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Simple Answers to Complex Problems…. recoveryreview.blog/2023/05/…

Simple Answers to Complex Problems….

“The opposite of addiction is connection” – Johann Hari “Every addiction starts with pain and ends with pain” – Eckhart Tolle “Not why the addiction but why the pain.” – Gabor Mat…

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Early Notes From the Post Pandemic Addiction Tsunami recoveryreview.blog/2023/05/…

Early Notes From the Post Pandemic Addiction Tsunami

Two years ago, I started talking about the likelihood of the pandemic related isolation and turmoil leading to dramatic increases in substance misuse. I termed it an addiction tsunami, others made …

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Buprenorphine and retention recoveryreview.blog/2023/04/…

Buprenorphine and retention

JAMA published new research on buprenorphine initiation and retention and the findings are disappointing. The study looked at a database of retail pharmacy records from 2016 to 2022 that includes 9…

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Pat Taylor: A Pioneering Leader in the New Recovery Advocacy Movement recoveryreview.blog/2023/04/…

Pat Taylor: A Pioneering Leader in the New Recovery Advocacy Movement

One of the major accomplishments of the earliest stages of the New Recovery Advocacy Movement was the founding of Faces & Voices of Recovery in 2001. Pat Taylor was its first Campaign Coordinat…

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The Impacts of Drinking: Quantity Versus Frequency by Age of Drinker recoveryreview.blog/2023/04/…

The Impacts of Drinking: Quantity Versus Frequency by Age of Drinker

After screening for harmful alcohol use, researchers in a 2022 study1 examined differences based on age – with some interesting results.  The study examined… …data from 17,399 respondents who…

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The Effects of Paternal Alcohol Use Prior to Conception recoveryreview.blog/2023/04/…

The Effects of Paternal Alcohol Use Prior to Conception

Very recent original research has found initial evidence that the paternal use of alcohol prior to conception produces physical defects and abnormalities that resemble those caused by maternal drin…

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Promotional Practices in Drug Policy Advocacy recoveryreview.blog/2023/04/…

Promotional Practices in Drug Policy Advocacy

[“Megaphon” by floeschie is licensed under CC BY 2.0.] “Safe supply” is a promotional term, when what is needed is careful evaluation of the risk of such init…

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The Few, The Proud, The Under Resourced – Our SUD Workforce recoveryreview.blog/2023/04/…

The Few, The Proud, The Under Resourced – Our SUD Workforce

Working in the substance use service system has always been a challenge. This was true even from its early days. We help people in some of their most difficult moments with few resources to support…

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There’s more to drug policy and legal or illegal recoveryreview.blog/2023/04/…

There’s more to drug policy than legal or illegal

In a recent post, I tried to unpack “drug policy” to look beyond legal/illegal and think through the kinds of things that drug policies determine and influence. Historically, it seems t…

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Building Bridges Between Islands of Healing – Reposted from Jan 2022 recoveryreview.blog/2023/04/…

Building Bridges Between Islands of Healing – Reposted from Jan 2022

“Let us use whatever power and influence we have, workingwith whatever resources are already available, mobilizing thepeople who are with us to work for what they care about.” – Margaret Wheatley T…

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I want to share some of our learning because it has helped us, our patients and their families. It undoubtedly has wider implications.. What I'm sharing is based on research evidence, evaluation, plus a little bit of experiential learning too. recoveryreview.blog/2023/03/…

Lessons from Rehab

Residential rehab for drug and alcohol problems is a long-established treatment. Recent research has added to the evidence base. In this article, Dr David McCartney passes on the lessons learned fr…

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Useless, yet full of urgency and importance recoveryreview.blog/2021/05/…

Useless, yet full of urgency and importance

A friend shared this REALLY good post. It’s a must-read for anyone working in the helping professions. I’ve written before about the importance of guarding against stealing pleasure thr…

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Looking Beyond Crisis, Our Opportunities Are All About Connection! recoveryreview.blog/2023/03/…

Looking Beyond Crisis, Our Opportunities Are All About Connection!

“The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word ‘crisis.’ One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger–but recognize the…

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Unpacking “drug policy” recoveryreview.blog/2023/03/…

Unpacking “drug policy”

It seems like more is being said about drug policy than ever before. I’ve been posting thoughts about drug policy here for years. However, as I read comments from others, I often wonder wheth…

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Dopey, Boozy, Smoky—and Stupid recoveryreview.blog/2014/07/…

Dopey, Boozy, Smoky—and Stupid

This week’s Throwback Sunday post focuses on a 2007 policy article by Mark Kleiman. In 2013, Kleiman was selected as the project leader to write Washington State’s marijuana regulations…

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12-Step Facilitation is the eighth most frequently used therapeutic approach in treatment facilities recoveryreview.blog/2023/03/…

12-Step Facilitation is the eighth most frequently used therapeutic approach in treatment facilities

There are a lot of problems in addiction treatment, but 12-step hegemony is not the problem that advocates and media coverage would lead one to believe. (Keep in mind that 12-step facilitation is a…

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Reflections on GED classes as part of Recovery Management recoveryreview.blog/2023/03/…

Reflections on GED classes as part of Recovery Management

Photo by Yelena Odintsova on Pexels.com Yesterday, I attended a memorial service for a former co-worker of many years. We worked together at Dawn Farm, an addiction treatment and recovery support p…

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Moving Beyond a System of Care Designed to Fail Us recoveryreview.blog/2023/03/…

Moving Beyond a System of Care Designed to Fail Us

“All systems are perfectly designed to get the results they get.” – Don Coyhis What would happen if we treated substance use with comprehensive, individualized care and support over the long-term? …

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Pressure to drink from others and from advertising abound in early recovery. I share my own experiences and suggest we need to do better to safeguard recovery journeys. recoveryreview.blog/2023/02/…

Why are you not drinking? Alcohol and Advertising

‘I notice you’re not drinking, David’, she said. It was more of a question than an observation, but I didn’t answer. We were in an upmarket restaurant having a meal with our professional peer group…

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It Is Time We Seize the Opportunity to Address SUD Stigma in the U.S. Healthcare System recoveryreview.blog/2023/02/…

It Is Time We Seize the Opportunity to Address SUD Stigma in the U.S. Healthcare System

Across our nation, far too often patients are treated rudely or provided inferior care when their healthcare provider learns that they use drugs, have a history of using drugs or are in recovery. S…

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