There is an epidemic that is taking place in many parts of the United States and around the world. It is an addiction to opiates. There are many drugs on the streets that could cause an addiction but these are easy to acquire and extremely potent. Many abusers started using prescription medications that were provided by a doctor. Before long, they had to seek out the drug from other sources because their prescription ran out.
Vsaco Tchakarov had a very similar story. When he was taking opiates on a regular basis, he considered the hospital staff and his personal doctors to be a very reliable source of medication. In other words, he considered them to be his drug dealers! Thanks to his efforts and the efforts of some people who supported him, he is no longer in that situation. Those days are long behind him and he has recently gone on Facebook to share something that everyone should hear.
“Last evening I walked into an emergency room alone experiencing chest pains.
Laying in a hospital bed experiencing some discomfort, my intake nurse asked me if I’m allergic to anything? With a few days over having 2 years free from all substances, I looked her dead in the eyes and said “I am allergic to all opioids, benzodiazepines, and any other narcotic known to man.”
I explained to her I am recovering from substance abuse disorder and she smiled and congratulated me and gave me this wristband.”
“Part of my story is that the doctors & hospitals were some of my most reliable drug dealers. Today there’s no room for mistakes recovery and health are the only motives.
Moral of this post is simple; integrity & possibilities. If I can you can!”
If I can you can!”
It would have been easy for this man to return to his old ways but he chose to keep his integrity. Even though he may have been uncomfortable, he refused the medication.
Nobody says that doing the right thing was always going to be easy. In this particular case, however, doing the right thing was the only thing to do.