Friday, August 10, 2018

The Joys of Being Wrong | The Fix

The Joys of Being Wrong | The Fix: I am limited when I am in my own power, convinced of its sufficiency.

I’m Open and Willing, Dear Sponsor, but Wait a Minute! | The Fix

I’m Open and Willing, Dear Sponsor, but Wait a Minute! | The Fix: We know “our best thinking got us here,” but that doesn’t mean we need to be open and willing to take abuse or be manipulated.

This is What Saving Lives from Opioid Overdose Looks Like | The Fix

This is What Saving Lives from Opioid Overdose Looks Like | The Fix: 'People live in helpless situations and I know they are stuck in a place where they don’t want to be. I understand because that used to be me.'
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FDA Encourages Development of New Treatments for Opioid Use Disorder
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PRO-ACT Recovery Walks! 2018
Great Plaza, Penn’s Landing, Philadelphia PA
Registration 7:00am │ Pre-Walk Program 8:15am
Walk 9:00am, followed by entertainment
WE HEARD YOU – For the health and recovery of our community and our families, Recovery Walks! 2018 will be a tobacco-free event.
Did you know?

Non-tobacco users maintain longer periods of sobriety after inpatient treatment for alcohol/drug dependence than tobacco users.

Among males with heroin addiction, tobacco use was responsible for more deaths than accidental drug poisoning, overdose, suicide, homicide, accidents and chronic liver disease examined over a 33-year period.

Cigarette smokers relapsed to their primary drug of choice more frequently and sooner than did nonsmokers.

Tobacco use reinforces the effects of alcohol and cocaine.

Tobacco treatment can enhance long-term recovery for persons with other substance use disorders.

Tobacco use kills three times as many people as drug overdoses and eight times as many
people as gun homicides in Philadelphia.

At Recovery Walks! 2018, talk to our volunteers in the green t-shirts for information on how to quit smoking.

FOR FREE HELP QUITTING,
CALL 1-800-QUIT-NOW
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Recovery Support Line: 800-221-6333
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