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Aging in Recovery

by C. Scott McMillin | Feb 6, 2025 | Recovery | 0 |

She emphasizes how much stigma is encountered by older recovering persons in the healthcare system.

In The News: Apathy and Pot

by C. Scott McMillin | Oct 20, 2022 | Addictive Substances, In the News | 0 |
Drinking Problem, or Problem with Drinking?

by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 8, 2022 | Addiction | 0 |
Living with a Label

by C. Scott McMillin | Jan 20, 2022 | Addiction Clinicians, People in Recovery | 0 |
An Update on Needle Exchange

by C. Scott McMillin | Jul 8, 2021 | Public Policy, Resources | 0 |
Cruel or Fair?

by C. Scott McMillin | Apr 1, 2021 | Public Policy | 0 |

First Person – Ambivalence

by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 25, 2021 | Addiction | 0 |

“Now, whether I have one drink or 10,” she admits, “I know I’ll still be where I started, in the nook of my sofa with the TV on at half-volume, anxiously biting hangnails.”

Stigmatized

by C. Scott McMillin | Feb 18, 2021 | Programs | 0 |

Logically, the disease model of addiction shouldn’t threaten anyone’s belief in their own ability to recover, any more than a diagnosis of diabetes or hypertension suggests you can’t successfully recover from those illnesses.

Movies About Alcoholism

by C. Scott McMillin | Dec 12, 2019 | Thinking About Addiction | 0 |

There’s a lot of laughter in the recovery world, mostly at oneself. Believe me, it helps.

Fundraising 101

by C. Scott McMillin | Oct 3, 2019 | Programs | 0 |

These volunteers work for the welfare of the community by supporting the important work of your organization.

Back to Biases

by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 26, 2019 | Addiction, Thinking About Addiction | 0 |

“He’s a drug addict,” we’ll hear someone say. “You know what those people are like.”

Needle Exchange Backlash

by C. Scott McMillin | May 24, 2018 | Public Policy | 0 |

Nonetheless, in most instances it’s an a priori resistance rooted in fear, rather than legitimate objections.

Myth or Not?

by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 19, 2018 | Thinking About Addiction | 0 |

Too many doctors worry about “those people” showing up in the waiting room. They don’t particularly want to be known as a resource for the addicted.

Anonymity Dilemma

by C. Scott McMillin | Nov 23, 2017 | People in Recovery | 0 |

…struggles can actually serve as a disincentive to someone who knows you and is now beginning to peer uncertainly up their own long and bumpy road of life change.