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Navigating Pain and Substance Abuse
This chapter explores the intricate relationship between coping with physical and spiritual pain and the use of substances, particularly focusing on personal experiences with drug use and recovery. It highlights the crisis of prescription opioid abuse in South Florida and Southern Ohio, detailing the roles of unregulated clinics and the phenomenon of 'doctor shopping' in exacerbating the epidemic.