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3 Ways The ‘Beautiful Boy’ Movie Corrects Misunderstandings About Addiction
[photo courtesy Amazon Studios] ‘Beautiful Boy’, now on Amazon Prime Video, is an accurate portrayal of what research has shown; that rather than being unidimensional, addiction usually develops from a myriad of influences and risk factors. There can be a strong...
How to understand the Drug Overdose epidemic through Twitter
Don’t you hate it when politicians and drug/health policy decision makers declare that an Opioid crisis is a national pubic health emergency that requires our full resources; yet the overdose death toll and damage continues with little if any change? 70,000 or so...
Harm Reduction Helps FAMILIES Recover
Had a terrific conversation with journalist Alison Knopf, whose case story in the latest Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly captures just how our Coaching using Harm Reduction can help Families find Recovery. This family had already tried the traditional approaches...
3 Ways To Improve Your Relationship With Your Drug Using Children
We at Family Opioid Coaching have gotten hundreds of calls from frustrated, scared parents asking what they can do when their adult children refuse to consider the idea of NOT using drugs. Sometimes they live with a person who uses drugs (PWUD); too fearful to ask...
Beware of “Rehab” and “Detox” in the $35B Addiction Treatment Industry
Some items posted by credible sources on Twitter have a remarkable ability to cut to the truth; like this, from Jon Hislop, MD, PhD of Vancouver B.C. @HislopMD . I find myself cringing when I hear the terms "Rehab" or "Detox" used to describe treatment for alcohol or...
“To Improve Substance Use Disorder Prevention, Treatment and Recovery: Engage the Family”
[based on Ventura AS, Bagley SM, To Improve Substance Use Disorder Prevention, Treatment and Recovery: Engage the Family, J Addict Med 2017;11:339-341] While it’s GOOD to see from personal experience that a certain intervention can solve a problem; it’s BETTER to...
“People say Narcotics Anonymous has saved their life. In a meeting, I said, ‘I love Narcotics Anonymous but it’s the Suboxone that’s saved my life.’ And it’s the truth.”
https://nyti.ms/2KcIGnc “I had to learn how to have a more open mind and just be O.K. with meeting patients where they’re at,” she said. “A lot of our nurses and staff have also grown and been more empathetic than in the very beginning, when it was more like, ‘Oh, you...
Can People Who Had a Drug Addiction Ever Drink Alcohol?
Useful presentation of research and evidence testing some traditional beliefs about addiction and recovery by Zach Siegel. We looked into the concept of "once an addict, always an addict." Zachary Siegel Jun 15 2018, 3:01pm Amid the outpouring of praise and...
The Power of Family Opioid Coaching
How greatly does Opioid and other drug misuse impact the family and how can we aim to reduce it? This post examines the problem and describes an innovative solution. Substance use can erode the trust, love, and respect forming the foundation of family life. In order...
Drug addiction affects the user’s entire family — but where are the support groups for that?
Important event in Cincinatti Ohio to support families who have lost a loved one through addiction. I'm hearing that such families often feel uncomfortable attending traditional bereavement support programs, from the reactions received from others upon disclosing the...
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