In this episode I am joined by Vincent Hack, a left leg amputee, and Mel Pohl, Medical Director of Las Vegas Recovery Center to talk about chronic pain and living without pain medications. Between the years of 1999 and 2010, sales for prescription painkillers to hospitals, doctors and pharmacies increased fourfold. Why has this happened? The shows discussion will include Vincent's story of addiction, chronic pain and recovery, alternative methods to deal with pain, how opiates affect the brain, non-opiate pain medication and pain relieving techniques, and how the Las Vegas Recovery Center helps chronic pain patients break the addictive grasp of pharmaceutical opiates.