Substance use harm reduction & abstinence strategies
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Well,
I woke up Sunday morning
with no way to hold my head
that didn't hurt,
and the beer I had for breakfast
wasn't bad,
so I had one more
for dessert.
—Kris Kristofferson
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I drank at every vine.
The last was like the first.
I came upon no wine
so wonderful as thirst.
―Edna St. Vincent Millay
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I want a new drug,
one that won't make me sick.
One that won't make me
crash my car,
or make me feel
three feet thick.
—Huey Lewis & The News
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I don't do drugs.
I am drugs.
—Salvador Dalí
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Money please,
I get loose off of orange juice.
—Phife Dawg
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Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most.
―Abraham Lincoln
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If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
―Lao Tzu
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The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.
—Carl Rogers
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Note: Discretion and self-care advised in exploring some of the following.
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Poem: Dialog Outside the Lakeside Grocery
Poem: Deaf Night at O'Donnell's
Poem: Autobiography in Five Short Chapters
PHP, IOP, residential treatment, & DBT skills groups
Urge surf · guided meditation script
Decisional balance (regarding behavior change)
Decisional balance (applied to any internal conflict)
Flight Attendant & drug combination psychoeducation
Drug combinations: safe & unsafe
Harm reduction tips per substance
Dr. Carl Hart’s Drug Use for Grown-Ups
Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong
Motivational Interviewing Workbook
4-week tracker & drinking analyzer
Gabor Maté: Addiction is a response to suffering
20-minute guide: A roadmap for those concerned about their loved one’s substance use
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA); find a meeting
Recovery Dharma; find a meeting
Buddhist recovery network; find a meeting
Adult Children of Alcoholics; find a meeting
Adult children of alcoholics discussion questions
Center for Motivation & Change
Internet and Technology Addicts Anonymous
Collated community spaces & places