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But it is perhaps not surprising that having discovered the latest ‘new drug scare’, the media should have got many aspects of the story wrong either because it didn’t fit what they wanted to write or because one piece of misinformation is picked up and repeated time and again until is becomes enshrined in ‘the facts’ [Druglink, UK]
Policy Exchange has recently conducted one of the largest independent surveys of prisoners ever undertaken in England and Wales… We discovered that up to 30,000 prisoners (35% of the total population) at any one time could be taking drugs, with 85% of prisoners confirming that they could get hold of illicit substances [Guardian, UK]
More drugs panic this week with the Mcat scare hitting the tabloids in traditional style. Rather less publicity was given to the government’s refusal – and the reasons for that refusal – to limit alcohol promotion which would have gone a long way to reducing the huge harm that drug causes [UKCIA, UK]
I have been thinking about Michael on and off for most of the day and just can’t believe that he is dead. I just can’t seem to get my head round the fact (and it is a fact) that I will not see him again, I won’t hear his voice or see his smile of touch his hand – I just can’t believe it [Susan C, WIred In]
We have managed to identify a great location in Preston, Lancashire. the Gujarat Hindu Society Centre. Click on the link for all details. It feels right, in a way, that funds will go back into the community as a result of our conference [UK Recovery Federation]
I took my first drink at the age of 13 whilst on my first holiday abroad in Greece. Amstel beer. I remember it well, the feeling, the confidence and exuberance I radiated. People liked me! I was funny! The adults would give me more beer to make them laugh! For a child that had been withdrawn for most of my life, this was amazing [Adam Berry, Wired In]
I tried to do a home detox off a small dose of subutex. I managed it fine until the day when I was free for four days and the britlofex stopped. I ended up using to self medicate but then binging. Up and down, white and brown, until the money ran out and I’d borrowed from all my friends and family. Now I’ve let all my people down [Mark Burns, Wired In]
They propose another factor – centered on the addict’s sense of identity or self – that distinguishes successful attempts from unsuccessful attempts at stopping drug use [Wired In]
Now I’ve described these events as mutual appreciation societies with much back slapping to be witnessed. I cannot tell you how pleasantly surprised I was by the whole event. There was an energy in the room with an enthusiastic commitment [Tony A, WIred In]
I recently attended a two-day course on EmoTrance. I was initially sceptical, as it seemed to resemble some of the other approaches I am familiar with (e.g. self-hypnosis) but appeared too easy, too simplistic. But after the two days I was impressed with the results I was getting myself, and by observing others I could also see how they were benefiting [Masha Bennett, Wired In]
Thinking of Michael my heart is aching and it is still difficult to believe that I will not see him again and, unfortunately, unlike the spring bulbs he will not burst through the ground and bloom again. But I hope that I will be able to start to move on in my life. I doubt if I will ever burst anywhere but I would like to ‘bloom again’ – just little steps as my friends would say [Susan C, Wired In]
Thank you so much for all the wonderful comments you left on my last post. I have dipped in to read them, though it’s been a hectic ten days since I last wrote [Alcoholic Daze, UK]
The following is an interview of Dirk Hansen, blogger at Addiction Inbox. Dirk is the author of “The Chemical Carousel,” which looks at addiction as a chemical disease with biological effects on our psychology [All Treatment, USA]
Even the limited evaluations of the drugs strategy that have been done have been suppressed – like the value for money study of the last ten year drugs strategy that Transform recently prised from the fingers of the Home Office only after a three year Freedom of Information battle [Transform Drug Policy Foundation, UK]
I’m just so happy with myself, because I have reached a point I thought I would never see I thought that everything I have now just wasn’t for me. It wasn’t who I was to be when I ‘grew up’. That might sound a little strange, but I started so young I don’t know how it feels to be ‘normal’. Any ideas anyone? [didn’t play well with others, Wired In]
A recent scientific paper appearing in the journal Addiction has focused on the lack of scientific evidence for the effectiveness of Needle and Syringe Programmes (NSPs), one of the primary aspects of harm reduction [Release, UK]
I wonder if we really are as focused about supporting people towards abstinence as we should be. Do practitioners ‘need’ to keep people unhealthy and ‘needy’ to deflect the attention away from their own problems? [Splendidly, Wired In]
I love my life. I have four wonderful kids and a husband who worships me. I ain’t got time to feel like this. Suboxone kept me safe from a danger zone which is long gone. I’ve totally recontructed my life and do you know that I’m so proud of how well I’ve done? [didn’t play well with others, WIred In]
I’ll never forget my first line. Andy had tried to talk me out of it but I wanted to know what the fuss was about. And anyway, it was only once. He kneeled before me and put the tooter in my mouth. All I was to do was inhale and he’d run it for me [Shell, Wired In]
The biggest risk in recovery is showing people who we really are. That’s the biggest risk of all – showing people that we’re human. That we don’t always know all the answers. That we sometimes don’t even know what the questions are. That we make mistakes and that sometimes we fall flat on our faces [Wynford Ellis Owen, Wired In]
