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Patricia Omoqui talks to Byron Katie about her website (www.thework.com) which houses a ‘banquet’ of different types of help resources including video clips, an electronic book and an anonymous hotline {6’04”) [Inexcess TV, UK]
ick references George Ainslie’s work on ‘pico-economics’ and ‘breakdown of will’. He explains the idea of hyperbolic discounting and how this related to addiction. He also explores the concepts of resolutions and preferences and how these relate to our understanding of addiction [Film Exchange on Alcohol & Drugs, UK]
Nick distinguishes between harm reduction and harm elimination. He describes the way in which views of harm reduction in the USA have ‘muddied the waters’ in relation to the goal of controlled drinking {4’13”} [Film Exchange on Alcohol & Drugs, UK]
Bob Lynn, Ph.D is an internationally recognized lecturer, researcher and clinician in the field of addictions. He is an LPC and Fellow in Biofeedback Practice. He is also a recognized expert in Family Therapy [The Afflicted & Affected, USA]
Nick references David Davies, the Sobells and Australian work on controlled drinking treatment. Nick talks about how his interest in this topic was sparked, the book he wrote with Ian Robertson on this topic and the early trial of controlled drinking treatment they carried out {4’44”} [Film Exchange on Alcohol & Drugs, UK]
Nick describes the background of a conference he convened with Rudy Vuchinich on behavioural economics and its relevance to addiction, and the book that arose from this conference [Film Exchange on Alcohol & Drugs, UK]
Nick says we demonise illicit drugs use to irrational levels but equally we underestimate the harmful effects of alcohol. He goes on the discuss ways of reducing alcohol-related harm by pricing. Controlling the alcohol industry and reducing health inequalities {4’13”) [Film Exchange on Alcohol and Drugs, UK]
Byron Katie is an American author and inspirational speaker who teaches her own method of self-enquiry known as ‘The Work’ {7’33”} [Inexcess TV, UK]
Phil describes to us his relationship with drugs and prison. Phil first started taking drugs with his brother and his father as well as his partner. Having lost access to his son and finding himself in prison, Phil enrolled himself on every course available, in an attempt to change and find recovery from his drug addiction [Inexcess TV, UK]
Christopher Kennedy Lawford has focused much of his life on public service in the non-profit sector, working for The Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation, The Special Olympics, and The Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University and Caron Treatment Centers [Afflicted & Affected, USA]
Nick says we demonise illicit drugs use to irrational levels but equally we underestimate the harmful effects of alcohol. He goes on the discuss ways of reducing alcohol-related harm by pricing, ontrolling the alcohol industry and reducing health inequalities [Film Exchange on Alcohol & Drugs, UK]
TalkingDrugs interviewed Massimo Barra, Vice President of the Standing Commission of the International Red Cross, who for many years has been fighting to change drug policy worldwide and make it more humanitarian [Talking Drugs]
G. Alan Marlatt, Ph.D spent many years as a Prof. of Psychology and Dir. of the Addictive Behaviors Research Center at the University of Washington. He has published over 200 articles and 5 books, and his work on relapse prevention, assessment and harm reduction has had a wide impact on the treatment of addictions in the U.S. and abroad [Afflicted & Affected, USA]
David L. Rosenbloom, Ph.D., is Professor of Public Health at Boston University where he directs Join Together, a program that helps communities throughout the country prevent and reduce alcohol and drug problems, and the Youth Alcohol Prevention Centre
Diane tells us how her social drinking got out of control, and how on her return to this country from Zimbabwe, her life changed for the worse [Inexcess TV, UK]
The New Horizon Youth Centre Women’s Open Space Programme were named ‘Drug Team of the Year’ for their work helping vulnerable women. Their outreach programme helps young people sleeping rough, female sex workers and other vulnerable women of all ages affected by substance misuse around the Kings Cross area {5’18”) [Inexcess TV, UK]
Stephen Holme, from Derbyshire, was named ‘Drug Worker of the Year’ for dedicating more than 30 years of his career in the police force to tackling drugs {4’50”} [Inexcess TV, UK]
Joy shares memories of working with women in Scotland. She talks about the complexities of families tackling drug use and the need for children to be free to behave like children {4’46”} [Film Exchange on Alcohol & Drugs, UK]
Joy says that if communities could resolve their own problems they would have done it by now {2’02”} [Film Exchange on Alcohol & Drugs, UK]
Karena tells us how she was trapped by her addictions to heroin and crack, and how through the love for her baby daughter she was able to escape into a new life {1’55”} [Inexcess TV, UK]
