Addiction Quote by Karen Lee Richards

“And then there’s physical dependence. As defined in medical terms, physical dependence is manifested when a person stops taking a substance and, due to…

— Gabor Maté

“In the debate over opioid addiction, there’s one group we aren’t hearing from: chronic pain patients, many of whom need to use the drugs…

— S. E. Smith

“Chronic pain patients like me are not the cause of the opioid crisis; only 22% of those who misuse opioids are prescribed them by…

— Sonya Huber

Every addiction arises from an unconscious refusal to face and move through your own pain. Every addiction starts with pain and ends with pain.…

— Eckhart Tolle

Can someone really be addicted to PAIN?

— Ms D

“The addiction crisis is terrifying, and many people don’t comprehend appropriate opioid use. When I first started taking pain medication, I remember a family…

— Dianne Bourque

“Government agencies are trying to get doctors to cut back on prescribing opioids. I understand that they need to do something about the epidemic…

— Alison Moore

Because of the war on drugs, pain patients are treated with skepticism and pain doctors live in fear of being prosecuted for overprescribing. The…

— Maia Szalavitz

Every addiction starts with pain and ends with pain.

— Eckhart Tolle

“Despite what appears to be a low risk of addiction in naïve, chronic pain patients, it is reasonable to ask how much harm is…

— Howard L. Fields

“Researchers also trace the dramatic increase in addiction to a shift in health-care philosophy that started to emphasize treating a patient’s pain rather than…

— Robert Dugoni

“Several medical professional organizations acknowledge the utility of opioid therapy and many case series and large surveys report satisfactory reductions in pain, improvement in…

— Andrew Rosenblum