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To any DAAT commissioners or co-ordinators who may be reading this… I urge you to take the initiative and set up recovery forums in your own areas or regions. It may seem like a daunting task – but it needn’t be so. Help and support IS available from those who have done this before [Stephen Bamber, WIred In]
They’ve all been through that same tough shit, and they know what you’re going through, and they’re there for you if you’re serious about pursuing those goals. Is it too much to hope for, to imagine that one day, people in methadone treatment could build something as powerful and as resilient as that? [McDermott, WIred In]
And while you grieve for your precious one who lost the battle before he’d barely got into it, the other son is stealing your money to buy more drugs. The dead brother, the near-death experiences of his own, seem to have no impact at all [Mark, Wired In]
DC reminds us that our online recovery community is six months old. Over 500 members, 700 blogs, 160,000 page views, a supportive environment [Wired In]
Subutex is a high-quality drug for heroin withdrawal. It has its positive impact if it is dosed and used in a good manner. Most Czech Subutex users inject it straight into the vein, often with the common ingredient – plaster. Several of my acquaintances have lost part of a limb because of this [Miky of Czech Republic, Wired In]
This got me thinking about how life after drugs is a bit like that. You need a firm base before you can build up, not so much in the sense of materialistic things but more to do with emotions and feelings. For me, having a sense that it’s ok to feel lousy or happy or absolutely terrified gave me that firm base… [Tony Mulvaterny, Wired In]
Lorraine T. Midanik, dean of the School of Social Welfare at the University of California in Berkeley, is convinced that the contemporary concept of denial as applied to alcoholism represents a weak link in the disease model of addiction [Addiction Inbox, USA]
I have utmost faith in the ability of the sector to adapt and achieve, but I am aware that many organisations have been backed into financial corners [Guardian, UK]
I didn’t have happy memories of my previous visits to NA but I was willing to give it another go. It was the best decision I could of made! I came out of the meeting soooooooo encouraged and lifted up, my whole attitude and outlook on the day’s events had changed [i’m an addict ok, Wired In]
I would do no justice to his work to try and share with you the depth and scope of change he [Mark Gilman] has helped to effect in the North West of England. But let me say, he has boldly gone where no man in the history of treatment field in the UK has gone before! [Annemarie Ward, Wired In]
There’s a good amount of content available on the site already and this made me realise that I must remind people that this material is there. You may find some of it useful for your work or for helping you better understand certain issues. Or it may just be of general interest [David Clark, Wired In]
Things are getting interesting in the US. Just as the UK descends into drug war madness and does its best to paper over the cracks that have started to appear in the drugs policy (more about that later) the whiff of change is forcing its way onto the agenda on the other side of the pond [UKCIA, UK]
Hi everyone, I just wanted to update you all on my experience of the last few days at UKESAD. First of all, let me tell you once again I am inspired and exhausted after hearing so many fantastic speakers, one being Christopher Kennedy Lawford (JFK’s nephew) [Annemarie Ward, Wired In]
But I have moved on… I never really saw it before because I was always looking back for what I might miss… instead of looking forward to what I have still yet to gain… I woke this morning and life seems not so bad… all I need to keep reminding myself is to keep looking forward [Louis Blog, Wired In]
The Government has repeatedly declared that it is fighting a War on Drugs. The data presented here show that this is a Phoney War [Centre for Policy Studies, UK]
One of the joys of having a content management system to play around with is that I get to see all sorts of statistics related to the community. I’ve been looking at the most visited blogs. Thought I’d show you the most visited month by month. And the ‘winners’ are… [David Clark, WIred In]
I know I ain’t blogged for some time but life has been a bit all over the shop for the last month or so. I relapsed and was in a bit of a death spin for a while, but my friends and family pulled around me and I realised that there was another way, that I did have options and I could chose my own fate [I’m an addict ok, Wired In]
However, scientists often argue that little of what we have learnt about addiction, recovery and treatment is being applied widely in practice today. Too few people are benefiting from these new insights {Wired In]
In the early 1990s, it was safe to say that Dr. Ting-Kai Li was in possession of the largest and most famous collection of alcoholic rats in the world [Addiction Inbox, USA]
For one thing, we have to distinguish between problematic and non-problematic drug use, something the Home Office is not fond of [Students for Sensible Drug Policy, UK]
