Breaking the silence: 3 stories of opioid abuse

When I was 12, my father got into a bicycle accident resulting in traumatic brain injury. Although I was unaware of it at the time, this day became the first day of the rest of my life. Despite having never seen either of my parents so much as have a sip of wine with dinner, I watched my father spiral into a crippling alcohol addiction that wreaked havoc on our lives. As I entered my rebellious teenage years, I learned an important lesson: addiction fuels in others a desire to be overly accommodating, even as they simultaneously ignore a dire situation until it becomes intolerable — often, way too late. The media has recently drawn attention to the urgency of the opioid epidemic. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports over 63,600 drug overdose deaths in 2016. Newly released provisional data for 2017 reflects a continuing upward trend. But much of the surrounding discourse doesn’t acknowledge how addiction enmeshes itself in how we respond to it in our everyday lives. Continue reading ... Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. Manage your online reputation: A social media guide. Find out how.
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Conditions Pain Management Psychiatry Source Type: blogs