Cannabis as a Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)
So why hasn't cannabis already prevented them from developing a severe opioid problem?
Category: Addiction Clinicians
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 But some tried-and-true tools will never go out of date.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.
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Medical Relapse Trap
That is not the doc’s fault, and frankly, it isn’t really James’, either. It’s what happens where addiction rules. If not at that moment, then the next.
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Booze-Opioid Connection
After the third incident, the doc gave him an ultimatum – either get help or face a taper off the program.
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Rock n’ Roll Will Never Die
I’ve run into many clinicians who regard such clients as so disturbed and resistant to change as to be virtually immune to therapy.
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The Angry DWI Client
I realized it wasn’t really me he was angry with. It was himself. For getting caught.
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The Difficult Discussion: Your Turn
Avoid accusations, threats, self-pity, bringing up old resentments, etc.
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Lowering the Emotional Temperature
The more you practice consciously lowering your emotional temp, the easier it will be to do the same in a difficult situation.
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Exercises in Effective Listening
If during the course of a difficult discussion, the conversation happens to touch on any of those areas, expect to react emotionally.
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Listen Up!
Arguing activates people’s natural defenses and brings communication to a halt.
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Different Disorders?
Many of the differences in the experience of alcohol and heroin addiction are due to their respective status in the eyes of the law.
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Groups That Work: Values
Effective working groups can continue their traditions through surprising changes in location, membership, etc.
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Negotiating With Ourselves
I contend that the outcome of a given treatment episode is often determined right at the outset, based on why the clients is in treatment in the first place.
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Withdrawal Dilemma
The physician, meanwhile, depends on the information provided by medical science, usually in the form of materials from the pharma firm that markets the product.
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