Addiction

In Tibet they say there is a lake where, during a particular full moon each year, the seal-like creatures who live there gather fish in their mouths and offer them up to hordes of owls who hover in the trees above, waiting to eat. There is no apparent reason for the seals to offer the [...]

Faced with a horrific drug problem, Vancouver is trying a radical experiment: Let junkies be junkies.…
Vancouver’s Safe Environment for Drug Addicts

I was at one of those meetings tonight where things just seem to fall into place.  There was hardly anyone there because of a memorial service for Jere, about whom I wrote a few weeks ago.  (I chose not to go; said goodbye already).  The two speakers failed to show as well, so the chair [...]

Some folks may have wondered why I don’t post more to this site.  There are actually several reasons.
It’s especially hard to find high-quality material about addiction and recovery online, and I can’t write everything myself.  (Well, I could, but it would eventually turn into b.s.)   I avoid posting links to commercial sites like treatment [...]

The RAC Foundation found average reaction times slowed by 35% when 17 to 24-year-olds drove in a simulator while writing or reading texts.
Nearly 50% of drivers aged between 18 and 24 texted while driving, it said.
Previous studies had found reactions were 21% slower among those who had taken cannabis and 12% slower among those who [...]

I posted some remarks  about whether or not a person is really in recovery if they’re still using nicotine, on TheSecondRoad.org.  Many people agreed with me, but some were absolutely vehement in their defense of smoking — or of having smoked well after they had ceased using other drugs.  People got so emotional about [...]

Nineteen years ago today, at a few minutes after 4:00 PM, I washed my last Valium® down with my last beer. Shortly thereafter, I walked through the doors of a drug and alcohol treatment center to begin the rest of my life. A couple of days later I had the moment of clarity that was [...]

An interesting take on the issue, even if you don’t completely agree.
The phrase “addiction doesn’t care” is not meant to remind us that addiction casts a long shadow — everyone knows that. Rather, it is supposed to suggest that any individual, no matter who, is vulnerable to the ravages of drugs and alcohol.The same rhetoric [...]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alcohol-related causes such as liver disease and car crashes account for nearly 12 percent of American Indian and Alaska Native deaths, 3-1/2 times the figure for the overall population, officials said on Thursday.
Alcohol deaths common among American Indians

Chris M. writes for The Second Road, a website devoted to recovery from addictions of various kinds, and the man can write! He’s currently in the process of looking for a job that suits his talents. Here’s some of what he has to say about it…
I don’t know what it’s like anywhere else, [...]