Ken SeeleyFounder at Intervention911

 Ken SeeleyFounder at Intervention911       We are very excited about our upcoming events. Treatment Center SeminarNov 1-2Palm Springs, CA 92264This is an exciting opportunity to brainstorm and network with like minded professionals. Among the topics are reducing AMA by utilizing Intervention strategies, increasing addmissions and effective long term recovery plans using the proven format of long term diversion programs.Come Join Us!Interventionist TrainingNov 6-9The Arbor - Austin, TX This CIP approved training will offer 28 CE credits in intervention specific education. If you are new to the field or looking to get CE hours, this training will touch on intervention strategies, developing your intervention style and effective tools for managing your intervention business.For more information, visit our websitehttp://thetreatmentcommunity.com/training/

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Teen Filmmaker: My View of Teen Medicine Abuse

By Cyrus Stowe | October 11, 2013 | 2 Comments | Filed inPrescription Drugs & YouthWith his new documentary, “Out of Reach,” filmmaker Cyrus Stowe, a senior at a Dallas high school, set out to uncover the growing problem of friends sharing and abusing prescription medications in his hometown.If you’re selected to create a film, debut it at a New York City film festival, cast it with friends from your own life and do it within the span of about a month, it’s a pretty daunting undertaking.The subject of my film, “Out of Reach,” was teen abuse of prescription medicine, and drawing on my own, very personal connection to the issue, it took me on a life-changing adventure. Co-produced with a great mentor, Tucker Capps of A&E’s “Intervention,” itpremiered last week in New York City at the Genart Film Festival.From my first treatment to the final cut, I wanted to raise awareness about just how many teens are abusing medicine. However, it wasn’t until I started talking to my friends and making this film that I understood the true scope of the problem, which is pretty scary.I go to school and am friends with kids who have been abusing medicine for years, but I didn’t have the slightest clue they were using. These are good, smart kids, and if I had no idea, I imagine that many of their families don’t either. My friends, those in front of and behind the camera, are a big reason why this film was possible, and I’m so thankful they could be a part of it.One story that I wish we were able to bring to light focused on a friend who is legitimately prescribed ADHD medications. She told us that these stimulants are bought and sold at school, especially among kids who want to pop a pill before a test. Unfortunately, her family pulled her story at the last minute.Still, I’m lucky, because friends and social status are both a pretty big part of high school. In fact, when I’d first learned that I was selected, I was cautious. “What will my social standing be before, during and especially after the film?” And, “do I worry more about what happens to my social life, or do I help people?”I chose the latter, and even a few of my friends who’ve seen the film have given me positive feedback. But this film is for parents, and what I’ve found from these early screenings is that moms and dads are far more surprised at this behavior than their kids. For us, unfortunately, it’s what we already know, and it’s what we already expect.This film isn’t a blueprint of how teens can abuse medicine, but a mirror to what is happening in cities all across America. Pull back on your internet map and you will likely find the same stories in cities and towns everywhere. You can change the names and the reasons why they use, whether it’s boredom or peer pressure or the desire to achieve or overachieve, but it’s there.After watching the film, you’ll find that many stories are still unresolved and many of my friends and classmates are still using. But I hope that it will make the people more aware and realize that this is a real issue.I’m grateful that my film can open eyes and prompt action, and that can start with talking with your kids about medicine abuse, and safeguarding your medicine. It’s as simple as going into your bathroom, opening up your medicine cabinet and understanding the orange bottles in front of you are easy targets for abuse. Keep them safe and out of reach.View the trailer, and email communications@drugfree.org for more information about how you can help #EndMedicineAbuse by sharing the full film and an accompanying “Out of Reach” toolkit with your friends, schools, communities, families and more. 

Ask4Recovery – 9/26/13 – What does it mean to be the best version of myself?

Ask4Recovery – 9/26/13 – What does it mean to be the best version of myself?

by Ask4RecoveryHello friends! Today’s ‘Ask’…What does it mean to be the best version of myself?I lived for many years distant from this version of myself. I cared more about appeasing others and constantly compromised my values and sense of being. I didn’t allow for the best version of myself to thrive. To come to fruition. I was scared. Not aware of my potential or true purpose for being here. My addictions kept up that brick wall and didn’t allow for me to feel the beauty of life.Now, I have learned to accept. To accept myself on entirely new levels and capacities. With this, I can live the life I was put here to live. I can embrace compassion, love, patience, serenity, forgiveness. I can remain humble and at one. At one with the world around me. I spent many years ‘separate’ from and unable to find my place in the world. That is no longer the case. One day at a time.Sending love,LaurenAsk4Recovery | September 26, 2013 at 2:18 pm | Tags:addiction, compassion, hope,love, recovery, strength | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/p3wKKk-bZComment   See all commen

NAADC PRESENTS

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OCTOBER 17th & 18th, 2013

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Homemade Flesh-Rotting Drug “Krokodil” Appears in Arizona

Homemade Flesh-Rotting Drug “Krokodil” Appears in Arizona

By Join Together Staff | September 27, 2013 | 2 Comments | Filed in DrugsArizona health officials report two cases of people using a caustic, homemade heroin-like drug called “krokodil” that can rot flesh and bone, according toUSA Today. The drug became popular in Russia about 10 years ago as a cheap replacement for heroin. It costs about three times less than heroin, and produces a similar, but much shorter, high.Krokodil is made from over-the-counter codeine-based headache pills, mixed with gasoline, paint thinner, alcohol or iodine. When a person injects the drug, it destroys tissue, and turns the skin scaly and green, giving it a crocodile-like appearance. The drug can also cause blood poisoning, festering sores and abscesses.Frank LoVecchio, the Co-Medical Director at the Banner Good Samaritan Poison & Drug Information Center, said Arizona health officials reported seeing two cases in the past week. “As far as I know, these are the first cases in the United States that are reported,” he said. “So we’re extremely frightened.”The article notes the average life expectancy among krokodil users in Russia is two to three years. Users have compromised immune systems, and are susceptible to HIV, hepatitis C and other blood-borne diseases.