Psychedelic plant medicines have been used for healing purposes by indigenous cultures for thousands of years, and there is mounting evidence that shows their ability to integrate with modern addiction therapy.
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For Pregnant Women, Stigma Complicates Opioid Misuse Treatment
In Pennsylvania, one community health center is working with new and expectant moms to tackle opioid dependency.
Opinion: The Opioid Crisis + COVID-19 = The Perfect Storm
How can the addiction treatment community continue to assist people who are now being left even more isolated and desperate?
One Hit Away: A Memoir of Recovery
Even though I know a lot of junkies who walk these streets with no life left in them, this is the first dead body I’ve ever seen.
Forgive and Remember
Better to face the discomfort than continue to trudge along under a false impression that it’s not dormant inside, oblivious to the ticking of the time bomb that will eventually go off.
Failing
Would we be able to reach across the distance—and our failings—to touch each other, to smile?
The Five Pillars of Recovery from Trauma and Addiction
Believe in yourself. Tell yourself that you deserve happiness, joy, success, and a life free from the pain of trauma and addiction. You are worth your recovery.
Isolation, Disruption and Confusion: Coping With Dementia During a Pandemic
The pandemic has been devastating to older adults and their families when they are unable to see each other and provide practical and emotional support.
Finding Emotional Sobriety in a Pandemic
I never realized I was the cause of my negative thinking by willfully trying to “make” my life happen then getting angry that everyone wasn’t doing what I wanted.
How Those With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Cope With Added Angst Of COVID
People with OCD face uniquely difficult mental health battles, including trying to distinguish concerns brought on by their conditions from general fears shared by the public about COVID-19.