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12 June 2011 Last updated at 23:06 GMT Prescription pills blamed for ‘Pharmageddon’ in Kentucky Paul Adams By Paul Adams BBC News, Kentucky In the green, wooded hills of eastern Kentucky, two mothers pore over photographs of daughters lost to prescription pills. Sarah Shay and Savannah Kissick were school friends in Morehead, both addicted [...] For an addict in recovery, there is nothing more discouraging than the length of time waiting for progress in addiction recovery. It seems to take forever. One-on-one counseling and group therapy are among some of the experiences one would have experienced in treatment. Those experiences should continue throughout your addiction and recovery process, the longer the better. [...] Why do addicted people keep doing what they are doing? You may think that they know the consequences well enough. Many have seen their relationships break up, their children gone, their job prospects vanish, and have attended more funerals in a few years than most people attend in a lifetime. Why don’t they know [...] Women are statistically at the same level as men in the abuse of cocaine, according to this Daily Mail article [...] Understanding addiction has never been an exact science, especially to those who are in the front line trying to help people in their recovery. It can be argued that addiction is a chronic relapsing illness. Many in the world, who don’t understand this definition as applied to addiction, (and often the drug users themselves), think that perhaps addiction is just a matter of choice and making right decisions. More Light and Less Heat Needed. [...] |
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