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[LALaurie]

I am in a class at church called "Overcomers" it is mostly guys from our churches rehab. Well, it is all guys from the rehab except me. Well, I decided to start over my walk with Christ from the bottom. Take all the basic classes again and learn the word from the bottom up.

My problem is I am addicted to pain pills. I gave them up a couple weeks ago. I have done really well not taking them. The thing is I have bulging disc in my neck and lower back. I have been driving to New Orleans for work so I am spending 200 miles in the car every day. I am living in constant pain. I have taken everything over the counter you can imagine. What do I do without feeding my addiction.

It was easy to quit other drugs I just walked away from them. My thing is I actually need this.

 

[Protinus]

Thanks for sharing here Laurie...and I hope that your suffering is less by talking about it and finding the right practitioner to reduce your pain.

I will say many prayers for you!!

 

[loveiseverywhere]

I know EXACTLY where you are coming from. I have degenerative disc disease and nothing helps me, not even morphine. I started taking Ativan to help me sleep and it also happened to relieve my back and shoulder pain and now I'm addicted to them. I can't think or sleep or even function without an ativan. It's the only thing that relieves both anxiety (which is probably what aggravates my back pain).

So, i know what you're going through.

 

[LoG]

A little side note: SUGAR aggravates disc and spine problems because of what it does to the back muscles. Many people with high intake of sweets, candy, pop/soda drinks tend to suffer from back and other severe pain. For some the intake does not even have to be high before it causes problems, especially when it is combined with stress.