Breaking the Cycle of Opioid Addiction by Uwe Blesching

Author:Uwe Blesching
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781623171872
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Published: 2018-05-06T04:00:00+00:00

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Conclusion: Putting It All Together

In view of the current epidemic of opioid-based overdoses and deaths, it should be widely proclaimed, first and foremost, that supplementing chronic pain management with cannabis is a proven avenue to implementing a number of harm-reduction factors. These include realizing the effective analgesia of opioids but at lower dosages, reducing the risk of adverse effects, and cutting back on the tragic incidence of fatal overdoses. Then there is the factor of individual savings to the wallet and the overburdened health care system. An opioid habit can cost around a $100 a day, while supplementing with about 1 gram of cannabis flower (which is often more than enough) costs about $10 to $15. If taking the two synergistically, the quantity of opioid can be reduced to get the same effects—which are delivered along with the myriad other benefits of cannabinoids in one’s regimen.

Endogenous (meaning the body’s own) cannabinoids and opioids are natural and essential to how the human body and mind heal. When we are balanced, healthy, and resilient, they are extremely capable systems to handle the temporary challenges of an injury or emotional wound. However, in the presence of chronic stressors (maintaining causes, illness, pain, loneliness, substance withdrawal), the body’s naturally occurring opioid and cannabinoid response systems can become both overwhelmed and imbalanced. In this case, the body can benefit from some help from their plant-based relatives. It is only natural that in the pursuit of health and healing, we learn to effectively and appropriately use the original plant-based versions of these therapeutic gifts of nature.

The aim of this book is to provide readers with some basic suggestions and discernment on how to use both as effectively and safely as possible. Here in the book’s conclusion I’d like to review important highlights and to summarize some of the book’s main points.

Anyone managing chronic pain must be aware that neither opioids nor cannabinoids, or their combination, is a silver bullet to magically relieve pain indefinitely. These medicines, powerful as they are, will never fully substitute for conscious involvement in the healing process, especially when pains and illnesses are chronic. For instance, neither will be able to change a maintaining cause of pain. Neither will be able to make healthier lifestyle and nutrition choices for you. While you may experience a shift in the internal architecture of the mind—and with it feel what it is like to be relaxed instead of tense, to be happy instead of hurt, or to feel love instead of fear—neither will be able to permanently replace an unhealthy belief with one that nurtures you. And while both plants may help you experience what it is like to feel good about yourself (a sense of feeling OK and belonging to the web of life, kindness toward self, or a tangible moment of self-love and self-appreciation), neither will sustain your positive self-image if you insist on feeding a negative one with your thoughts and statements.

Perhaps an opioid or cannabinoid high will flood you with a

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