude.



 One of my friends is suffering from 
the consequences of Cymbalta.

You and she need to know:

Eli Lilly is in court today fighting charges
that it should have warned patients taking 
its antidepressant duloxetine (Cymbalta) 
that they could face a scary withdrawal syndrome 
when they stop it.
Think. Think harder.



SimplyThick: A Tragedy No One Saw Coming
A St. Louis entrepreneur’s brilliant idea won instant FDA approval. Eight years later, babies started dying. Was there a connection?
STLMAG.COM



Yocheved Golani via TED
August 3 at 9:33pm ·
I'm convinced that the technique works. It has helped me throughout life.


WATCH: The hidden power of smiling
Prepare to flex a few facial muscles as you learn more about this evolutionarily contagious behavior.
T.TED.COM|BY RON GUTMAN
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​You don't think I'd sign off 
without leaving you laughing, 
do you?​


Yocheved Golani shared Ahuva Staum's photo.
August 3 at 7:11pm · Edited ·
The forecast through Friday is not too encouraging. I need that pool from a long-ago commercial filled with iced tea, a bunch of like-minded friends and a few shade umbrellas. A floating lounge chair would be nice. Chilled beverage in the arm pocket. Ahhh...
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