The author, a healthcare provider, founded Prescription Anonymous in
1998. After killing a young man with her car, Mogil began abusing such
prescription drugs as Darvon, Demerol and Percodan, and remained
addicted for over 15 years. Although the accident was clearly not her
fault, her subsequent despondency and guilt led a physician to
prescribe medications. The feeling of peace that the drugs initially
provided soon developed into a full-blown addiction. For years, Mogil
manipulated other doctors into prescribing new drugs. After a major
overdose, she finally admitted the gravity of her problem. Drawing on
her own and others' experiences (with numerous first-hand accounts),
the author strongly suggests that prescription drug addicts should
admit their powerlessness over the addiction, find a good therapist and
locate a sponsor (someone who has overcome the same problem) for
feedback and support. Although the philosophy of Prescription
Anonymous, with its talk of admitting one's powerlessness over the
drugs and submitting to a higher power, etc., is very similar to that
of other recovery support programs such as AA and NA, the author felt
that others like her needed to talk with those who had or were going
through aspects of recovery particular to prescription medication.
Mogil does offer useful, though hardly new, advice about denial, cross
addiction, detoxification and relapse. She advocates strongly for
physicians to prescribe medications more carefully and warns that not
all doctors are addiction-savvy. (Dec.)Forecast: This topic has been
covered in the major newspapers and magazines, and with this book,
Mogil's concerted focus on medication addicts should increase public
consciousness of the problem.
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