I was speaking with someone today that shared what his sponsor told him about pain management in recovery.  As most people in recovery know; taking any mind-altering substances is dangerous.  But what is also dangerous is the mind set of “don’t take anything no matter what.”

The man I was speaking to was dealing with pain in recovery and told his sponsor he was afraid to take the mind-altering prescription medication his docotor had given him.  His sponsor told him that “pain is mind altering too; so you ‘d better listen to your doctor.” This sponsor was very wise.  When people live with high levels of pain on a daily basis and don’t get adequate pain relief they can start “suffering.”  This will lead to one of two things; (a) they’ll get to the point that they start using too much or the wrong thing; or (b) they get so depressed they are at risk for suicide.

That’s why developing an appropriate and effective medication management plan is one of the three core components of the Addiction-Free Pain Management® System.  The other two components are (a) developing a cognitive behavioral/affective treatment plan for the psychological/emotional components of pain and (b) developing a nonpharmacological (non-medication) plan in addition to the other two interventions.

To learn more about effective chronic pain management, please read my article The Need for Multidisciplinary Chronic Pain Management that you can download for free on our Ariticles page.

You can learn more about the Addiction-Free Pain Management® System at our website www.addiction-free.com. If you are living with chronic pain, especially if you’re in recovery or believe you may have a medication problem and want to learn how to develop a plan for managing your pain and medication effectively, please go to our Publications page and check out my book the Addiction-Free Pain Management® Recovery Guide: Managing Pain and Medication in Recovery. To purchase this book please Click Here.

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