56 min
Believing the UNBELIEVABLE: Cognitive Distortions in the Drug Reform Field LPP Podcast
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- Self-Improvement
WARNING: Please be aware that the following many not be suitable for people who are disturbed by discussions of death OR of the fallible thinking that prevails in the drug reform field.
Leading figures in drug policy reform and addiction theory swear by MAT, which is universally accepted and used across the country.
These well-meaning reformists and experts — groups and individuals like DPA, Maya Szalavitz, and Zach Siegel — are only slightly nettled by one disconcerting fact: drug deaths have risen to record levels alongside the explosion in Suboxone, Vivitrol, buprenorphine, and methadone prescriptions.
Rather than facing up to our failures to stem this tide of death, prominent figures spend their time explaining that people can’t cope with or reverse opioid and other addictions without medications.
What remains unexplored is the situations of people who actually die due to drugs — people who come overwhelmingly from the social and economic underclass, overrepresented in Appalachia (i.e., West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee), rural New England (New Hampshire), urban centers (Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Rhode Island), and, strangely, centers of abstinence fixation (Utah).
Meanwhile, Stanton and Zach explore the stories of privileged users who, remarkably, die shortly after leaving rehab: a group that includes Amy Winehouse, Corey Monteith, and, recently, former U of Hi. football star Colt Brennan.
Zach and Stanton fund that these deaths seem to be inspired by rehab. Their exploration departs from Zach Siegel’s recommendation that rehab residents be put on suboxone etc. as soon as they enter treatment.
Instead, Stanton and Zach examine ways to enhance drug users’ competence in taking drugs while avoiding lethal “overdoses“ (meaning generally using street mixtures of drugs combined with alcohol).
Stanton and Zach preview their development (in conjunction with colleague Aaron Ferguson) of an “Empowerment” component of LPP for dealing with MAT. The empowerment approach focuses on the usefulness of controlled substitute narcotics prescribing so long as it doesn’t detract from the key ingredient in recovery: self efficacy.
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WARNING: Please be aware that the following many not be suitable for people who are disturbed by discussions of death OR of the fallible thinking that prevails in the drug reform field.
Leading figures in drug policy reform and addiction theory swear by MAT, which is universally accepted and used across the country.
These well-meaning reformists and experts — groups and individuals like DPA, Maya Szalavitz, and Zach Siegel — are only slightly nettled by one disconcerting fact: drug deaths have risen to record levels alongside the explosion in Suboxone, Vivitrol, buprenorphine, and methadone prescriptions.
Rather than facing up to our failures to stem this tide of death, prominent figures spend their time explaining that people can’t cope with or reverse opioid and other addictions without medications.
What remains unexplored is the situations of people who actually die due to drugs — people who come overwhelmingly from the social and economic underclass, overrepresented in Appalachia (i.e., West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee), rural New England (New Hampshire), urban centers (Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Rhode Island), and, strangely, centers of abstinence fixation (Utah).
Meanwhile, Stanton and Zach explore the stories of privileged users who, remarkably, die shortly after leaving rehab: a group that includes Amy Winehouse, Corey Monteith, and, recently, former U of Hi. football star Colt Brennan.
Zach and Stanton fund that these deaths seem to be inspired by rehab. Their exploration departs from Zach Siegel’s recommendation that rehab residents be put on suboxone etc. as soon as they enter treatment.
Instead, Stanton and Zach examine ways to enhance drug users’ competence in taking drugs while avoiding lethal “overdoses“ (meaning generally using street mixtures of drugs combined with alcohol).
Stanton and Zach preview their development (in conjunction with colleague Aaron Ferguson) of an “Empowerment” component of LPP for dealing with MAT. The empowerment approach focuses on the usefulness of controlled substitute narcotics prescribing so long as it doesn’t detract from the key ingredient in recovery: self efficacy.
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To get more of our content and help us grow:
https://www.youtube.com/c/LifeProcessProgram?sub_confirmation=1
***** FOLLOW us on Social *****
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***** CONTACT US ******
- Website: https://lifeprocessprogram.com
- Text us: +1 (802) - 391 - 4360
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56 min