Category: Addiction

One of the oldest diseases in the world, and we still don’t know as much as we should about its causes, effects, and how to treat it- much less cure it. What we do know, and what we’re learning, ends up here:

Addiction

Accidents Happen

by C. Scott McMillin | Apr 17, 2023 | Addiction | 0 |

His death was an accident in the sense that nothing was found to suggest he intended to die.

Nurses Stealing Drugs

by C. Scott McMillin | Nov 7, 2022 | Addiction, In the News | 0 |
MDs Confronting SUDs

by C. Scott McMillin | Oct 31, 2022 | Addiction | 0 |
Lessons Learned– Again

by C. Scott McMillin | Oct 13, 2022 | Addiction | 0 |
AA vs Some Online Resources

by C. Scott McMillin | Oct 6, 2022 | Addiction | 0 |
What About Safe Injection Sites?

by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 22, 2022 | Addiction, Public Policy | 0 |

Drinking Problem, or Problem with Drinking?

by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 8, 2022 | Addiction | 0 |

I’m not sure the author realizes that almost all the drinkers who wind up in addiction treatment do so after having gone through a period of questioning whether or not they deserve a label such as alcoholic.

The Old Normal

by C. Scott McMillin | Aug 22, 2022 | Addiction | 0 |

It’s still what we tend to think of as ‘normal’. Held up as what we hope to return to, someday when the pandemic is over and sanity has returned.

Fentanyl Sneaks In

by C. Scott McMillin | Aug 1, 2022 | Addiction | 0 |

There’s a long history of people dying from the cocaine-opioid combo, commonly known as a ‘speedball’. The actor John Belushi is one. Philip Seymour Hoffman, River Phoenix are others. We could go on.

An Awful Withdrawal

by C. Scott McMillin | Jun 30, 2022 | Addiction | 0 |

I’d argue that for many years, we paid too much attention to acute withdrawal and too little to the other aspects of opioid recovery, especially relapse prevention.

The New Stoners

by C. Scott McMillin | May 19, 2022 | Addiction | 0 |

People with well-established patterns of use (including frequent users) have probably learned to self-medicate the discomfort of withdrawal by using more cannabis.

An Insider’s Take on Gambling Promotion

by C. Scott McMillin | Apr 18, 2022 | Addiction | 0 |

Bettors at the race track report feeling a distinct sense of relief after they place a bet – again, regardless of the outcome. “That’s what I was chasing,” admitted one person now in recovery. “That feeling. Except it doesn’t last. So you keep chasing.”