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Medication Assisted Recovery Anonymous (MARA)

“Whatever It Takes”

Wednesday, May 22, 6 pm

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Birmingham 35216

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"Throughout most of my time on the Board I continued to be puzzled by the original question: Why had I, specifically, been invited to serve?... In the early years of AA Bill and the original trustees were acutely sensitive to the danger of the Fellowship being distorted by aggressive persons with dogmatic opinions."

The Methadone/AA Link Here’s an interesting follow-up to my post about the Newsweek article.This in an excerpt from a lecture by Vincent Dole, a pioneer in methadone maintenance:In the early 1960’s I was honored (…

https://sobernation.com/4-things-sober-people-do-that-most-people-dont/?fbclid=IwAR126s7hwsi--QR6Ly3ayhlQK-O9jKpTSYAcAPqyqBwcq16DAqkhNm8u1c0

4 Things Sober People Do That Most People Don't Many people in recovery acquire a special group of character traits. Here are 4 things that sober people do that other people usually don't.

This is so awesome

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/03/19/695690652/aspiring-doctors-seek-advanced-training-in-addiction-medicine

Aspiring Doctors Seek Advanced Training In Addiction Medicine

One of our core Life Skills concepts is assisting residents with finding sustainable employment, which helps promote overall self-confidence, personal pride and financial well-being, and begins the process of paying off debts and making financial amends.

This chart shows there could be a real link between opioid use and people not working The U.S. opioid crisis is hitting the country on many fronts, including the labor market, data reviewed by CNBC show.

https://lnkd.in/eej2twf

Stigma Against Addiction Medication Fading, Ringing in Hopeful Signs for Opioid Epidemic in 2019 Despite the well-documented success rate of MAT, a recent study found that only 30 percent of overdose survivors are given any one of the three FDA-approved medications for their disease. But signs point to shifting attitudes.

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5 former opioid users share their experience with medication-assisted treatment

https://www.thefix.com/what-sets-suboxone-apart-other-medication-assisted-treatments

What Sets Suboxone Apart From Other Medication-Assisted Treatments? | The Fix When taken as prescribed by an op**te addict, Suboxone doesn't allow me to avoid or escape reality. This is one way it differs form other MATs.