The twin dangers of prescribing placebo drugs and over prescribing pain medication is leading to a 500% increase in admissions to substance abuse programs and 400% increase in accidental deaths. This article explores both the larger ramifications of our medical community’s unbelievably destructive protocol in the effort of shaving off some necessary office visit time, and a better way to get the help you or someone that you may love may need.
Tag: Drug Addiction
Aug 21 2014
Leigh Steinberg Learns the Hard Life Lessons of Alcoholism on His Career and Finances – Vol. 139, February 16, 2012
How is it that a man who has represented so many sports legends finds himself having to have filed for Chapter 7, personal bankruptcy? It is as is so often the case that the impulsive behaviors that manifest one with alcoholism are to be the cause for much of this man’s sad situation in life. …
Jul 08 2014
Abuse of Anxiety Drug Increases Fatalities: Use Your Mind Instead – Vol. 120, September 29, 2011
According to an article in the New York Times, September 14, 2011, Xanax (generic name alprazolam), an anti-anxiety drug was the eighth most prescribed drug in the nation last year, according to SDI, a data firm that tracks drug sales. Xanax is a benzodiazepine which is a sedative. The problem with this medication is that …
Jun 02 2014
All You Have to do is Believe in Spirit – Vol. 89 June, 2010
Spirit has guided me through all I have been through lately and I know as long as I continue to believe in Spirit, all will work out for the better.
Mar 10 2014
Is Alcohol Abuse Creating Difficulties in Your Life?
A client of mine who had been free of substance abuse for over 15 years was afraid that she was going to pick up again since her roommates started drinking again. When she went to get counseling things did not go the way she thought they would which is what sent her looking for a different way to receive the help she knew she needed. Read her story here.
Feb 17 2014
Pill Popping Docs Are A Reality: Are You at Risk ? – Vol. 134, Jan 12, 2012
We all know that doctors are people too, though many times they are placed upon pedestals where they don’t belong. The same percentage of doctors as the general public become substance abusers with 10-12% becoming impaired during the time they are in practice. The article goes through great lengths to have us believe in the …
Jan 06 2014
Michael Jackson’s Private Doctor Convicted On Jackon’s Over Dose – Vol. 132, December 29, 2011
Apparently Michael Jackson was spending almost £100,000 month on prescriptions he was getting from his private physician, Dr. Conrad Murray. Apparently the doctor added insult to injury first by using an anesthetic, propofol to induce sleep in Jackson, when this is to be used only by anaethetist in a hospital setting. Secondly, Dr. Murray waited …