What is addiction? What is recovery? Start your search for insight on these questions here.
"Substance use disorder is a chronic disease of the brain that can be treated successfully with comprehensive treatment. Substance use disorder develops as a combination of genetic predisposition and environmental stimulus that result in physical changes to the brain’s circuitry. This leads to the cravings and characteristic compulsive and destructive behaviors of addiction."
- American Medical Association
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/advocacy/topics/preventing-opioid-abuse/stigma-of-substance-use-disorder.page
- American Medical Association
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/advocacy/topics/preventing-opioid-abuse/stigma-of-substance-use-disorder.page
Science of Addiction and Recovery Talking Points |
Science of Addiction and Recovery Powerpoint Slides |
Anatomy Of Addiction: How Heroin And Opioids Hijack The Brain
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/01/11/462390288/anatomy-of-addiction-how-heroin-and-opioids-hijack-the-brain
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/01/11/462390288/anatomy-of-addiction-how-heroin-and-opioids-hijack-the-brain
https://www.facingaddiction.org/actnow/
Addiction and Recovery are complicated subjects and there's no one-size-fits-all approach to dealing with them. Here's a variety of sources that shed some light on the complexity of substance use disorders.
Broken: My Story of Addiction and Redemption, Author - William Cope Moyers
Now What: An Insider's Guide to Addiction and Recovery, Author – William Cope Moyers
A Common Struggle: A Personal Journey Through the Past and Future of Mental Health and Addiction, Author – Patrick Kennedy
Anonymous No More: One Mother's Faith-Filled Journey Through Addiction, Recovery & Redemption, Author - Alisa Massey
The Anonymous People Film: http://manyfaces1voice.org/
New York State Friends of Recovery: https://for-ny.org/
Faces and Voices of Recovery: www.facesandvoicesofrecovery.org
Broken: My Story of Addiction and Redemption, Author - William Cope Moyers
Now What: An Insider's Guide to Addiction and Recovery, Author – William Cope Moyers
A Common Struggle: A Personal Journey Through the Past and Future of Mental Health and Addiction, Author – Patrick Kennedy
Anonymous No More: One Mother's Faith-Filled Journey Through Addiction, Recovery & Redemption, Author - Alisa Massey
The Anonymous People Film: http://manyfaces1voice.org/
New York State Friends of Recovery: https://for-ny.org/
Faces and Voices of Recovery: www.facesandvoicesofrecovery.org
Thanks to the HFM Prevention Council for the article and pictures featured above.
http://www.combatheroin.ny.gov/
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