Tag: recovery
To Move Beyond Abstinence-Only, We Need Better Tools to Measure Recovery
Recovery from a substance use disorder has traditionally been conflated with “sobriety,” or total ...
Blowing the Lid Off the Scandal of US Rehab
Trigger warning! Shoshana Walter’s new book, Rehab: An American Scandal, is going to make ...
The Systemic Transphobia of the Drug Treatment and Recovery Industry
I have been seeking recovery from alcohol, heroin and pharmaceutical opioid use disorders since late ...
SAMHSA-Backed Toolkit Introduces Harm Reduction to Families, Caregivers
The National Family Support Technical Assistance Center (NFSTAC) has curated a “Family & Caregiver ...
Why I Won’t Celebrate National Recovery Month
It’s National Recovery Month. But I won’t be evangelizing about my recovery, taking the ...
In Milwaukee, a Recovery Community Event Highlights Harm Reduction
On August 31, I spent time with people on the frontlines of the overdose ...
Drug Courts Don’t Just Force People Into Treatment. They Deny Us, Too.
Standing in the courtroom as I awaited sentencing, the light tapping of the stenographer ...
A Prison Breakup Tested My Meth Recovery. Alcohol Helped Me Keep It.
I met Paul in 2018, at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison. I was an ...
A Year After I Quit Drugs, the Stigma Still Haunts Me
From the moment I began openly acknowledging my opioid use—often via self-deprecating jokes, at ...
How Deep Does New Jersey’s Anti-Stigma Messaging Really Run?
Counties across the state of New Jersey trumpet their commitment to ending stigma against ...
