Outsmart Your Addiction : Sandman Publishing : 9781735081908 : 1735081906 : 13 Sep 2020 : Doctors aren't supposed to become drug addicts, but there I was addicted to Fentanyl. During my anesthesia residency I made the almost fatal mistake of taking home a powerful I.V. narcotic. Before I knew it, the drug's effects on my body and mind were too strong to resist. I was caught in a trap that I'd sprung myself. Though withdrawal pains wracked my body each night and each day I promised myself I would stop, my habit was too strong to beat on my own. Embarrassment and fear of consequences kept me trying to break the Fentanyl spell in secret. Eventually I faced the bleak choice of ending my life or ending my life as I knew it.As it happens, being a doctor gave me special access to the most successful program for substance habit change ever created. The Medical Board Diversion program boasts an unrivaled record for helping people make permanent change in their substance habits. Unlike the wham-