We have four blogs on our site, each with its own focus:

HTT-Fam

How to Talk so Someone With Addiction Will Listen (Families) is a question-and-answer format blog that provides help for families struggling with an addiction problem.

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HTT-Clin

How to Talk so Someone With Addiction Will Listen (Clinicians) is a question-and answer format blog serving as a discussion forum for treatment clinicians & recovery pros.

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Tips

Tips for Treatment Programs is a question-and-answer format blog that gives practical tips for people who want to run excellent treatment & recovery programs.

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Thinking

Thinking About Addiction is a more traditional “sharing our thoughts” blog that responds to news, information, and whatever’s happening for us right now. It’s too long a title to call it “Thinking About Addiction, Treatment, and Recovery” but that’s a better description.

Here’s a feed of all the posts to all of our blogs:

In the News: Disasters and Opioid Treatment

September 25, 2017 by C. Scott McMillin

That’s why I’d welcome more research into the tapering process, with an eye to improving success rates.

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Is MAT Enough?

September 21, 2017 by C. Scott McMillin

Of course with additional treatment responsibilities, a counselor couldn’t be expected to manage a caseload of up to 75.

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In the News: Fentanyl Epidemic

September 18, 2017 by C. Scott McMillin

Then word hits the street of a new product that can make you feel almost like your first time… No wonder they come running. And some never wake up.

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Pain Treatment for Those Battling Opioid Dependence

September 14, 2017 by C. Scott McMillin

If a life in balance is the ideal, then a broader approach has a better shot at sustainability.

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In the News: Opioid Addiction Vaccine?

September 11, 2017 by C. Scott McMillin

Assumption: Without that reinforcement, use will simply stop on its own.

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Getting Drugs From Docs Part Three: Prevention

September 7, 2017 by C. Scott McMillin

Try thinking of the interaction between drug seeker and practitioner as type of negotiation where the  two parties have very different goals.

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The Blame Game

September 4, 2017 by C. Scott McMillin

When you’re addicted, it’s probably more correct to say that your addiction is abusing you. And will continue to do so if allowed.

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Getting Drugs From Docs Part Two: The Targets

August 31, 2017 by C. Scott McMillin

There are just too many different forms of manipulation for any of us to be uniformly good at identifying them on the fly.

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In the News: Opioid Epidemic “Fixes” vs. Strategy

August 28, 2017 by C. Scott McMillin

As we move to correct this problem, we’ll discover that millions of Americans, regular tax-paying citizens included, are already dependent on them.

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Getting Drugs From Docs Part One: The Manipulators

August 24, 2017 by C. Scott McMillin

One sign of vulnerability: the place tended to be too busy or too slow.

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