Archives for April, 2016
Addiction, recovery and sex
When I was new in recovery I memorized the 12-Steps.
Then, at a meeting I heard someone mention the 13th Step. What!? There's another step I have to do? I asked what the 13th Step was.
"It's hitting on newcomers - hooking up with newbies," I was told.
"Ah," a much younger and better looking me said to myself. "That's why all these guys are giving me hugs and buying me coffee."
I stopped hugging guys that...
Then, at a meeting I heard someone mention the 13th Step. What!? There's another step I have to do? I asked what the 13th Step was.
"It's hitting on newcomers - hooking up with newbies," I was told.
"Ah," a much younger and better looking me said to myself. "That's why all these guys are giving me hugs and buying me coffee."
I stopped hugging guys that...
What we’re missing in treating addiction
Addiction is a disease of the brain. Over and over and over we heard this at the recent National RX Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit in Atlanta.
The president said it. His drug czar Michael Botticelli, said it. Dr. Nora Volkow, head of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, said it, along with the heads of the Centers for Disease Control, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration,...
The president said it. His drug czar Michael Botticelli, said it. Dr. Nora Volkow, head of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, said it, along with the heads of the Centers for Disease Control, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration,...
Buprenorphine: How many patients is too many?
Last week the Department of Health and Human Services published in the Federal Register a notice of rulemaking for medication assisted treatment - MAT - for opioid abuse that would increase the maximum number of patients a practitioner can treat from 100 to 200.
The proposed rule would apply specifically to buprenorphine, also known as "bupe"among drug users. The drug is used to wean addicts off prescription and street opioids, such as oxycodone...
The proposed rule would apply specifically to buprenorphine, also known as "bupe"among drug users. The drug is used to wean addicts off prescription and street opioids, such as oxycodone...
