David's Latest Blog Posts
- The Culture of Addiction, Part 2 (March 29, 2023)
- Our First Recovery Voice: Huseyin Djemil (March 28, 2023)
- My Journey: 6. Cracks in the UK Drug Strategy (March 27, 2023)
- The Culture of Addiction: Part 1 (March 24, 2023)
- A Touching Farewell to Brad Miah-Phillips (March 23, 2023)
- ‘The need to be honest, willing and open-minded’ by Rosie (March 22, 2023)
- The Four Walls: Mark Ragins (March 21, 2023)
- My Journey: 5. Drug and Alcohol Treatment Fund (DATF) Evaluation (March 20, 2023)
- Huseyin Djemil’s ‘Towards Recovery’ Blog Series (March 17, 2023)
- Recovering People and Their Stories: ‘Journeys’ Podcast with David Clark and Huseyin Djemil (Part 9) (March 16, 2023)
- The Power Threat Meaning Framework (PTMF) (March 15, 2023)
- A Rendezvous With Hope: Bill White (March 14, 2023)
- My Journey: 4. Learning About Addiction Treatment – WGCADA Stories (March 13, 2023)
- Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong: Johann Hari (March 11, 2023)
- Check Out Our Trauma and Healing Resources (March 10, 2023)
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Natalie’s Recovery Story: ‘I Didn’t Plan To Be An Addict’
Treatment staff and her peers help Natalie find a path to recovery from heroin addiction. A confronting situation years later, when she is a treatment practitioner, helps Natalie realise that she is still traumatised from her childhood experiences. A second recovery journey begins. (10,923 words)
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Addiction, Recovery, and Treatment: An Introduction
A brief look at the nature of addiction, the main types of help that facilitate recovery from addiction, the stages of behavioural change, and some of the features of addiction treatment. (1,911 words)
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Bringing them home: separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families
This resource is based on ‘Bringing them home’ , the report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families, and on the history of forcible separation and other policies which have impacted on the lives of Indigenous Australians. Australian Human Rights Commission. [32’29”]
Random Resource
Mark Ragins: Village Recovery Writings
Recovery-based psychiatrist Mark Ragins has an extraordinary collection of personal writing known as the Village Recovery Writings. Dr Mark worked for 27 years as the Medical Director at the MHALA Village in Long Beach, California, an award-winning model of recovery-based mental health care.
Random Healing
The Impact of Colonisation
The impact of colonisation on Indigenous peoples has been similar in a number of countries, including Australia, Canada, America and New Zealand. In her book Trauma Trails: Recreating Songlines, Professor Judy Atkinson describes how the control of Indigenous peoples by the coloniser was facilitated by three main types of power abuse or violence—overt physical violence, covert […]