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Advocacy has often resulted from a scramble to create something independent and responsive to people’s needs. In other words it has been reactive rather than organised. It has evolved into a movement that is now recognised as a valuable commodity by individuals who use it, services and government alike [UK Recovery Walk 2010]
Faces & Voices of Recovery grew out of the historic 2001 Recovery Summit in St. Paul, Minnesota. It rose as an organizational manifestation of a new recovery advocacy movement in the United States. In the years since, Pat Taylor has brought great passion, skill and creativity to her leadership of Faces & Voices [Faces & Voices of Recovery, USA]
We offer a theoretical, clinical and neurobiological perspective of the overlaps between these disorders, highlight common neural pathways that play a role in depression and substance use disorders and discuss how these commonalities may frame our conceptualization and treatment of co-occurring disorders [Addiction, UK]
Many people find that personal stories of recovery are an important source of both hope and of ideas. The Journeys of recovery audio recordings were created to make Journeys of recovery accessible to people who prefer the spoken word [Scottish Recovery Network, UK]
This briefing papers calls for a much needed Impact Assessment of drug policy. All stakeholders in the drugs debate share the goal of a policy and legal structures that maximise social, environmental, physical and psychological wellbeing. However, the debate around improving drug policy has been emotive, polarised and deadlocked [International Drug Policy Consortium]
Together we will be focusing on Community Recovery ‘Assets’, i.e. current strengths, abilities, experience, knowledge, passion and enthusiasm. These ‘Assets’ will be our foundation, the strengths-based framework from which we will build a strong Community based UK Recovery movement [UK Recovery Foundation]
This series of stages can provide a roadmap, albeit a fluid one, of the process of recovery that can be applied, specifically, to helping people recover from having a serious mental illness. For me, it has been a much better roadmap than the medical model’s version [David Clark, Wired In]
In possibly one of the most divisive interviews given within the recovery community in the UK, Joe Gerstein, described as the founder of SMART Recovery, talks to Guardian journalist Denis Campbell in an article published on 10th March 2010 [Peapod, Wired In]
These days, recovery for me is not about struggling to stay sober or clean (although not using or drinking is still at the top of my daily ‘to do’ list). It’s about living life to the full. It’s about connecting: to others, to myself, to things bigger than me. It’s about putting something back. It’s about being grateful for a new chance [Peapod, Wired In]
So as the continuing culture of binge drinking emerges, and with many of our clients becoming dependent on alcohol, is it time we revisited the recovery agenda within shared care? I say that because the standards within the treatment services are addressing many of the issues needed to help people sustain long term recovery [Oliver, Wired In]
And as for choice what is all that about? Am I choosing to sit here and be some kind of confused mad woman who doesn’t even know herself any more? Or should I leap up and down and scream or calmly start writing a plan of action? [Susan C, Wired In]
I have spent much of this morning lurking around my flat in a deerstalker hat, magnifying glass in hand,my trusty hound (not of the Baskervilles, he’s mine) by my side searching for my missing muse. I had it last week, I may well have had it the week before, but today my muse has gone AWOL [Michaela, Wired In]
In recovery many people report an increase in energy, a need to be active and often people begin to re-connect with the creative side of their make-up [Inexcess TV, UK]
Vinnie talks about his desire to stop using and his time at Pierpoint in their 12 step programme. He describes his mind as a washing machine, constantly churning over thoughts, the skills he has learnt in the programme help him rationalise and deal with those thoughts and the subsequent emotions {3’10”} [Inexcess TV, UK]
Kevin Barron MP, Chairman of the Health Select Committee opened a debate in the Commons on the Committee’s recent report on alcohol. Gillian Merron, Minister of State, at the Health Department, responded to the debate [Parliament, UK]
The report is the result of face-to-face research commissioned by NHS North West, Our Life and Pfizer Limited. The partnership aimed to discover the health attitudes and lifestyle choices of an economically deprived population with existing health risk factors [Our Life, UK]
Some of us have been waiting a long time to be able to stock foil in our needle programmes, today’s article is from Allison my co-host on the Hooked podcast who is now in a position to do this [Injecting Advice, UK]
Three illustrations of the workings of the UK drugs policy this week, each very different yet all indicative of the dire state UK drugs policy is in [UKCIA, UK]
Findings suggest that treatment completion rates of individuals from poor South African communities can be enhanced by i) improving perceptions of substance abuse treatment through introducing quality improvement initiatives into substance abuse services, ii) strengthening clients’ abstinence-oriented social networks and, iii) strengthening the counselor-client therapeutic alliance [Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment and Policy, USA]
[Faces & Voices of Recovery, USA]
The drugs scene in Colombia is characterized by the fact that it is dominated by a confusion of insufficiently supported statistics and speculative diagnoses which produce policies that reflect this chaos. The common denominator is the political manipulation of the data [Transnational Institute, uSA]
Live monitoring of the 53rd session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Vienna, 8-12 March 2010 [CND Blog]
In simple terms, dependence can be seen as an impairment in a person’s ability or power to choose. The drug becomes more important to the person than other aspects of their life, which the majority of us would consider as essential [Wired In]
I’ve come away to the wilds for a couple of days to take a break, having checked I would have reliable internet access. Sadly, reliable is a relative term. It’s taking a lifetime to find anything so I’ve decided to give up. My sincere apologies for this interruption in your service. I will be back… Thursday. My best wishes [David Clark, Editor]
