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How to manage post-surgical pain when you are in addiction recovery

I have been sober for three years but I need surgery and I am terrified that prescription pain medication will trigger my addiction but I also cannot handle surgery without it.

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Recovery can make necessary medical treatment feel like a trap that forces us to choose between physical and psychological survival.

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