http://www.belaircenterforaddictions.com/blog Wed, 28 Sep 2011 05:05:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.belaircenterforaddictions.com/blog/index.php/2011/09/addictive-personalities/comment-page-1/#comment-235 Karen Shackelford Wed, 28 Sep 2011 05:05:48 +0000 http://www.belaircenterforaddictions.com/blog/?p=81#comment-235 licensure. Sorry. licensure. Sorry.

]]> http://www.belaircenterforaddictions.com/blog/index.php/2011/09/addictive-personalities/comment-page-1/#comment-234 Karen Shackelford Wed, 28 Sep 2011 05:03:57 +0000 http://www.belaircenterforaddictions.com/blog/?p=81#comment-234 I fully agree with your assertion that some drugs have the potential to cause dependence in anyone, regardless of personality. I became dependent upon Vicodin prescribed for a back injury, a large quantity because I was headed to Paris for 3 weeks. When I returned home, my mother was critically ill and after almost 5 months in the ICU, step-down units, and Select Specialty, we brought her home to care for her for 21 months on a ventilator, with a colostomy, foley, and a supply of potent antibiotics, steroids, and fluids, as she became septic once every six weeks. She tried valiantly to wean and to regain her strength. For about 5 months I continued to have what I identified as back pain and spasm, but later was diagnosed as Tourette's syndrome. That said, it was a nightmare, and I sought temporary relief in a suboxone program, then detoxed the week my mother died. It was incredibly difficult, but I began to see a clinical psychologist with a gift for motivational interviewing and CBT. I saw my dependence as a bad choice, and a band-aid for the grief I was experiencing. No excuse, however. It was a poor choice, I take responsibility, and I don't believe some higher power is going to rescue me through some magical formula that the medical board has mandated as I reapply for the liscense that I surrendered voluntarily after detox. From the different physician health committees there is no evidence based practice, and most on our PHC have failed treatment multiple times, yet insist that to "in recovery," a term that is medically ambiguous, one must suffer through the twelve steps. It is punitive.As a result, physicians get a very mixed message. With respect to neural damage, I think we should all recall that stroke victims have the plasticity to recover from a gross neural insult, which leads me to the conclusion that substance dependent patients will eventually be found to actually be in complete remission. I fully agree with your assertion that some drugs have the potential to cause dependence in anyone, regardless of personality. I became dependent upon Vicodin prescribed for a back injury, a large quantity because I was headed to Paris for 3 weeks. When I returned home, my mother was critically ill and after almost 5 months in the ICU, step-down units, and Select Specialty, we brought her home to care for her for 21 months on a ventilator, with a colostomy, foley, and a supply of potent antibiotics, steroids, and fluids, as she became septic once every six weeks. She tried valiantly to wean and to regain her strength. For about 5 months I continued to have what I identified as back pain and spasm, but later was diagnosed as Tourette’s syndrome. That said, it was a nightmare, and I sought temporary relief in a suboxone program, then detoxed the week my mother died. It was incredibly difficult, but I began to see a clinical psychologist with a gift for motivational interviewing and CBT. I saw my dependence as a bad choice, and a band-aid for the grief I was experiencing. No excuse, however. It was a poor choice, I take responsibility, and I don’t believe some higher power is going to rescue me through some magical formula that the medical board has mandated as I reapply for the liscense that I surrendered voluntarily after detox. From the different physician health committees there is no evidence based practice, and most on our PHC have failed treatment multiple times, yet insist that to “in recovery,” a term that is medically ambiguous, one must suffer through the twelve steps. It is punitive.As a result, physicians get a very mixed message. With respect to neural damage, I think we should all recall that stroke victims have the plasticity to recover from a gross neural insult, which leads me to the conclusion that substance dependent patients will eventually be found to actually be in complete remission.

]]> http://www.belaircenterforaddictions.com/blog/index.php/2011/07/limited-care/comment-page-1/#comment-200 Sam Donaldson Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:21:29 +0000 http://blog.belaircenterforaddictions.com/?p=46#comment-200 Very interesting read. I wonder why I haven't found this earlier! Very interesting read. I wonder why I haven’t found this earlier!

]]> http://www.belaircenterforaddictions.com/blog/index.php/2011/06/12-steps-backward/comment-page-1/#comment-198 Amber Rewis Sat, 20 Aug 2011 22:21:51 +0000 http://blog.belaircenterforaddictions.com/?p=40#comment-198 Awesome articles! I appreciate your progressive approach to addiction tx. Old-school didn't work for me. Though still sober, my dysphoria is overwhelming. Any new light you shed might help me. Thanks. Awesome articles! I appreciate your progressive approach to addiction tx. Old-school didn’t work for me. Though still sober, my dysphoria is overwhelming. Any new light you shed might help me. Thanks.

]]> http://www.belaircenterforaddictions.com/blog/index.php/2011/07/limited-care/comment-page-1/#comment-140 Amia Kirk Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:11:44 +0000 http://blog.belaircenterforaddictions.com/?p=46#comment-140 Of course. Of course.

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