Addiction Clinicians

I’m sure some is used to suppress withdrawal, but if it’s possible to get high, then you have to figure people are doing that, too.

Perhaps 20% of users will experience withdrawal– evidence of their dependence on the drug– regardless of whether they have other symptoms.

Be sure to tell them to focus more on the positive things their loved one is doing versus what s/he has done wrong in the past.

There’s a lag between the onset of an addictive disorder and arrival in treatment.

It becomes easier to dash off a prescription for Oxy than to argue with a determined patient.

In terms of a comfortable detox, Suboxone was a success. In terms of a return to opiate use, it was a failure.

In other words, they may also be engaged in professional treatment, attending live support groups, seeking medical or mental health care, or some combination of the above.

It’s often true that the folks who are technically most misinformed on an issue have the greatest degree of confidence in the rightness of their beliefs.

Try thinking of recovery as a learning process based in experience rather than the acquisition of information.

Sexual relations between therapist and patient can seriously damage the public’s trust in the safety of their loved ones.