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Fake Oxycodone Pills with Fentanyl 100,000 Deaths
We only wish we could SCREAM THE DANGERS with what’s happening right now with fake oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl. There simply is not enough awareness on this right now and people are dying. These pills are everywhere now and look exactly like prescription oxycodone pain pills. People are buying them on the street thinking…
Read MoreA Nashville Treatment Program Specifically Designed for Fentanyl Laced Heroin
If you live in Nashville, TN and you’re a heroin user, we have some not so good news for you. If You’re a Heroin User in Nashville, You’re Most Likely Snorting or Injecting Fentanyl Fentanyl has become a serious problem for heroin users in the past 10-12 years. While some heroin users might think they’re…
Read MoreDopesick Withdrawals are Killer in Nashville Opioid Crisis
If you haven’t watched Dopesick on Hulu yet, you’re really missing out. Never has there been a more perfect expose’ (turned into a very entertaining drama) about the opioid epidemic and its relationship to OxyContin. OxyContin is the pain medication manufactured and marketed by the Sackler family, private owners of Purdue Pharma. Years ago, we…
Read MoreAre Suboxone Telemedicine Appointments Here to Stay?
Not that long ago Suboxone telemedicine appointments were simply unheard of. To get a prescription for Suboxone meant jumping through hoops and sometimes enduring some very long wait times at a local Suboxone clinic. Well, all that has changed thanks to COVID 19 and Suboxone telemedicine appointments are here to stay. For the longest time…
Read MoreWe Have a Thinking Problem, Not a Drug Problem
When I entered treatment on November 1, 2013 I was convinced that just as soon as my drug problem was solved, all of my problems would be solved. Nothing could have been further from the truth. Not to mention, it took me 7 attempts to get clean, all of which failed until I combined three…
Read MoreIt’s Not Your Fault – Addiction is a Disease
How often does someone who’s addicted hear silly things like, “Don’t you have any willpower? Just quit, it’s not that hard! Put your mind to it and you can do anything!” Trust me, if an addict could simply quit, they would. But, they can’t. It’s just not that easy. When you get addicted, it’s very…
Read MoreHow Does Suboxone Work and Why Do Opioid Addicts Need it?
“Suboxone” is the brand-name for Buprenorphine and Naloxone. There are now multiple generic versions of Suboxone available by prescription from a doctor who obtains an X-DEA license or “X-Waiver” as it is often referred. It is this “XDEA Waiver” that allows them to prescribe Suboxone. This is also reason most general practitioners do not prescribe…
Read MoreManaging Addiction Recovery during COVID
2020 was quite the year here in Nashville. We definitely saw an uptick in relapses as well as new people coming into addiction recovery for the very first time. I think most surprising for 2020 was the number of people who were buying Suboxone on the street, some of which had done a pretty good…
Read MoreHow to Stay Clean through the 2020 Holiday Season
Great recovery is something you do all year long. However, the holiday season seems to be a difficult time for many who are addicted to drugs and/or alcohol. The parties, the celebrations, this was a time when typically I would use more drugs and alcohol then typical. I got clean in December of 2013. Not only…
Read MoreYou are Awesome. You Deserve Awesome Recovery
Did you grow up thinking you deserve to be happy? Deserving of good things and great people in your life? To live with joy and be drug-free? Deserving of feeling loved? Or, did you grow up feeling life has dealt you a bad hand? Feeling like you never seem to get exactly what you want?…
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