I'll head into the holiday with a story from Dawn Farm's holiday mailing. After all, recovery is what it's all about. singing about freedom Keri grew up in a close, creative family. From an early age, music was there. “I think I started performing when I was in preschool,” she remembers. She had real talent—everyone … Continue reading What it’s all about
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…let us work together
"If you have come here to help me, then you are wasting your time… But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together." - Lila Watson Obviously, I've been thinking a lot about the buprenorphine maintenance, the NY Times series and the reactions since it was published. … Continue reading …let us work together
What makes treatment effective?
This will be my post in response to the NY Times' series on Suboxone. This post originally ran on 7/19/13 and addressed a lot of our concerns. * * * I've been catching a lot of heat recently for posts about Suboxone and methadone. (For the sake of this post, lets refer to … Continue reading What makes treatment effective?
Let’s sensationalize recovery
It just so happens that Dawn Farm is co-sponsoring a screening of the film next week. One Crafty Mother has a post responding to The Anonymous People. That last bullet point is the one I want to focus on. [There are over 23 million people in long term recovery in America alone.] Changing the public's … Continue reading Let’s sensationalize recovery
What makes treatment effective?
I've been catching a lot of heat recently for posts about Suboxone and methadone. (For the sake of this post, lets refer to them as opioid replacement therapy, or ORT, for the rest of this post. One commenter who blogs for an ORT provider challenged my arguments that we should offer everyone the same kind … Continue reading What makes treatment effective?
12 hour Recovered podcast to benefit Dawn Farm starts soon!
Our friends at Recovered, a recovery podcast, are doing a 12 hour podcast in support of Dawn Farm. They are doing this fundraising event in honor of their late son Andrew on this weekend which would have been his 27th birthday. You can listen to it live at 8:00 am EDT or GMT -4 here.
Methadonia
When Methadonia was first released, there was quite a bit of hand wringing over whether the film inaccurately presented methadone maintenance treatment in a negative light. Cassie Rodenberg, at The White Noise, who has been spending time with and blogging about homeless addicts in the Bronx says [emphasis mine]: Some on the streets find methadone worse than an original heroin addiction, while … Continue reading Methadonia
Hazelden to start opioid maintenance
This has gotten a lot of attention [emphasis mine]: ...for the first time, Hazelden will begin providing medication-assisted treatment for people hooked on heroin or opioid painkillers, starting at its Center City, Minnesota facility and expanding across its treatment network in five states in 2013. This so-called maintenance therapy differs from simply detoxifying addicts until … Continue reading Hazelden to start opioid maintenance
Addiction 101
From the Dawn Farm Education Series: Addiction 101 from Dawn Farm on Vimeo.
Job Opportunities
Dawn Farm has 4 positions open, check them out. We were a Top Workplace in 2009, 2010 & 2011. (2012's Top Workplaces haven't been announced yet, but my money's on Dawn Farm.)
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