Tiger Woods Another Victim of Over-Medication?

Recently the news was filled with stories about one of THE most heralded and honored athletes in the world,  Tiger Woods.  For many years now he has been top of his field, unprecedented numbers of wins wherever he competed.  A knee injury put a halt on his career temporarily,  and was all set to jump right back in to the competitive arena.  But an addiction to pain pills (vicoden) and sleeping pills (ambien)  was reported and has to be linked to the recent auto accident outside his home.   The scenario is tragically common for celebs and athletes alike,  and for regular folks it is just the same.  An injury occurs,  or some relatively minor condition like a strained back.  The doctors are all too keen to ply the client with enough prescription medication to not only handle the immediate discomfort,  but enough (it is reported that only 2 weeks is needed) to become addicted.  Once addicted,  then sleep becomes a problem.  So, back to the doctor, who prescribes a hefty seemingly permanent  supply of sleeping pills.  These pills are highly addictive,  and do fog the mind.   Now a fogged mind is not making correct decisions all the time,  so hand in hand with these addictions, goes risky behaviour.  Add alcohol to the mix and you have a recipe for disaster.   Tiger Woods is an example that was splashed across the newspapers, but every day thousands of regular folks are having the same difficulties with how acutely these highly addic tive medications affect their lives.   Better to exercise extreme caution before starting on a regimen that includes highly addictive substances,  and ultra extreme caution should be taken in limiting the time one is taking these drugs.  There are enough holistic practitioners available today to make non-drug therapies readily available in almost every city, town, and even village.   One might be well advised to search these out as alternative or adjunct therapies, which have no lasting ill effects.