Mobilizing the recovery community since 1999.
Jefferson City, MO
Joined January 2015
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Do you have a plan to avoid relapse this holiday season? Check out Smart Recovery's "Holiday Challenges to Addiction Recovery" for some tips!: smartrecovery.org/holidays-c…
A Sober Halloween: Enjoying Halloween Celebrations While in Addiction Recovery 800recoveryhub.blog/2017/10/… via @800recoveryhub
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The number of drug-related deaths increased by 16% last year, as fatal overdoses declined by an estimated 5.1% nationwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The need for recovery is great.|| ow.ly/qHqq50wfKtf
Please read this article and get educated!
If Cops Don’t Die From Incidental Fentanyl Exposure, a Drug Treatment Specialist Warns, They ‘Could Become Addicted to It Instantly’ – Reason.com
This insanity is beyond the pale. reason.com/2019/07/08/if-cop…
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If Cops Don’t Die From Incidental Fentanyl Exposure, a Drug Treatment Specialist Warns, They ‘Could Become Addicted to It Instantly’ – Reason.com
This insanity is beyond the pale. reason.com/2019/07/08/if-cop…
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#RecoveryMonth is here! Join communities across the country in spreading the word that treatment is available and #recovery is possible. #RisforRecovery
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our "rehab" system is completely broken... help more people become aware of the problems.
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“Recovery has impacted my life by giving me a life.” You rock, Blake! #RecoveryMonth #RecoveryMovement #RecoveryWorks
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important piece by @LeoBeletsky & @DMTJoshi about why using jails as "treatment" is a bad idea. nytimes.com/2019/09/03/opini…
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U.S. District Judge Dan Polster says plaintiffs can try to prove drugmakers’ deceptive marketing of the painkillers caused a harmful, massive increase in supply that pharmacies and distributors did not do enough to stop. reut.rs/2Lno9yi via @Reuters @Reuters_Health
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Congrats Wendy! 5 YEARS SOBER TODAY‼️‼️❤️❤️😁😁 @untipsyteacher #RecoveryMonth untipsyteacher.com/2019/09/0… – at Burbank, CA
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“I’m going to tell you a secret, something so annoying, so frustrating, and so correct that it blew my mind: Being sober made me cool.” vice.com/en_au/article/3kxny… – at Altadena, CA
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How many times must we protect our records & right to privacy? If docs want to know about SUD history & current Tx regimens, they need to build rapport & ask - stigma & discrimination against those of us w/ SUD is too high to risk changing 42 CFR Part 2 reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgend…
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"The decline should not be a signal to slow down efforts — or funding — to combat the epidemic." - @DrShawnRyan1.
Legislative efforts like the #CAREAct, introduced by @RepCummings & @SenWarren, would provide the investment needed to #treataddictionsavelives.
While preliminary data from the CDC shows that reported drug overdoses declined 4.2% last year, some states actually saw double-digit increases. n.pr/32uXlUB
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“The drug epidemic has hardly abated. Deaths from fentanyl, the powerful synthetic opioid that is being illicitly manufactured abroad and smuggled into the United States, continue to increase. There has also been a rise in deaths from cocaine and meth.” washingtonpost.com/investiga… – at Las Vegas, NV
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I know there are many #opioid books coming out now from highly respected experts, you buy them on Amazon (and I did). But don't forget this thorough and well-footnoted book from the Surgeon General on #all #addiction. It's free. I think it's the best. addiction.surgeongeneral.gov…
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Clarity before Congress, from Dr @YngvildOlsen : “ending of the addiction and overdose crisis requires more than new resources. It requires a new attitude.” (a minute worth watching both for message and because Dr Olsen speaks with unimpeachable authority)
"It's time for the United States to take a compassionate, humane, and public health approach to this crisis."
Check out the stirring testimony of @YngvildOlsen yesterday before Congress on what a "new attitude" towards the opioid epidemic *really* means.
@ASAMorg
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As opioid addiction and deadly overdoses escalated into an epidemic across the U.S., thousands of surgeons continued to hand out far more pills than needed for postoperative pain relief, according to a KHN-Johns Hopkins analysis of Medicare data. statnews.com/2019/06/21/surg… – at Las Vegas, NV
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'The implementation of #harmreduction strategies fall far short of reaching most people in need, who frequently see their health-related #humanrights violated.' ~@UniteMPNetwork idpc.net/blog/2019/06/road-t…
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Jessie Grieb lost her brother four years ago, June 15. He was yet another casualty of the nation’s opioid crisis.
Read more here: miamiherald.com/news/local/c… – at Altadena, CA