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Highlights
- By themselves, addiction and chronic pain can be debilitating.
- About the Author: Dan Mager: Dan Mager, MSW is a writer and editor in long-term recovery.
- 280 Pages
- Self Improvement, Substance Abuse & Addictions
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About the Book
A once-successful behavioral health professional battles addiction and chronic pain and ultimately finds recovery from both.Book Synopsis
By themselves, addiction and chronic pain can be debilitating. When combined, they comprise extremely complicated co-occurring conditions that impact every facet of life. This unique volume addresses the twin challenges of addiction and chronic pain, and presents a model for successful recovery from both of these serious, life-altering conditions.
According to estimates from the National Center for Health Statistics, pain affects more Americans than diabetes, heart disease and cancer combined, and 25 percent of the U.S. population is affected by chronic pain. Prescription drug abuse is by far the fastest-growing drug problem in the United States, and abuse of and addiction to the opioid medications prescribed for pain (the so-called painkillers) is at the forefront of this trend. As a result, there is an increasing need for information on the pernicious relationship between addiction and chronic pain among the general public, as well as behavioral health, addiction treatment, healthcare professionals. The narrative integrates the author's personal and professional experience to illustrate how twelve-step recovery can be combined with mindfulness-based practices, as well as western psychological theory and psychotherapeutic approaches. Some Assembly Required is part memoir, part self-help guidebook, and part clinical-psychoeducational exposition on addiction and chronic pain, that provides a multi-dimensional framework for recovery from these life-altering co-occurring disorders.
Dan Mager, MSW, is a writer and editor in long-term recovery.
Review Quotes
"An exceptional find! This is a must read for anyone, personally or professionally, who wants to understand addiction, living with addiction and chronic pain, and recovery." — Claudia Black, PhD, MSW,
Author of It Will Never Happen to Me and co-author of Intimate Treason
About the Author
Dan Mager: Dan Mager, MSW is a writer and editor in long-term recovery. He has nearly twenty years of post-Master's experience as a psychotherapist, clinical supervisor, and clinical director in behavioral health and addiction treatment settings, including community-based outpatient services, residential treatment centers, and hospital-based programs. He received his MSW from Hunter College (City University of New York), School of Social Work and is a Certified Diplomate in Clinical Hypnotherapy (NBDCH) with the National Board for Certified Clinical Hypnotherapists (NBCCH). A native of Oyster Bay, New York, he now lives in Las Vegas, Nevada.