A 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...
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heavensarchitect4
- May 19
- 2 min
Halfway There
As 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...
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heavensarchitect4
- May 19
- 1 min
Pain and Recovery
Pain and opiate addiction sometimes go hand in hand. This is a personal battle I have had to overcome with persistence and lifestyle...
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heavensarchitect4
- Apr 19
- 2 min
Benzo Addiction
Cunning. Baffling. Powerful. Maybe the sneakiest of all drugs is the classification of substances known as benzodiazepines. The medical...
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jspivey8
- Mar 27
- 1 min
Addiction takes another life. RIP Taylor Hawkins
Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins had 10 different substances in his system when he died. Music has lost an absolute force to this...
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heavensarchitect4
- Mar 17
- 2 min
The Case for Buprenorphine and MAT
Often 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...
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heavensarchitect4
- Mar 9
- 2 min
While 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...
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jspivey8
- Jan 14
- 1 min
Each day, we're losing enough people to fill a Boeing 757 passenger jet to Opiate Overdoses
Drug overdose deaths hit a historic high. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/overdose-deaths-hit-a-historic-high-in-2020-frustrated-expe...
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jspivey8
- Jan 12
- 1 min
Demi Lovato: Deletes Instagram after completing another rehab stint in December 2021
Does Demi no longer believe or promote “California sober”? The term “California sober” gained attention after a CBS Sunday Morning...
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jspivey8
- Jan 4
- 1 min
Fentanyl 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...
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jspivey8
- Dec 15, 2021
- 1 min
Drug overdose deaths top 100,000 annually for the first time, driven by fentanyl, CDC data show
It'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...
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jspivey8
- Dec 13, 2021
- 1 min
Lawmaker 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/
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jspivey8
- Dec 12, 2021
- 1 min
Addiction 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...
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jspivey8
- Dec 12, 2021
- 0 min
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