{"id":8061,"date":"2014-02-12T22:56:09","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T02:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/?p=8061"},"modified":"2014-02-12T22:56:09","modified_gmt":"2014-02-13T02:56:09","slug":"bet-you-cant-read-just-one-addictionrecovery-link-round-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2014\/02\/bet-you-cant-read-just-one-addictionrecovery-link-round-up.html","title":{"rendered":"Bet You Can’t Read Just One: Addiction\/Recovery Link Round-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\u201cInternational Geographic\u201d<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

I discovered that a lot of conditions which are simply a part of being an alcoholic are magnified by living in a foreign country. For example, the feeling of being terminally unique. In the town where I lived, I actually was extremely unique. There was nobody else like me. I got long stares at the grocery store, children stopped and pointed at me on their way to school. Every conversation began with, \u201cYour nose is so big!\u201d All the feelings I\u2019d trained myself weren\u2019t real back home became real in Japan. It\u2019s hard to feel like a worker among workers, \u2018another bozo on the bus,\u2019 when you clearly are not.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cHeroin, addiction and free will\u201d<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

So does addiction trap people within its claws or do drug users die from their own actions? It\u2019s worth noting that this is a politicised debate. Those who favour a focus on social factors prefer prefer the \u2018trap\u2019 idea, those who prefer to emphasise individual responsibility like the \u2018your own actions\u2019 approach.<\/p>\n

Those who want to tread the middle ground or aim to be diplomatic suggest it\u2019s \u2018half and half\u2019 \u2013 but actually it\u2019s both at the same time, and these are not, as most people believe, contradictory explanations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cDan Rather Reminisces About That One Time He Did Heroin\u201d<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Say what you will about Dan Rather, but he will ride the black eagle in the public interest, and journalists today are weak.<\/em><\/p>\n

Wait. That came out wrong. Heroin is bad. Really bad. Don\u2019t do heroin to advance your journalism career.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cVancouver Crack Pipe Vending Machines and the Case for Harm Reduction\u201d<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

And, though it sounds hard to believe, needle exchange can also be a pathway to abstinence or medication-assisted treatment. Far from making users more likely to continue to inject or increase their drug use, research shows that such programs actually increase the number of addicts who seek\u00a0abstinence<\/a>\u00a0treatment or maintenance that will allow them to stop injecting.<\/p>\n

There are two major theories about why this occurs. One is that taking action and using clean syringes to reduce drug-related harm increases drug users\u2019 confidence that they can make other changes. The other is that by offering help without demanding anything in return, the staff of these programs (many of whom are recovering addicts themselves) inspire change. \u201cThe experience of being loved or cared about in a way that is something other than instrumental can be very powerful,\u201d says Humphreys.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

more<\/a>\u2013a meaty post, about how we live with our own divided hearts and those of others, which is relevant to a lot more than addiction<\/p>\n

And I think I\u2019ve posted these before, but I like them all, so let\u2019s lighten the mood: \u201c$#!@ 12-Steppers Say<\/a>,\u201d \u201c$#@! 12-Steppers Don\u2019t Say<\/a>,\u201d and \u201c$#@! Normies Say to 12-Steppers<\/a>.\u201d I have said, seriously, like half of the things in the first one. (But my favorite is definitely, \u201cMy disease wants you<\/em> dead.\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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