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no hint of opinion here
To me, the most important line in the NY Times Suboxone series was this one, “[Dr. Sullivan] considered opioid addiction “a hopeless disease’”. We believe that maintenance approaches are rooted in the...
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What makes treatment effective?
This will be my post in response to the NY Times’ series on Suboxone. This post originally ran on 7/19/13 and addressed a lot of our concerns. * * * I’ve been catching a lot of heat recently for...
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Tribes of the recovering community
This week’s tribe is the Calix Society. Calix is an association of Catholic alcoholics who are maintaining their sobriety through affiliation with and participation in the Fellowship of Alcoholics...
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Recovery capital and capital
From the UK Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs second report of the recovery committee [emphasis mine]: …our optimism about recovery should be tempered. Evidence suggests that different groups are...
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we can heal
Jennifer Matesa has a new piece up at the recently reincarnated The Fix. It’s a response to the recent NY Times series on Suboxone and goes directly after the underlying assumption and its implications...
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Precovery
Bill White introduces a new concept, precovery: Precovery involves several simultaneous processes: physical depletion of the drug’s once esteemed value, cognitive disillusionment with the using...
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Tribes of the Recovering Community
This week’s tribe is Millati Islami: Millati Islami is a fellowship of men and women, joined together on the “Path of Peace”. We share our experiences, strengths, and hopes while recovering from our...
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Pediatric use of buprenorphine
Drugfree.org has a piece advocating more use of buprenorphine with children. Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) for opioid dependence is a science-based and proven-effective option for teens and young...
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Tribes of the Recovering Community
Celebrate Recovery appears to be the most popular faith-based recovery group in the U.S. It’s Christian and evangelical and it’s not limited to people with drug and alcohol problems. Some members use...
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Sentences to ponder
Medical marijuana dispensary on Ventura Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Mark Kleiman shares typically thoughtful and serious thoughts about legalizing cannabis....
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