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Advocacy has often resulted from a scramble to create something independent and responsive to people’s needs. In other words it has been reactive rather than organised. It has evolved into a movement that is now recognised as a valuable commodity by individuals who use it, services and government alike [UK Recovery Walk 2010]
Many people find that personal stories of recovery are an important source of both hope and of ideas. The Journeys of recovery audio recordings were created to make Journeys of recovery accessible to people who prefer the spoken word [Scottish Recovery Network, UK]
This briefing papers calls for a much needed Impact Assessment of drug policy. All stakeholders in the drugs debate share the goal of a policy and legal structures that maximise social, environmental, physical and psychological wellbeing. However, the debate around improving drug policy has been emotive, polarised and deadlocked [International Drug Policy Consortium]
Live monitoring of the 53rd session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Vienna, 8-12 March 2010 [CND Blog]
Kevin Barron MP, Chairman of the Health Select Committee opened a debate in the Commons on the Committee’s recent report on alcohol. Gillian Merron, Minister of State, at the Health Department, responded to the debate [Parliament, UK]
These days, recovery for me is not about struggling to stay sober or clean (although not using or drinking is still at the top of my daily ‘to do’ list). It’s about living life to the full. It’s about connecting: to others, to myself, to things bigger than me. It’s about putting something back. It’s about being grateful for a new chance [Peapod, Wired In]
This series of stages can provide a roadmap, albeit a fluid one, of the process of recovery that can be applied, specifically, to helping people recover from having a serious mental illness. For me, it has been a much better roadmap than the medical model’s version [David Clark, Wired In]
I’ve had a shitty day today. Then I remembered to take my friend’s advice! I have to learn to take the rough with the smooth; the tears with the laughter; the richness with the poverty. That’s what being sober is about [Wynford `ellis Owen, WIred In]
Most people don’t really care about the ins and outs, the statistics and forms, abstinence versus maintainence versus road to Damascus conversions. They just want to get better and/or have a better life [Michaela, Wierd In]
In recovery many people report an increase in energy, a need to be active and often people begin to re-connect with the creative side of their make-up [Inexcess TV, UK]
Vinnie talks about his desire to stop using and his time at Pierpoint in their 12 step programme. He describes his mind as a washing machine, constantly churning over thoughts, the skills he has learnt in the programme help him rationalise and deal with those thoughts and the subsequent emotions {3’10”} [Inexcess TV, UK]
Findings suggest that treatment completion rates of individuals from poor South African communities can be enhanced by i) improving perceptions of substance abuse treatment through introducing quality improvement initiatives into substance abuse services, ii) strengthening clients’ abstinence-oriented social networks and, iii) strengthening the counselor-client therapeutic alliance [Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment and Policy, USA]
According to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), about 420,000 of the over 5 million veterans receiving health care from VA had substance use disorder diagnoses in fiscal year 2009 [Government Accountability Office, USA]
The “drug experience” produced by a particular psychoactive substance depends on both drug and non-drug factors [David Clark, Wired In]
I’ve come away to the wilds for a couple of days to take a break, having checked I would have reliable internet access. Sadly, reliable is a relative term. It’s taking a lifetime to find anything so I’ve decided to give up. My sincere apologies for this interruption in your service. I will be back… Thursday. My best wishes [David Clark, Editor]
