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A Tale of Instability in Seven Parts
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As the author describes the upending of her life: the losses of the past months and years: her love, her family, her body, her work, her income, her freedom—treasured friendships, even. she explores how cumulative smaller losses, destabilizing events that pile one upon the other, can result in similar symptoms to PTSD. Pain relief management is discussed through the impulse of medical practicioners to deny patients prescription opiods. The author argues that pain of one kind or another is at the root of opioid use.
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Carlyn Zwarenstein
Carlyn Zwarenstein is a writer based in Toronto. Her writing has appeared in the Guardian, the Toronto Star, and Vice. She is also the author of Opium Eater: The New Confessions.
