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12 Principles of Indigenous Healing
When I first developed the educational healing resource Sharing Culture, I did a great deal of reading about the healing of trauma and historical trauma. I summarised what I considered to be 12...
View ArticleFactors that Facilitate Recovery
The importance of these factors has been demonstrated by listening to the narratives of recovering people about their journeys into and out of addiction (1,200 words). There are a number of key factors...
View ArticleJourneys Into and Out of Heroin Addiction, Part 2
Focuses on living with addiction and covers such topics as relationships, changes in personality and lifestyle, hustling, crime and prison, impact on health, and treatment (5,900 words). Living with...
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Pathways from Heroin Addiction: Recovery Without Treatment, Part 4
The research conducted by Patrick Biernacki, with 101 former heroin addicts, showed some of the courses that people take in their lives when they give up using the drug without the aid of treatment....
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Factors Facilitating Recovery: Mutual Support
I continue with my series of blog posts relating to the factors that facilitate recovery from addiction, which I have detailed in the second last chapter of my eBook Our Recovery Stories: Journeys from...
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What Happens to Women in Recovery: Stephanie Brown
In the Resources section of the website, I have a series of my posts under the title Stephanie Brown on Recovery. These posts are based on Stephanie Brown’s wonderful 2004 book A Place Called Self:...
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Factors Facilitating Recovery: Gaining a Positive Identity
People with serious substance use problems lose a lot of the roles or personal characteristics that help define their normal identity (e.g. loving son, athlete, generosity, intelligence) as their...
View ArticleThe Drug Experience: Cocaine, Part 3
Dan Waldorf and colleagues were ‘pleasantly surprised’ by the relative ease with which so many cocaine users managed to quit. Their research emphasises the importance of one’s personal and social...
View ArticleRecovery from Mental Disorders, A Lecture from Patricia Deegan
Patricia Deegan PhD is a psychologist and researcher. She was diagnosed with schizophrenia as a teeenager. For years, Patricia has worked with people with mental disorders in various ways, to help...
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Learning From the Experts, Part 1
Well, I’m back in the ‘office’ after my long overdue break. It was great to have a serious ‘time-out’ and also sit back and enjoy the Olympic Games. They were awesome and many performances stunning....
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