Jennifer Matesa's The Recovering Body: Physical and Spiritual Fitness for Living Clean and Sober seeks to provide "a roadmap to creating our own unique approach to physical recovery" and frames "physical fitness as a living amends to self--a transformative gift analogous to the “spiritual fitness” practices worked on in recovery." She focuses on five areas, … Continue reading Book Review: The Recovering Body
Author: Jason Schwartz
I have been an addiction professional and social worker since 1994. I started blogging in 2005 as the Clinical Director at Dawn Farm. I currently serve as the Director of Social Work and Spiritual Care for a healthcare system. I've also served as the Director of Behavioral Health at another hospital. I'm also a lecturer at Eastern Michigan University’s School of Social Work.
Views expressed here are my own.
Keep in mind that the field, the contexts in which the field operates, and my views have changed over time.
A Life Rebuilt
We are very proud and excited to present "A Life Rebuilt" by Adam Wright. Adam is a Dawn Farm alumni and made the film about Amy, another alumni. We love it and hope you'll love it to. We hope this is just the first in a series of Dawn Farm films by Adam. A Life … Continue reading A Life Rebuilt
We are all connected
I thought we we done with the Robin Williams commentaries, but Pat Deegan just posted a great one. There were public displays of affection. There were public memorials. Cries went out imploring the public to seek treatment for depression. But my reaction was somewhat different. I felt angry that Robin Williams took his life. And … Continue reading We are all connected
Recovery is good business
I just learned of this upcoming talk in Ann Arbor: Belief, Hope and Generosity in the Workplace: Hiring Individuals in Recovery Wednesday October 1, 2014: 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm -- Ann Arbor Downtown Library: 4th Floor Meeting Room Ari Weinzweig believes that a key aspect of managing ourselves is acknowledging the power of … Continue reading Recovery is good business
Michigan Senate passes 3 bills to make overdose drug more accessible
This is very good news for Michigan: The state Senate gave final passage today to three bills that will make access to drugs like Narcan, which can successfully reverse the deadly effects of a heroin overdose, more readily available and require emergency medical personnel to carry the drug with them. The bills would: Allow Narcan … Continue reading Michigan Senate passes 3 bills to make overdose drug more accessible
The Lancet and drug harms: missing the bigger picture – TBS
A Throw Back Sunday post from 2007 on values and evaluating drug harms. ============ The Transform Drug Policy Foundation offers a response to the recent Lancet article that ranked drugs by harm. The writer suggest that the article is flawed in two important ways. First he argues that it fails to consider harms caused by … Continue reading The Lancet and drug harms: missing the bigger picture – TBS
We are sane, sober and responsible
Bill White just posted on a cycle that entrenches stigma within some professions. "There are whole professions whose members share an extremely pessimistic view of recovery because they repeatedly see only those who fail to recover. The success stories are not visible in their daily professional lives. We need to re-introduce ourselves to the police who arrested … Continue reading We are sane, sober and responsible
Sentences to ponder
Regardless of the reason one has for ending replacement therapy, making the choice presents a whole new set of challenges. Suboxone is a hard drug to kick. The medication's long half-life combined with its tight adhesion to opiate receptors makes tapering particularly difficult. From anecdotal reports, the least disruptive way to achieve a Suboxone-free life … Continue reading Sentences to ponder
Stigma and the other
This article has been on my mind, but I haven't gotten around to posting anything on it. So, for today's throw back Sunday post, I decided to use a related post. ================== Dirk Hansen included this quote in a post on stigma: “Psychological theories of illness are a powerful means of placing the blame on … Continue reading Stigma and the other
Sentences to ponder
"According to RBP's 2013 annual report, Suboxone had sales of $1.2 billion. It is ranked at #39 of the top 100 drugs prescribed in the U.S., placing it above Viagra, Adderall and (generic) hydrocodone. To give this some context, Suboxone revenue is three times that of Super Bowl advertiser/provocateur Go Daddy, and dwarfs brands including … Continue reading Sentences to ponder
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