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PTSD & The Effect On Kids
Home What is a home since it has so many different meanings? For me and
Dan Carpenter: The Road to Recovery
Attending high school classes regularly and being active in sports, allows for most of us
Unvarnished
“It’s a matter of stripping away life’s deceptions. Start at the smallest parts, the pieces
Is It Anger or Something Else?
There was this feeling that would always come to the surface. It would always happen
I Am Surviving
“Sometimes, what we are fighting for, is just a dream that your ego is not
Being the Hero of Your Own Life
Denial Denial is the hardest thing to come to terms with in one’s life. You
Jackson Pierce: Overcoming the Odds
It is said that what doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger. Jackson Pierce is proof
A Different Dose of Drug Education
A new curriculum encourages high schoolers to abstain from substance use but acknowledges not all
The Challenge of Harm Reduction
Changing Attitudes Toward Addiction Treatment By Andrew Tatarsky In our first session, Peter, a successful lawyer,
Is Addiction a Disease?
The current medical consensus about addiction may very well be wrong By Elly Vintiadis on November 8, 2017
ONE BOAT: THE MYTH OF NORMALCY
By Dr. Gabor Maté 10 October 2019 Image: Gestation by Rae Maté As a physician I have
Blame broken policies, not people who use drugs
Reframing the Blame for the War on Drugs END THE DRUG WAR By Louise Vincent
The Danger in Fake Positivity and Spiritual Bypassing
Negative emotions and experiences allow us to grow By Vanessa Smith Bennett These days, the
Why Rehab Fails
The dogma of AA has taken over By Sacha Z. Scoblic My favorite two sentences in
1. Why It Doesn’t Make Sense To Call Addiction A “Disease”
Stanton Peele, Ph.D., and Archie Brodsky with Mary Arnold (1992), The Truth About Addiction and Recovery.
Stop teaching drug abstinence: Just say no to the era of ‘just say no’
By SASHA SIMON NEW YORK DAILY NEWSOCT 14, 2019 | 5:00 AM At this time 30 years ago,
MOST OF US STILL DON’T GET IT: ADDICTION IS A LEARNING DISORDER
Addiction is not about our brains being “hijacked” by drugs or experiences—it’s about learned patterns
The Real Stigma of Substance Use Disorders
Does it Matter How We Talk About People with Substance Use Disorder? WHAT PROBLEM DOES
