Accidental Addict: A True Story of Pain and Healing.also Marriage, Real Estate, And Cowboy Dancing
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.13 (974 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1483573648 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 414 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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that yearand, thanks to doctorprescribed Oxycodone and Xanax, promptly descended into three years of drug-induced hell. Month after month, on days when I felt optimistic enough to imagine that surely I was nearly healed, I watched myself nail this story down on faith alone that by the time you’d read these words, they’d be true. It feels like a miracle. Accidental Addict is the story of how it all went downthe white, middleclass, nice-lady,” pharmaceutically-induced trainwreck of my life.. This book is no such thing. And now, thank God, they are. Or was the first time I wrote this, anyway. Completely well. In September of 2012, I optimistically presented myself for total knee replacement surgeryone of 670,000 such patients in the U.S. I am well. It almost feels like I’ve been dead, and now I’ve come back to vibrant life. Speak up. If you read this book some years in the future, rest assured you need not fear Googling my name only to find that I relapsed right after its publication. Wonderful. No one would ever choose to experience what I and so many others have gone through in suffering withdrawal from physician-prescribed drugs, but since my life took this horrific turn and I happen to be a writer, it feels like being tapped on the shoulderTag, you’re it. I am completely
A reader in Oregon said So much more than a "cautionary tale". Think you can't possibly develop a dependency on prescription drugs? Think again. As Linda Crew so ably points out, she never thought this would happen to her either. But it did. This is the true story of her horrific journey from the "good girl" who did what she was told, to the frantic and desperate woman looking for a way out, to her eventual recovery and new life. Ms. Crew describes in unflinching detail her interactions with doctors who didn't have a clue and weren't interested in finding out what was really happening to her. "Hanging on, no matter what" according to Amazon Customer. Harrowing, courageous, unflinchingly honest, this timely book is a not-to-be-missed and never-to-be-forgotten account of the author's descent into prescription drug addiction, withdrawal hell, and her valiant battle to reclaim her life. Though Linda Crew never took a single pill (after her knee replacement surgery in 2012) more than what her doctors had prescribed, in a surprisingly short time she found herself dependent on both Oxycodone and Xanax. Determined to "taper off," as the professionals put it, as quickly as possible, s. emotional roller coasterheartbreaking, heartwarming, instructive Amazon Customer Accidental Addict is a gripping first person narrative of how a life is turned upside down by addiction to physician prescribed narcotic pain killers and anti-anxiety medications. A masterful story teller, author Linda Crew takes us on an emotional roller coaster. The high points are her love of family, the joy of a new grandson, her pleasure in belly dancing, refurbishing houses, restoring antiques and a special talent for creating beautiful things. Ms Crew's highs are interwoven with her agonizing journey into the depths of des
“An excruciatingly tender, necessary work, wonderfully written, so honest. Incredibly personal and filled with love. The many, many people who don't even know this is happening to them will thank Linda Crew over and over.” —Jane Kirkpatrick, Homestead