2024.05.28 [Master of change]_ 65-66p

-The more you resist your pain, the exponentially worse your suffering becomes.

The ultimate goal of the program is not to eliminate patient's pain, but rather to eliminate the overwhelming desire of patients to eliminate their pain.

This starts with helping patients taper off opioids and other medications and ends with them learning to update their expectations about pain and to accept that some amount is okay, thus lessening their resistance.