I'll preface this article by saying I am a person in long term recovery. I do not have, thankfully, chronic pain or glaucoma. I am not currently on chemo. In other words I have no medical reason to use marijuana in any of its forms. As a person in …
Moving Away From Daily Dispense
I've been hesitant to write this article for awhile, as my early training and getting my feet wet in addiction counseling took place in the world of daily dispense. I was afraid it might seem hypocritical to critique a modality of treatment, and job, …
How to Talk to Others About Your Recovery
Recently I had the opportunity to sit in a group with patients who talked about how they talked about their recovery with their families and friends, as well as what they chose to share. As I listened to them it occurred to me that in my own recovery …
Pills are Not Your Problem
This is gonna come as news to some of you. To others not so much. What I am gonna lay on you is something that a lot of people in recovery understand, the doctors I work with get, and a smaller amount of people then I'd like, are starting to get. …
The Importance of Support
One of my favorite speakers in recovery once said “When I'm with you I'm not with me. When I'm not with you, I'm left with me and I'm not alone.” Funny, but poignant when it comes to addressing the importance of developing a recovery support …
Recovery Works NW featured in Portland Business Journal
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/health-care-inc/2016/07/how-an-obama-administration-ruling-could-lead-to.html We are excited to share some recent attention our clinic has received! The Obama Administration last week announced a change in …
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The First 30 Days
Several years ago a movie called “28 Days Later,” was in theaters. The movie, if you haven’t seen it, was about a group of survivors in the U.K. dealing with a viral outbreak that caused people to go crazy and attack everyone. I think the first 30 …
How to Survive Addiction: A Wake Up Call
A friend of mine recently posted to her social media account that she had lost a patient, who had been doing well, to addiction. In my new position I have been fortunate over the last couple years, not to have to have dealt with that. But, I, like a …
Myths and Misconceptions about Suboxone
Having worked in medication assisted treatment for almost 7 years I have heard some of the most ludicrous things imaginable from not only family members of people in treatment, the public, but sometimes from the patients themselves. There are so many …