To the pain addict, a life without pain is completely unfamiliar. There are frequent reports of a frightening void that yearns to be filled when pain is no longer dominant. In many ways it s like being without drugs after years of dependency. It takes about six months to allow the system to function without the need for constant pain. The work, however, is not as difficult as it may seem, because positive changes are felt along the way.
Life is filled with color instead of grayness, joy instead of dullness.
Grace replaces tension, and a person s natural beauty unfolds, in some cases for the very first time. A Pain Addiction support group is also scheduled for the Fall of 1998.