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13th September 2023
Author: David Clark Posted: 13th September 2023
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Development of a Recovery Community: David McCartney

David wanted to see a situation where people were offered quality residential rehab as part of an integrated system of care joined up to other forms of treatment. And it should be free at the point of delivery. He started to write down the concept. At the time, he was surprised...
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12th September 2023
Author: David Clark Posted: 12th September 2023
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Brad’s Recovery Story: ‘A Life Beyond My Wildest Dreams’

At this point, I experienced something I remember clearly like it was yesterday. My head span and I was dizzy. I had never realised that my problems involved more than just alcohol—they involved me as a person. No one had explained this to me before.
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12th September 2023
Author: David Clark Posted: 12th September 2023
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Self-Change and Recovery Capital

In total, recovery capital constitutes the potential antidote for the problems that have long plagued recovery efforts: insufficient motivation to change AOD use, emotional distress, pressure to use within intimate and social relationships, interpersonal conflict, and other situations that pose risks for relapse.
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12th September 2023
Author: David Clark Posted: 12th September 2023
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Nature of Recovery, Part 1

Huseyin Djemil says, in relation to something written in Andy Partington's book Hope in Addiction: ‘The real deal in recovery is being bitten by the spider, is having that internal transformation somehow, that makes you look at everything differently. And it changes you.’ Can you can guess who provides the tools, metaphorically speaking?
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12th September 2023
Author: David Clark Posted: 12th September 2023
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Recovery, Connection & Hope: David McCartney

After seeing an advert in the British Medical Journal, David phoned the Sick Doctors Trust Helpline. He talked to a doctor in recovery who told his personal story. ‘His story connected with me in a way the tablets hadn’t.’ David had found hope. He also heard for the first time the idea...
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12th September 2023
Author: David Clark Posted: 12th September 2023
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‘We Shall Remain’: The StyleHorse Collective

'WE SHALL REMAIN was created to address the effects of historical trauma in our tribal communities. Many times, these untended wounds are at the core of much of the self-inflicted pain experienced in Native America. Much like fire, this pain can either be devastatingly destructive or wisely harnessed harnessed to become fuel that...'
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12th September 2023
Author: David Clark Posted: 12th September 2023
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Introducing Dr. David McCartney

I have known Dr. David McCartney, the Founder of Lothians and Edinburgh Abstinence Programme (LEAP), since around 2007. I am touched by David's gratitude for his recovery and his commitment to helping others have the opportunities that he was offered as a GP. I greatly value our friendship and all that I have learnt from David.
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12th September 2023
Author: David Clark Posted: 12th September 2023
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How Childhood Trauma Can Make You A Sick Adult: Vincent Felitti

‘… with a so-called ACE score of six, experiencing any six of the ten categories we studied, that person was 4,600% more likely to become an IV drug user than a person who had experienced none of those ten categories. … you read in the newspaper the latest cancer scare of the week...'
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12th September 2023
Author: David Clark Posted: 12th September 2023
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Huseyin Djemil

Huseyin Djemil describes Towards Recovery, the recovery community that he developed in Henley-on-Thames in 2012. He also talks about some of his work as a freelance consultant, and reflects on various themes relating to addiction, recovery and treatment. Huseyin is in long-term recovery from an addiction to Class A drugs.
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11th September 2023
Author: David Clark Posted: 11th September 2023
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David Clark, with Huseyin Djemil

This is an interview I did in June 2021 with Huseyin Djemil of Towards Recovery for his Journeys Podcast. Huseyin takes me through various parts of my journey, and we cover a range of recovery-related topics, including the power of story, the impact of trauma, recovery as self-healing, and the power of human connection.
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11th September 2023
Author: David Clark Posted: 11th September 2023
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Anna’s Recovery Story: ‘Should I or Shouldn’t I?’

It’s also possible to learn something new or change the way you think if you’re prepared to work at it. Not only has my brother overcome his drug dependence and rebuilt his life and his career, he has travelled the world, has a gorgeous family, and can speak another...
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11th September 2023
Author: David Clark Posted: 11th September 2023
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Descent Into Addiction: David McCartney

His personal honesty eroded as he lied as to why he could not go into work. A mountain of shame grew, and his self-esteem diminished greatly, as he was living against all his personal values. He was a man who desperately needed to ask for, and access, help. Instead, he hid behind the...
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11th September 2023
Author: David Clark Posted: 11th September 2023
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The Value of Deep Listening – The Aboriginal Gift to the Nation: Judy Atkinson

Emeritus Professor Judy Atkinson is a Jiman (central west Queensland) and Bundjalung (northern New South Wales) woman, with Anglo-Celtic and German heritage. She lives in Goolmangar, New South Wales. Judy is Founder of the remarkable healing initiative, We Al-li. Judy’s book 'Trauma Trails Recreating Songlines...
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11th September 2023
Author: David Clark Posted: 11th September 2023
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Living With Heroin Addiction

In a very short space of time, Marcus Fair was paying £20-40 a day just to feel normal in the morning. Crack cocaine followed, which led to burglaries. Injecting the drugs came next. Marcus travelled around the country buying heroin to feed his addiction. He used to wear out towns, rather quickly, because of the amount of crime in which he was...
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11th September 2023
Author: David Clark Posted: 11th September 2023
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Learning From the Experts at BAC O’Connor

One of the clearest factors contributing to the positive effects of treatment was common experience, both in terms of being around other problematic users in treatment and the fact that many of the BAC O’Connor staff had themselves experienced a substance use...
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