{"quotes":[{"text":"I will be living with chronic pain for the rest of my life. I don’t have the mobility, energy or life options I used to have. I work hard to manage the pain, and I want the medical system to be a respectful and effective partner, not a jailer. The opioid crisis is not my doing.","author":"Sonya Huber","tags":["addiction","chronic-illness","chronic-pain","chronic-pain-stigma","judgemental-people","opioid-use","opioids","pain-killer-pills","pain-management","painkillers","stigmatization","stigmatized"],"id":60988,"author_id":"Sonya+Huber"},{"text":"Healing severe or chronic pain, I believe, includes transforming our relationship to the pain, and, ultimately, it is about transforming our relationship to who we are and to life.","author":"Sarah Anne Shockley","tags":["chronic-pain","disability","healing","pain","pain-management"],"id":118472,"author_id":"Sarah+Anne+Shockley"},{"text":"When we are aware about our body’s sensations, we can release physical pain, tensions or stress through slow movements.","author":"Amit Ray","tags":["anxiety","depression","meditation","pain-management","stress","tension","vipassana","vipassana-meditation","yoga","yoga-for-back-pain","yoga"],"id":163731,"author_id":"Amit+Ray"},{"text":"Chronic pain patients like me are not the cause of the opioid crisis; only 22% of those who misuse opioids are prescribed them by a doctor, and only 13% of ER visits for opiate overdoses were chronic pain patients. Most chronic pain patients are rule-followers who just want to function.","author":"Sonya Huber","tags":["addiction","chronic-pain","chronic-pain-stigma","opiates","opioids","pain-management","painkillers"],"id":179358,"author_id":"Sonya+Huber"},{"text":"There are a lot of victims when it comes to addiction. I know there's an overdose epidemic. We see those faces. But then I see these other faces - the ones who commit suicide because they can't handle the pain. Those faces mean just as much to me.","author":"Donna Marsh","tags":["addiction","chronic-pain","chronic-pain-stigma","opiates","opioid-use","opioids","pain-killer-pills","pain-management","painkillers","suicide","unbearable-pain"],"id":239828,"author_id":"Donna+Marsh"},{"text":"There’s a saying that goes something like: ‘We are all one drink or pill away from addiction,’ and I know this is meant to destigmatize what addicts go through, but I feel like I’ve been seeing variations on this ‘common knowledge’ more and more lately being used (on social media) as a cudgel to remind patients to not overdo it,” Anna says, speaking to the dual-edged sword of awareness. A motto designed to humanize the experience of addiction has been turned into a weapon that targets people who rely on opioids for pain management, and that translates to real-world stigma.","author":"S. E. Smith","tags":["addiction","anti-stigma","chronic-pain","chronic-pain-stigma","opiates","opioid-use","opioids","pain-killer-pills","pain-management","painkiller","stigmatization","stigmatized"],"id":271732,"author_id":"S.+E.+Smith"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":6,"pages":1}}