In the News: Kratom

Sometimes it's just a personal conviction that you (or human beings in general) need to experience some type of chemical euphoria in order to live a full and happy existence.

Dear Friends on What Used to be Twitter-

We will miss you VERY much! Remember back when we'd do "live Tweet" sessions about addiction and recovery issues?  Theme weeks? Tweet threads on the latest research? And you have always been so generous in retweeting, sharing, liking, and bringing new and interesting information about treatment and recovery to our attention.

We joined What Used to be Twitter back in 2012 - what a long time ago that seems! We made so many great friends in those early days, before the troll swarms and bot armies invaded. Literally thousands of you clicked "follow" to stay in touch and get regular updates about addiction, treatment, and recovery. And so many of you followed links in our tweets, to find resources on our ad-free, nothing-to-sell, quality-information-for-all website.

We wanted to be there for you, to stay accessible, to keep the good information flowing - so when What Used to be Twitter became what it is now, we stayed, hoping against...

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Those Troubling OD Statistics

In recent months, samples have been  found with as much as 20% fentanyl content. It’s easy to see how this could increase both the total number of overdoses, and the percentage of victims who did not survive.

An Inside Look at Drug Court

Even today, the estimated cost for keeping someone under drug court supervision is in the range of $2500 to $4000 a year. Compare that to estimates of  $20,000 to as high as $50,000 (in some expensive states), simply to maintain someone in a cell for the same period.

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The Brad Pitt Experience

It’s a familiar path that countless others have trod before him. For most of them, things didn’t turn out too well. I’m sure he knows that. We all know that, don’t we?

The Brad Pitt Experience

It’s a familiar path that countless others have trod before him. For most of them, things didn’t turn out too well. I’m sure he knows that. We all know that, don’t we?

RFKJr. and the Pouch

“Pouch” nicotine is a synthetic form of the drug that has been enhanced for rapid absorption and speedy delivery to the brain — changes that render it far more addictive. 

What We Can Learn from Estonia

...the situation has improved, mostly because of renewed efforts on the demand side. Estonia adopted harm reduction strategies used effectively in other countries,  such as take-home naloxone; ready access to MAT; and efforts to destigmatize drug use and drug users.

The Storytellers

One young man explained that he avoided speaker meetings because the “drunkalogues” he heard triggered in him an awful craving for a drink.

AUD and CUD

A significant percent who enter treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), will also have a moderate to severe problem with cannabis, although they may not recognize that.

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Rage-baited

From a counseling standpoint, it’s a time when we ought to be advising patients to restrict their social media activity, at the very least to selected forums and sites that support recovery goals

Rage-baited

From a counseling standpoint, it’s a time when we ought to be advising patients to restrict their social media activity, at the very least to selected forums and sites that support recovery goals

Parenting Under The Influence

Children raised in such families are more likely to be exposed to violence, to initiate their own substance use at an earlier age, and to have mental health problems in childhood.

Is This Recovery?

...there are other folks out there like these— pretending to sobriety yet still secretly using, and hoping to avoid the sort of trouble that haunted them in the past.

Officers in the House

...with law enforcement agencies taking on vastly different roles, planning and practicing our response appears more important than in the past.

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A Novel Approach

...the author, who grew up in and around the region, chose to use its earnings to found Higher Ground, a home for recovering women.

A Novel Approach

...the author, who grew up in and around the region, chose to use its earnings to found Higher Ground, a home for recovering women.

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