It's not by 'accident' that some of us are left out of the conversation, left off the 'lists' of the elite. Our voices relgated to the echo chamber; hundreds who have been fighting for JUSTICE for pain pts since the beginning, while fighting for our very lives. 😔 Image
2-I see based on most of the names that either you're all about addiction with a nod to CPPs, or a CPP who toes the 'moderate' opioid line...😔
People wonder why I'm angry? Why I've reached the end? Really?!
Fighting since before many were even aware of what was happening, while watching the 'opioid moderates' gain more and more traction, more and more CPP support.
Lauding those who support the chains around our necks. Image
Why am I bitter? Oh, I don't know.
Why have I felt like ending my part in advocacy for yrs?
I now put down my sword in a battle where I've been labeled an enemy.
Only a few like Donna seem to get me, but I disagree that my voice is important.
This has been going on for years. 😔 Image
I truly hope those who have been deemed worthy by the elite, those in positions of SHAPING POLICY AND OUR COLLECTIVE DESTINY, do right by the pain community that supports them.

Time for me to bow out.

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