~ The Truth about Addiction ~
Just saw a commercial on television about Opioid addiction (addiction to pain medications) and a treatment that is being offered...the link that the ad gives is: http://turntohelp.com/starting_treatment/#find_treatment_resources Their byline is this: "Opioid dependence is a real medical condition. It’s very common, and can happen to anyone. You are not alone." The site goes over the meaning of addiction, the many medications that one can become addicted to and several ways they are offering to help from the doctors office to in patient treatment to everything in between. While I am really glad to see that the health system and doctors are finally seeing that addiction to opioids is a everyday persons issue and that its real, I am frustrated with the doctors who give these pain meds like candy then become judgmental and rip their patients off of it when they have the gull to become addicted. Very few people take medications looking to become addicted. As any...