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MYTH// "Narcan Party" Hysteria Puts a Value on Drug Users' Lives The real objection is that Narcan access for laypeople--especially drug users--allows them to save lives without the cessation of drug use as a requirement. By Tessie Castillo Share Tweet Forward COMPLEX// How I'm Recovering from C-PTSD Persistent neglect in childhood can lead you to believe that you don't deserve to be loved or cared for. This idea begins to define you: you are a person who ought to be treated badly. By Liz Lazzara Share Tweet Forward POETRY// Addiction and Queerness in Poet Sam Sax's 'madness' "Some of the best advice I ever got about writing was to always write into what scares you most, and from that difficulty will come the bravest and most necessary poems." By Christian Arthur Share Tweet Forward POLITICS// President Trump Declared the Opioid Crisis a Public Health Emergency. Now What? Our president is unwilling to develop new solutions to a crisis deeply ingrained in a poisoned society--instead falling back on methods of attack that have shown minimal success or outright failed. By Christopher Smith Share Tweet Forward LIVING SOBER// Dear People Who Are Not Opioid Addicts I’m not asking you to do my coping for me; I’m asking you to try to understand, perhaps show a little compassion, and some support. By maggie Share Tweet Forward BEST OF THE QUICK FIX Colin Farrell On Sobriety & His 'Garden Variety Tale' Of Addiction Teenaged OxyContin Kingpin Pens Eye-Opening Memoir Elton John: I Lost My Humanity To Addiction Could Pot Use Speed Up The Onset Of Schizophrenia? Smartphones: Do They Hurt Or Hinder Teens? China Denies That They Produce Majority of Fentanyl COMMENT OF THE WEEK Much Ado This week, Tessie Castillo busted some "fake news" that reported people are getting together, intentionally overdosing and then reviving each other with Narcan. Readers commented that this sort of mass-marketed hysteria is counter productive. Terrific article laying bare one of societies ongoing hypocrisies! Thank you for pointing out positive changes that we all can choose to make Ms. Castillo! One point I'd like to add is that the 'fake news' that the prejudices against drug users produces are all made without first hand accounts thus rendering them shoddy journalism as well as consuming resources and creating hysteria which prevents those resources going to truly effective actions. The US needs less blaming and hating and more thoughtful and proven actions around drug use... -DogDays MORE>>

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Top Drug & Alcohol News of the Week   Hospitals Overwhelmed With Treating Diseases Resulting From IV Drug Use Hospitals are struggling to deal with an overwhelming number of patients with diseases that result from intravenous opioid use, including hepatitis C, endocarditis and the antibiotic-resistant infection MRSA. Read More Drug Overdose Deaths Rose More Than 17 Percent Last Year: CDC Drug overdose deaths increased more than 17 percent between 2015 and 2016, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read More   Combo of Acetaminophen and Ibuprofen as Effective as Opioids for Acute Pain: Study A study of patients who went to the emergency room suffering from acute pain found those given a combination of ibuprofen and acetaminophen reported as much pain relief as those who were given opioids. Read More Millions of Dollars Needed for Trump’s Anti-Opioid Ad Campaign, Advocates Say The anti-drug ad campaign advocated by President Trump’s opioid commission will need millions of dollars in funding, advocates tell The Hill. Read More Teens Dependent on Marijuana and Alcohol Struggle with Success Later in Life Teens who are dependent on marijuana and alcohol struggle to achieve hallmarks of adult success, such as graduating from college, getting married, having a full-time job and earning a good salary, a new study finds. Read More Other Headlines of Interest Drug Enforcement Administration Collects Record Number of Unused Pills as Part of its 14th Prescription Drug Take Back Day (Department of Justice) How This CEO Is Using Artificial Intelligence To Treat Addiction Why the fight against opioid abuse is happening at the post office (The Washington Post) Opinion: Let’s Open Up About Addiction and Recovery (The New York Times) I thought we had years to save my sister from addiction. It was already too late. (The Washington Post) The Truth About Lying: Do Dishonesty and Addiction Go Hand-in-Hand? (Rehabs.com) Florida's biggest insurer to cease OxyContin coverage (USA Today) Public Health Experts Say There is “Central Flaw” in How Addiction is Treated (CBS News) What’s Missing from the National Discussion About the Opioid Epidemic (The New Yorker) Statement from Partnership for Drug-Free Kids in Response to Report from the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis Depression Is on the Rise in the U.S., Especially Among Young Teens (Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health)

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11-10-17 TWELVE STEPPING WITH SUPPORT FROM SCRIPTURE

Psalm 107v20 -He sent out His word and healed them, snatching them from the door of death.

Step 2: Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

Every issue in life is mentioned in His word the Bible. We run everywhere else for the answers and never find the right solution. God is Here and He has a book written about your life but it's not going to do you any good if you don't pick it up and study it. Buy a Tyndale life Recovery Bible NLT version.It has the Twelve steps added to it.Not only are all the answers and solutions there, but the words in the book are active which means they will actually change your life permanently. Spend your days praying reading and seeking and you will not only find God you will find so much more.

Numbers 23 v19 God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?

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Psalm 103v3 He forgives all my sins and Heals all my diseases