heavensarchitect4May 192 minA Ferrari or Heroin? About 15 years ago at an NA meeting in Parker, Colorado I heard someone say they've put about the cost of a Ferrari in their arm. At the...
heavensarchitect4May 192 minHalfway ThereAs someone in recovery, you may find yourself in a sober living home. Anyone who has lived in one of these establishments knows it's a...
heavensarchitect4May 191 minPain and RecoveryPain and opiate addiction sometimes go hand in hand. This is a personal battle I have had to overcome with persistence and lifestyle...
heavensarchitect4Apr 192 min Benzo Addiction Cunning. Baffling. Powerful. Maybe the sneakiest of all drugs is the classification of substances known as benzodiazepines. The medical...
jspivey8Mar 271 minAddiction takes another life. RIP Taylor HawkinsFoo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins had 10 different substances in his system when he died. Music has lost an absolute force to this...
heavensarchitect4Mar 172 minThe Case for Buprenorphine and MATOften in the rooms and early in recovery, you'll hear people bash MAT or some type of maintenance program. I am NOT one of those people...
heavensarchitect4Mar 92 minWhile the world looks down upon addicts, I see shear brilliance and potential It's all too easy these days to dismiss addicts as people with a moral failing or weakness. The simple truth of the matter is, addicts...
jspivey8Jan 141 minEach day, we're losing enough people to fill a Boeing 757 passenger jet to Opiate OverdosesDrug overdose deaths hit a historic high. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/overdose-deaths-hit-a-historic-high-in-2020-frustrated-expe...
jspivey8Jan 121 minDemi Lovato: Deletes Instagram after completing another rehab stint in December 2021Does Demi no longer believe or promote “California sober”? The term “California sober” gained attention after a CBS Sunday Morning...
jspivey8Jan 41 minFentanyl is the leading cause of death in Americans aged 18 to 45. Anaheim PD reports a deadly batch of tainted drugs may be going around. In just a little more than an hour today, they responded to 3...
jspivey8Dec 15, 20211 minDrug overdose deaths top 100,000 annually for the first time, driven by fentanyl, CDC data showIt's frightening how fast the OD death numbers have doubled due to fentanyl. https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/17/health/drug-overdose-deaths-r...
jspivey8Dec 14, 20211 minLawmaker tells addiction rehab regulators blood “on your hands”. Stronger enforcement is needed!https://www.ocregister.com/2021/12/13/as-deaths-pile-up-lawmaker-tells-addiction-rehab-regulators-blood-on-your-hands/
jspivey8Dec 12, 20211 minAddiction treatment center hearing could turn emotional and confrontational. The state agency in charge of rehabs, under fire from lawmakers and citizens, defends itself. 61 death complaints and about 540...