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But something just snapped. I joined a service user group and it has totally changed my life. I now have something to do to engage my brain. I have found something that makes me just as high as heroin but naturally. I am not religious but prayed for the day for me to see the sky, not just the clouds [Haylz, Wired In]
In response to Carl’s concerns regarding the future of SMART Recovery in the UK, Tom Hovarth, President of SMART Recovery, updates us on where things stand. “We need to increase the availability of SMART Recovery meetings for everyone, and to use all reasonable means to do so” [Tom Horvath, Wired In]
I was looking at a photo of Michael today and just can’t believe we won’t talk anymore. It is difficult to come to terms with. It’s as if he has been forgotten, as if he never was and life goes on. I do want my life to go on but sometimes I sit here and think – wow did that really happen, did Michael really exist? [Susan C, Wired In]
I made a start on a close reading of the Welsh Assembly consultation paper on Integrated Care Pathways. To say that it’s dry reading would be an enormous understatement, and it’s only because I have some experience of reading and digesting official documents, that someone with my background has managed to hack my way through it so far [Gareth Joseph, Wired In]
On June 10th we will be holding the second all Wales service user conference in Wrexham. This years event is once again funded by the Welsh assembly and the service user conference planning group is formed by one representative from each of the seven health trusts in Wales [John Mills, Wired In]
Contrary to what is commonly assumed, psychoactive drugs do not produce fixed and predictable psychological effects that are dependent purely on their chemical properties [Wired In]
This DrugScope document was published last week following a similar look at adult treatment last year… The word recovery is mentioned in this paper only three times. All in the same paragraph on page 30. That’s out of 65 pages. From a recovery perspective, it’s worse than the Cross Government Drugs Research Strategy and that was dire [Peapod, Wired In]
Bitterness, resentment, accusation. None of these things happened for me – it was a warm, healing meeting. Yes it was difficult and painful, I think both of us were anxious. L gave me a hug when she saw me and we sat and chatted for nearly two hours. Her honesty and humility were a credit to her depth of personality [Susan C, Wired In]
I would like to tell Perry’s story. Of his descent into heroin addiction and his untimely death. Perry was 18 when he came to his mother and myself to tell us he had a problem. Right here we go again. It wasn’t the first time he came to us with a problem. But what a problem! [Keith F, Wired In]
Mr Heroin will always be part of my life if I allow it. The man without a face, or an image of a thousand faces. He has many faces, male and female, he owns every member of his victim’s family and loved ones. He is very clever, he portrays himself in many fields of life, he is like a mas murderer, greater than the worst evil in the universe [Ann Marie, Wired In]
We are really pleased (and I mean really, really and thrice really) to announce that our own Professor Clark, Mark Gilman and Phil Valentine will be speaking at the above conference. For those of you who may not know about Phil, he is Executive Director for the Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR) and has been an integral component in this recovery community organisation since January 1999 [Michaela, Wired In]
Don’t take someone else’s addiction personally, being involved with an addict hurts. It’s painful to be involved with an addict of drugs or sex or alcohol or gambling or anything else the mind can get hooked on. It’s painful, and it can make you feel guilty for being involved [Verve, Wired In]
So in the spirit of all things new and leaping-lamb-like I have renamed this blog. Now it may not seem like much to you but change is afoot and this is my humble reflection of the amazing things that are still to come. And I really think they will, you know [MIchaela, Wired In]
Considers the views of the philosopher Douglas Husak on the justice of drug laws in America [Wired In]
Looks at factors that have influenced the development of laws regulating recreational drug use, in particular influential happenings in America [Wired In]
“The elements of a system, much like the Guiding Principles, are rooted in the very core of the system’s values. They are the individual components that make up the whole… the elements of a ROSC broken down into their individual parts have recovery as their fundamental ingredient” [David Clark, Wired In]
Indeed we could see the addiction treatment system as a voraciously hungry monster that consumes as much cash as it can lay its hands on with the sole purpose of keeping itself in business. And while some of us are not big earners in it, we are still kept by it.[Kuladharini, Wired In]
In preparing to do a presentation on the state of mutual aid in the UK, I discovered something very interesting. Mutual aid is not only alive and well, it is exceedingly healthy. The findings below are based on the best evidence I could find (including counting hundreds of meetings on websites!) [David McCartney, Wired In]
I need to talk about something as I am meeting someone tomorrow to mend some bridges. I know it might heal things a little for me but I am hurting. I thought by writing this down and reflecting on what happened might start the healing process and, perhaps more importantly, help prepare me for tomorrow [Susan C, WIred In]
After using opiates for 14 years I decided, after unsuccessful attempts to reduce my dosage in the past, that I would seek a legally prescribed methadone prescription and then attempt to reduce slowly. I’m currently on a waiting list for methadone, but unfortunately it’s 14-16 weeks before I will receive a prescription [Tommy, Wired In]
