roughmagick

Unfortunately many fall for the media's obsession with failure as well as misunderstand the chronic nature of addiction. Why would the media go on and on about the successes (there are MANY) when they can focus on disasters - what gets the attention of the public more? Why do people consider relapse with addiction somehow a failure of treatment vs. the nature of the disease? The National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIH), the leading research institute on addiction, considers addiction to be akin to other chronic diseases. We would help addicts enormously if we stopped mocking them if they relapse and began to understand the brain changes that occur during the addictive process and the need for continued support after initial treatment

Information about the dangers of Demerol,one of the drugs Michael Jackson might have taken before dying

Personal recovery blog with some provocative ideas