Most instant drug tests are notorious for picking up false positives from common medications like antihistamines, antidepressants, antipsychotics, antibiotics, and analgesics. Poppy seeds can give a “true” positive.
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Dear Daddy, Why Didn't You Protect Me?
Instead of worrying about being attacked by some random person on the street, I lived with my attacker 365 days a year.
What Is Evidence-Based Addiction Treatment?
12-step programs are an incomplete approach and do not meet the requirements for evidence-based treatment because they lack biomedical and psychological components, and they use a one-size-fits-all approach.
When Love Is Not Enough: How We All Failed My Sister
These are the ugly, dark parts of mental illness and drug addiction that no one talks about, and by not talking about it, it stays hidden, and shameful, and powerful, and deadly.
Nice to Meet You, Will You Marry Me: Life as a Newcomer in Sobriety
Relationships make us feel good. And if we haven’t done the work to grow in the areas of emotional sobriety, we will quickly find that being in a relationship has become our new fix.
Zero Coping Skills: How Jackie Monahan Found Peace of Mind for the First Time
Contrast in life is inevitable, but I’m learning that I don’t have to have conflict. I don’t have to flip out because I got in the wrong line; I don’t need to make my poor planning everyone else’s emergency.
Relapse Prevention: Staying Sober Through Life Setbacks
Without recovery tools or a relapse prevention plan, it can be difficult to stay sober while dealing with a significant life setback. The lure of the drink or drug to ease the pain and bring comfort becomes too great to resist.
How Harm Reductionists Keep the Faith
Morning to evening, nearly seven days a week, Karen and Michelle endure taxing commutes to bring harm reduction services to drug users in North Carolina’s hard-hit, rural areas.
How Suboxone Helped Me Until I Could Help Myself
I felt confident that I had no desire to use opioids again, not because the Suboxone had eliminated my cravings, but because I had changed my life. The pain I worked so hard to anesthetize with heroin had been addressed.
Four Advocates on How Harm Reduction Can Change the Trajectory of the Opioid Crisis
There is overwhelming evidence that harm reduction keeps people alive and can bring them into recovery, yet it’s still met with opposition. We ask four harm reduction workers what inspires them and what we can do to help.