An Unwelcome Consequence
Every so often I'd run into family members who'd let the situation go in the belief that treatment was futile until the drinker themselves decided they 'wanted' to quit.
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Another “Resurgence”
…the preoccupation with overdose death rates inadvertently distracted the public from a much larger and more enduring medical and social problem: an expanding population of persons with chronic Substance Use Disorders (SUDs).
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Driver’s Ed
Of course, people who work in treatment know that there’s already solid base of regular users, millions of them, including daily smokers.
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A Case of Drunk Driving
I hate to see drunk driving convictions overturned for procedural errors, because I suspect that eventually, those fatality stats will reverse course and begin to climb again.
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Who’s Raising the Kids?
“It’s still about pre-natal care,” I recall one (nurse) explaining.
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Elder and Addicted
For many people, however, including helping professionals, it’s tempting to just give up
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Drugstore Cowboy
As soon as they were feeling better, the guys would gather in the lounge to swap stories of high-level burglaries and shoplifting expeditions on a grand scale.
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Secondhand Drinking
It can be flagrant or subtle, but damage it will be. Sadly, the drinker is usually the last one to become aware of it. In fact, many never do.
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Coercion in Massachusetts
I compare it to finding someone lying on the sidewalk, helping them up, brushing them off, and pushing them down again.
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Cruising With Cannabis
There’s not a lot of disagreement about the potential for cannabis intoxication to impair driving performance, though without an accepted standard and a reliable roadside test, it’s not of much value in a courtroom.
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When Shame Would Help
Clearly, these folks don’t experience shame in the way society expects. It’s why they arrive in treatment angry and defensive.
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Treatment and Coercion
Those of us who work in treatment quickly sense a problem: people with addictions aren’t likely to respond to this approach.
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