CHRONIC PAIN IS AN EPIDEMIC

No library of books or bank accounts drained for money to pay for unsuccessful treatments can begin to speak of the devasting physical, monetary and emotional losses that are at the root of a LIFE unlived, promises unfulfilled, hopes and ambitions that fuel the bonfire of desperations that rage inside the human psyche.

As long as you have your health you can change your circumstances (give up the mind chatter about all the reasons why you can't) and LIVE...just live out the what and who of your Being. Therein lies the answer to you maddening questions, the light in the darkness of the crater you roam endlessly, a lone and weary survivor of despair and melancholy.

Why do we go on? Despite all our efforts to balance the tangible manifestations of our corporeal existence, we are swept into a maelstrom of futile corrections, ports of call that promise to HEAL, and a bankrupt Soul. We witness the last rites of our simple leaving only to be awakened again and again...still bound.

clipped from www.webmd.com Chronic pain. Pain was once viewed only as a symptom, the consequence of another condition. It was often ignored as doctors focused on treating its underlying medical cause. Pain has emerged as a devastating public health problem. According to the American Chronic Pain Association, pain is the No. 1 cause of adult disability in the U.S. At least one out of six people live with chronic pain. How do you estimate the value of lost self-worth? How do you estimate the loss of family, friends, and a sense of accomplishment?"