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Thursday, December 18, 2014
Monday, December 15, 2014
December 15 Chp 32 v 5 TWELVE STEPPING WITH STRENGTH FROM THE PSALMS
Finally , I confessed all my sins to you and stopped trying to hide my guilt .I said to myself , " I will confess my rebellion to the Lord."and you forgave me ! All my guilt is gone .
STEP 5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
Gods Big Book agrees with step five. Guilt will crush you !It will steal your sleep and ruin any chance you have of finding peace. Guilt always brings friends , shame fear and sadness .The only way to lighten your load , is to get the junk out of your trunk . A good friend can listen too you dump but only God can forgive and remove the guilt and its friends . The forgiveness we get from God brings peace and a freedom most have yet to experience .
Revelation 21 : 4 - And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. By Joseph Dickerson
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Friday, December 12, 2014
December 12 Chp 44 v 5 TWELVE STEPPING WITH STRENGTH FROM THE PSALM
Only by your power can we push back our enemies ( addiction) ; only in your name can we trample our foes (addiction) .
STEP 1. We admitted we were powerless over addiction—that our lives had become unmanageable.
There is only one name in the world that has that kind of power and their is only one name that can trample addictions . The Psalmist wrote this before the man who carries that name was born . Talk about divine intervention ! JESUS CHRIST is the man that carries the name ! The name above every other name ,in that name the blind receive sight ,the lame will walk ,addicts will be set free , good tidings will be given to the poor and the list is endless .Not only that Jesus is best described in a few words Expert , loving , kind , friendly , helpful , protective , caring, sincere , powerful , compassionate , forgiving , empowering , discerning , consuming , purifying , cleansing , providing , responsive , reliable, good, famous, glorified, ALIVE ,active , sought , and I could keep going . Gods Big book Describes Him also as a wonderful counselor .So what are you waiting for DEATH ,well you are already dead spiritually and if your in active addiction your physically dead also . What you need is a resurrection and only through JESUS can you make that happen .Step one is the key that will unlock your heart once unlocked all you have to do is invite JESUS CHRIST in.
John 14 ; 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. By Joseph Dickerson
One-Third of “Doctor Shoppers” Cross State Lines to Obtain Prescriptions: Study
December 9th, 2014/
Approximately one-third of “doctor shoppers” cross state lines to obtain prescriptions, according to a new study. These people search for multiple physicians who will prescribe them narcotic painkillers and other prescription drugs.
When doctor shoppers cross state lines, it is more difficult for authorities to track the prescriptions, The Washington Post reports. Many states have instituted drug monitoring programs, which track prescriptions within their borders, but not across them, the article notes.
“Part of the problem is that state systems all vary — they’re either home-grown or operated by different vendors and they’re not interoperable,” said study co-author Douglas McDonald of Abt Associates. “There are also legal questions about what you can share about patient data.”
The study, which appears in the journal Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, was funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Some states are trying to address cross-border doctor shopping. New Jersey has entered into agreements with New York and Delaware to share information on prescriptions, and New England states have agreed to share data. Some experts have called for a national prescription drug monitoring program.
The study was based on records of 146 million prescriptions dispensed across the nation in 2008. The researchers found doctor shoppers see an average of 10 doctors annually, and receive an average of 32 prescriptions. They usually pay in cash for at least one prescription to avoid being detected, McDonald found.
Last year McDonald published a study that found people who doctor shop bought an estimated 4.3 million prescriptions for opioids such as Vicodin and OxyContin in 2008. Doctor shoppers represented almost 1 percent of all buyers of addictive pain medications in the United States that year.
The researchers found one out of every 143 patients who purchased the drugs received an unusually large number of prescriptions from multiple health care providers.
Many Patients Taking Narcotic Painkillers Also Use Drugs That Could Cause Interactions
December 9th, 2014/
Almost 60 percent of patients who take narcotic painkillers to treat long-term conditions are also being prescribed other drugs, such as anti-anxiety medication or muscle relaxants, which could cause dangerous interactions, a new study finds.
Combining an opioid painkiller with these drugs could slow down the respiratory system. About 8 percent of patients were taking painkillers, anti-anxiety drugs and muscle relaxants at the same time. The study found 27 percent of patients were taking more than one opioid at a time, which is also hazardous, the article notes.
Two-thirds of the patients taking a combination of drugs were being prescribed the medications by two or more doctors. Almost 40 percent filled their prescriptions at more than one pharmacy. Patients who are taking narcotic painkillers are using more of them for longer periods, the study found. Almost half of patients who took the painkillers for more than a month were still using the drugs three years later. This is a sign of potential abuse, according to The New York Times.
The study was conducted by the pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts. The researchers examined pharmacy claims of 6.8 million Americans who filled at least one prescription for an opioid painkiller between 2009 and 2013.
“There could be instances when prescribing these combinations of drugs is appropriate, but not at this scale. The fact that the majority of these patients are being treated by multiple physicians and pharmacies signals a communication breakdown that leads to dangerous use,” Lynne Nowak, MD, Medical Director at Express Scripts, said in a news release. “Government- and insurer-run drug monitoring programs can help prevent these possibly life-threatening scenarios, but unfortunately they are underused and vary by state. As more people gain access to health coverage, this problem will worsen if the country doesn’t use every tool at its disposal to ensure the safe use of these medications.”
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