Why attempting to numb emotional pain with drugs makes the problem worse

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Caudill M. Treating pain before it manages you. Third edition. New York: Guildford; 2009.
Garland EL, Black DS. Mindfulness for Chronic Pain and Prescription Opioid Abuse: New Mechanisms and Unsolved Problems. Subst use abuse. 2014; 49 (5): 608-11. doi: 10.3109 / 10826084.2014.852801
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