Persons suffering from chronic pain who are treated with long-term opioid therapy are at risk of misusing prescription opioids and developing opioid addiction. Moreover, long-term use of opioids may result in hyperalgesia, which exacerbates opioid craving and consumption. Mindfulness interventions have been shown reduce chronic pain symptoms, addictive processes, and substance use. The investigators hypothesize that relative to a support group control condition, participation in a novel mindfulness-oriented cognitive intervention, Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE), will result in improved well-being and decreased pain, opioid craving, and opioid misuse behaviors among chronic pain patients receiving opioid therapy.
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Pain severity, pain functional interference
Timeframe: Baseline, immediately following treatment, and at 3 month follow-up
Opioid craving
Timeframe: Baseline, immediately following treatment, and at 3 month follow-up
Opioid misuse behaviors
Timeframe: Baseline, immediately following treatment, and at 3 month follow-up
Well-being
Timeframe: Baseline, immediately following treatment, and at 3 month follow-up