So say you’ve got a certain amount of clean time. Or maybe you prefer to use the term sober time. It doesn’t matter. But say you have this time, could be a couple of months or several years. You find yourself under a doctor’s care, let’s say for a surgery of some sort, and they need to prescribed a pain management tool. You do your clean/sober thing letting them know you’re in recovery. They understand and do their best to get you a non-narcotic solution. They find one, prescribe it, and It works great. After a time, you leave their care in the hospital and go about your life no worse for wear; everything handled by a over-the-counter solution.

You leave with a clear conscience. Pretty sweet!

But what happens if the same doctor can’t find an effective alternative. Or the alternative just isn’t working and the pain is becoming detrimental to your post-op recovery. Basically you are left with no choice but to be administered a narcotic. You finish your stay, are given a prescription, and go on your way. You finish the script and never look back. All clear, right?

Or did you relapse? Today we discuss this question. We always discuss a couple of other things that we see as damaging to the recovering addict.

Welcome to episode 16 of Two Drunks With a Mic; the podcast where we share our past so that others might have a future. Please make sure to subscribe and share. It’s really been cool to hear from a ton of people who are telling us that what we are doing has had a positive impact on their lives. Thank you for being a part of that.

I did try to find the two testimonies that we discuss, but they are not yet available.

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