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You’re doing what I used to do. Things would be going well and I would be sitting there waiting for the BANG… and my god it always happened. I couldn’t plan for the next day, never mind the next hour or next five minutes… [Linda Blog, Wired In]
As I noted at the end of last week NICE are consulting on evidence papers around school based efforts to prevent young people from smoking [Drug Education News, UK]
The Home Office tells me that a “data lag” explains why ministers continue to quote hopelessly out-of-date figures to prove they are winning the war on drugs [Mark Easton’s UK, BBC]
It was the late 1980s, and the “Decade of the Brain,” sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the Library of Congress, was still a few years away [Addiction Inbox, USA]
Jason Schwarz from Dawn Farm in the States has posted a blog on his experience of methadone treatment in Michigan. I’ve posted it below. What’s our experience in the UK and on Wired In on the subject? Is our experience of medically assisted recovery different? [Peapod, Wired In]
My raison d’etre has moved on over the last couple of years; from one of self-destruction to one of learning more about life, enjoying all the things I’ve always wanted to enjoy and also trying to help others, particularly through the art of filmmaking [Alex Mackie Blog, UK]
Why did the former spook who heads the Serious Organised Crime Agency give me exclusive details of his organisation’s apparent success in the fight against cocaine smugglers [Mark Easton’s UK, BBC]
The highlight of this visit was attending a Graduation ceremony. I know a good number of people who are recovering or have recovered from serious substance use problems. I have visited a fair number of treatment agencies. But this was my first Graduation… It was all very moving [David Clark Blog, Wired In]
Anyone who is out there who wants to learn from our experience and mistakes over the 11 years, or talk to our Service User Committee – R.I.O.T (Recovery Is Out There) – we will be at the UKESAD conference next week with an exhibition stand [Noreen Oliver Blog, Wired In]
But here is the fascinating bit – the long term recovery group reported better ‘social relations’ quality of life – than the norm – in other words, people in long-term alcohol recovery had better social relations than the normal population [David Best Blog, Wired In]
These are the ingredients of “emotional sobriety,” one of my favorite terms from the recovery programs and my personal aim (right now). These steps represent a paradigmatic shift: from a life of self-gratification to one of compassionate commitment to others [GuyInGHo Blog, WIred In]
… he looked in the old man’s eyes, they were empty… no one lived there any more… the horrible tragedy had drained the life out of him just as effectively as the bomb had bled his daughter in law and the unborn child to death… [Dawg Blog, WIred In]
Also, keep an eye out for an invitation I’ll be posting in the next week or so to a symposium on 29th June, Manchester, organised by myself and DB [David Best], from University of West Scotland, supported by the ever-inspiring Mark Gilman and NTA North West [Stephen Bamber Blog, WIred In]
So what am I doing? I am currently doing recovery studies in Glasgow and Birmingham that are about getting people in recovery to tell their stories and I am also developing questionnaires to measure recovery capital and to assess workers’ attitudes on recovery in mainstream services [David Best Blog, Wired In]
My thanks to Hajra Mir, of Alcohol Concern, for bringing my attention to this Australian research about the impact of drink labelling on young people’s drinking habits suggests that there may be unintended consequences to standardisation [Drug Education News, UK]
So many people have recommended “Wired In” to me over the past six months or so. I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to actually wire myself in! It’s a real joy to become a member of this vibrant online community…The journey of recovery is like no other – so utterly profound, it is both humbling and inspiring to be a part of that [Stephen Bamber Blog, WIred In]
Both Houses in Mexico’s legislature have now approved a bill decriminalising possession of small amounts of all drugs for personal use [Transform, UK]
Transform has been arguing for many years that the harm reduction movement should be more open and vocal in their critique of the harms caused by prohibition and its enforcement, and more actively engage with the the debate around ending prohibition and replacing it with a system of legal regulation. Senior AIDS activists are now doing just that [Transform Drug Policy Foundation, UK]
Acupuncture as a treatment for drug addiction took another punch recently in a study published in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment [Addiction Inbox, USA]
Back in March this blog listed some complaints about the Talk to Frank website and it’s recent anti cannabis campaign. In a comment, Steve Rolles suggested a distilled list of comments be sent in the hope that feedback would improve the site [UKCIA Blog}
