After working with doctors over the years since I had a bad accident, I have really learned what chronic pain is and more importantly, how to come to grips with it and how to partially handle it on an ongoing basis. For a long time, I thought it was just me that was going through this chronic pain, with doctors telling me the only way to handle it is through pain medicine, opiates, or dangerous invasive surgery. I really thought I was going nuts because after I had been on pain medicine for a long period, I hurt more thn I did right after the accident. It wasn’t until after my wife forced me to see Dr. Rand at Bay Recovery and go through their program that I was able understand some of the truth about pain and medicines. Bay Recovery helped me understand the reality of pain and how Opiates simply mask the normal pain and actually cause the receptors in the brain feel this as additional pain. By learning the root causes for pain and how your body adapts to traditional pain medicines, you realize you need to change the way you think and what the medicines are really doing to you.
#1 I found out I am not alone, and there are millions of others out there with the same type of problems I have, and many of them, like me have problems with the traditional medicines being provided every day to them. All of these medicines cause an ongoing battle of need, want, desire and abuse.
#2 There is hope! I have been lucky to be under the care of Dr. Rand and Bay Recovery the last 7 months, and while still in daily Chronic pain, Bay Recovery has been able to show me other ways of handling pain and as important, shown me that life is worth living and continuing to progress even with the pain.
#3 People do care! When you have a dedicated staff like Bay Recovery who show true empathy for all of your problems and concerns, it shows that there are others who share your pain as many of them have been through it. Knowing they are there to support and help you makes a world of difference.
Since you are reading this, I want you to know there is somewhere to turn to even in the worst of times for Chronic Pain, Addiction to drugs or alcohol. Believe me, there is hope. Question what it happening to you right now and ask yourself if you truely want to get better and start living instead of hiding in a corner using drugs or alcohol to mask the true problems you have. A call to Bay Recovery may be what you need to change your life. Look for them on the web, or call them at (858) 274-6633.
John
