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Sept. 5, 2024  –  ”I loved being a recovering person. But I had this inability to get off the damn pain meds of my own free will or through my faith or through my 12-step program.” Somebody asked me, ‘William, what did you think about living a double life?’ I was taken aback by that. To me, I wasn’t living a double life. I was living another chapter of my life. Yeah, there were huge, jagged pieces that had come apart. Not just my struggle with pain meds, but other parts of my life. And I couldn’t understand it, because that wasn’t what I expected. I still loved my recovery. I didn’t make a sharp right turn and go to the crack house. I didn’t go to the bar. I loved being a recovering person. But I had this inability to get off the damn pain meds of my own free will or through my faith or through my 12-step program. 

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