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Rick Lunkenheimer

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Rick Lunkenheimer has articles in the Huffington Post and TheMighty, as well as blogs on www.SittingDisability.com and Medium.com. He is a former computer programmer and IT consultant. He has struggled with a sitting disability since 2000. He lives in Chicago, Illinois. ...more

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Rick Lunkenheimer I'm writing about my experience using meditation to help ease chronic pain. It not a solution, but for those of us with unsolvable pain problems, it c…moreI'm writing about my experience using meditation to help ease chronic pain. It not a solution, but for those of us with unsolvable pain problems, it can help a lot. I'd like my readers to gain those benefits too.

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Rick Lunkenheimer Chronic pain has followed me for over 18 years, and the inspiration is from personal experience.

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HuffPost story on Opioids

I am an opioid user. There, I said it. I’m “out of the closet,” per se.


I have been fighting chronic back pain for the past 18 years and have been using opioids for the past eight. I am not addicted to the medication and do not take any more than my doctor prescribes. I am always cognizant of the threat that I may one day become addicted, or worse, that my tolerance levels will rise and I will need

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