Addiction clinicians ROCK! It’s a complex field and evolving all the time. But some tried-and-true tools will never go out of date. Strategies, tips, and even a laugh or two.
That's important in a treatment context, because a history of multiple drug use means they will be tempted to focus on one substance -- their "drug of choice", whatever they may feel that is -- while minimizing the importance of the others.
What is it about having consumed hallucinogenic tea in a remote forest clearing, and as a result, spending the next few hours first vomiting, then hallucinating, and finally alternating between euphoria and intense fear, that could possibly transform the user into better, more effective corporate leader?
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As it turned out, that old stereotype of the pothead who can’t recall what you just said? There’s some truth to it.
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The real aim was always making recreational use fully legal.
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She emphasizes how much stigma is encountered by older recovering persons in the healthcare system.
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A whole range of psychedelic substances can apparently trigger HPPD
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…the main challenge for all these meds is “medication adherence.” Translation: patients stop taking them.
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…it’s a common dilemma for many people in her situation — do I really have to give up alcohol forever?
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It appears to attract younger CEO’s from industries such as technology, entertainment, and high finance. It’s here that we encounter language such as ‘visioning’, ‘aspirationalizing’, and ‘future-proofing’, whatever that may be.
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…we made a popular drug of abuse legal, widely available in shops and online, and proceed to market the heck out of it– did we really think that the number of users would go down?
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…(a) common tactic is to swear off alcohol entirely for the duration of the Holiday season. Then, having ‘proved’ to oneself (and, hopefully, to others) that you can abstain, you promptly go right back to drinking.
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