In an effort to combat opioid addiction, the Veterans Integrated Pain Center at McGuire Veterans Medical Center has been moving from medication to meditation.
Over a stretch of four years the veteran’s hospital has looked for alternatives, especially with the growing public health issue.
“I remember times before I started this, I would to be in pain so bad, I wanted to cut my own knees off because of the pain,” said Army Veteran Wesley Boon.
When Boon came home from Iraq in 2005, he was struggling, physically and mentally.
“You don’t want to do anything, just lay around and pop pills, it’s like being in a dark place,” Boon explained.
Determined to get off pain killers, Boon turned to the program, welcoming the alternative methods. (MORE)
Source: WTVR.com
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