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Our Guest Bloger today is Kelly Miller. Kelly's specialty as a counselor is helping parents who are having to deal with teenage alcohol and drug abuse.
RELAPSE AMONG TEENAGERS
Posted by: MDS
on Nov 01, 2011
I need to share this blog entry from one of our latest patients. I am sure you will find it as wonderful as I did.
To Ann, Dr. George, Dr. Julia (Aharonov), Asher, Mallory, Katie, and Elaine, I owe my life. From the first phone call to MDS I knew that I had found what I had been looking for. I feel it very important to share my story with those who still suffer with opiate addiction and to let you know that there is hope!
After several years sobriety from opiate addiction in the ‘90’s, I made the very bad judgment call and began taking Tramadol (Ultram) that was prescribed to me by a physician for “migraine headaches”. I had been given this drug several years prior in a treatment facility in order to detox from Oxycontin dependency. I cannot say that I was totally innocent as to the effect I would receive from this drug and, as with any opiate, as the effects began to wear off, I took more and more until I was completely and helplessly hooked with no way out.
After about 2 years of going from doctor to doctor to get enough Tramadol to make it through each day, I found out about the “wonder drug”, Suboxone. I did all the research I could find on this medication and, after 2 years on Tramadol (and anything else that would get me through to my next prescription), I located a psychiatrist who was more than willing to prescribe a high dose of Suboxone. I thought I had found utopia! Not only was I no longer having to work every day to get more of my drug of choice, but it was totally legal and he was totally willing to prescribe the pills every month without question. Little did I know that I had just switched to another opiate and that it would be close to two more years before I could find a solution.
Posted by: MDS
on Aug 02, 2011
Void
I cannot stop thinking about the tragic and untimely death of Amy Winehouse. Here was a young, beautiful, immensely talented woman, haunted by the demon of addiction. This demon does not come from the outside; it is not sent to you by the evil in the world. It comes from within. I am not saying that drugs were not brought to Amy by ‘friends’ or dealers. We have to invite that demon of addiction in; we have to open ourselves to it; invite it as a welcomed guest and allow it to stay. That is something we do ourselves. Something in us: be it anxiety, depression, loneliness, yearning for the unattainable something, or lack of meaning in our lives, creates some void in us that the drugs fill and we let them.
Amy seemingly had everything: loving parents, talent, money, and wonderful music she wrote herself. Yet she felt a need to fill a void in herself with booze and drugs. Everyone could see it, and everyone did see it. Everyone tried to help, her parents were desperate, and she was desperate. However, they were most likely desperate for different things.
Desperation
Posted by: MDS
on Jul 28, 2011
Naltrexone opiate blocker treatment after opiate detox treatment is an essential component in achieving a better success rate for a drug free life style.
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