Broadcasts.com - "Harm Reduction, The Opioid Crisis, and The Miracle Future" (Atheists in Recovery)

Published: Oct. 8, 2020, 7 a.m.

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WHAT WE\\u2019LL LEARN

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How David\\u2019s earliest memories were rooted in sadness & depression and he felt like something was terribly wrong with him
David was put on anti-depressants is his early teens but felt \\u201cnothing was working\\u201d
How a Cop was the greatest endorsement for heroin use
When at Hazelden, David was told by staff he needed to put his life & will in God\\u2019s hands and work the steps of A.A.
David, as a devout Atheist, felt this treatment approach was not going to work for him
After parents gave David \\u201ctough love\\u201d and an ultimatum, he went to a halfway house but felt \\u201cit was a joke\\u201d be/c all he wanted to do was use again
David then went on a mission to show his parents that addiction was not a disease and he could stop at will
After his friend overdosed and thinking about the permanence of death, David believed this would motivate him to stop using heroin
How David found buprenorphine when looking for a reliable, safe source of an opioid to start the healing process
What the struggles were with obtaining buprenorphine from doctors in 2008
What\\u2019s David\\u2019s response to the Opioid Crisis
What David thinks the \\u201cmiracle future\\u201d of addiction treatment looks like (hint: it involves science and facts).

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