by Patrick Doyle | Jan 6, 2019 |
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...
by Patrick Doyle | Oct 2, 2018 |
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...
by Patrick Doyle | Sep 17, 2018 |
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...
by Patrick Doyle | Aug 16, 2018 |
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...
by Patrick Doyle | Aug 5, 2018 |
[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...
by Patrick Doyle | Jun 24, 2018 |
“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 messed up? Then you’re...
