David Clark

Tim Leighton introduced Bill by describing his enormous contribution to the field. The latter gave an awesome two-part presentation in the morning on ‘Recovery Advocacy, Recovery Management and Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care.’ After my presentation, ‘The Importance of Community in Facilitating Recovery’ in the first part...

'When I read a blog, it was like the spirit of that person was with me for the rest of the day. I would sometimes print out the blog or story and carry it around me in my back pocket, so that it would give me help and support during the day. And I knew I could always go back to Wired In To Recovery and find more blogs and Stories.'

When we were developing Wired In To Recovery, we rationalised that by providing people with the opportunity for people to blog, we would accumulate a wealth of information about the lived experience of addiction and recovery, the needs of recovering people, personal views about the care system, etc. And so we did.

'We don’t change our minds because a bunch of scientists publish a set of recommendations and issue them.... Human beings are storytelling creatures, that’s how we best learn, that’s how we best communicate. So when the storytellers in our society tell their stories, they end up...’

I've added 24 posts to our Recovery Voices this month, which means that the website now has over 220 pages. It's been a quieter time in relation to viewer numbers this month compared to last, but this is no surprise as I've had little time to publicise the website due to my spending lots of time with my son Sam who was visiting from the UK.

'All that he had been gifted, he gave to others. Those whom he saved; the colleagues he worked with; and the people who loved him will never forget his humility and self-sacrifice. That is how he will be remembered; not for the things he did for himself but for what he did for...'

'I needed to change myself, something you would never let me do. You made me isolate myself from all the other healthy relationships I could have and things I could be doing, with the promise that you could solve it all. And I know you can make me feel like you have all the answers, but you come at such a price and I know it is not worth it.'