Get your coffee and read the new Alcohol and Drug Abuse Weekly articles about Earl Hightower and West Huddleston pushing back against SAMHSA and ASAM! This is outstanding! Read it here (PDF)
It seems like such a small thing. Insignificant really. One voice, speaking up. Telling the truth. Not to benefit self, or to excuse or wash away behavior marred in self, greed, and avarice. Just one voice, speaking up to defend what they believe to be right. Not the self righteous kind of “right”. But a […]
Let’s just look at this from a practical application point of view. A physician; any physician has a private practice. Large or small doesn’t matter. If he’s at all successful, he has a staff proportionate to the amount of business he has. Now add 100 new opioid addicted patients. He is purported to suddenly be […]
At Robert F. Kennedy’s gravesite is the following inscription: “It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice. He sets forth a tiny ripple of hope, and […]
I’ve talked before about my involvement with the National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP). With over 2,900 drug courts across the United States and 22 foreign countries, NADCP oversaw the transfer of over 140,000 non-violent drug offenders from jail to treatment in 2013 alone! As an abstinence-based organization, they stand as a beacon of […]
Need to say thank you for the remarkably positive response to the rant on Reparative Therapy in Texas. I wanted to clear something up though, at the request of a couple of people who, very civilly, made a good point. They asked that I make the distinction between Texas and the guys on the platform […]
Just read that the Texas State Republican Party voted to endorse Reparative Therapy as part of their new platform. They apparently felt that trying to convince or “help” gay people not to be gay anymore was something they believe will help restore American values. Now, I’m straight. Always have been. Always will be. But I […]
I went to a treatment center (if you could call it that). The treatment was 42 guys in one room, kicking on army cots. Did it help? I can only say that after 17 days there and a lot of angry outbursts and tears in groups, I’ve now gone without a drink for 33 years. […]
Treatment and recovery are two different things. Back in the beginning, alcoholics being hospitalized was a common practice due to the fact that a chronic alcoholic trying to kick on their own is vulnerable to seizures and death. Treatment serves many purposes. It monitors the alcoholic medically to ensure a safe return to being alcohol-free. […]
A few months ago I did a pro-bono intervention on a crackhead (great guy, seriously) and then went to the White House to talk to the Domestic Policy Council. Basically, the guys who run the earth. They wanted my opinion on treatment and prevention techniques that the government might employ to help with the addiction […]