David's Latest Blog Posts
- My Addiction & Recovery: Dr. Wendy Dossett (May 30, 2023)
- Recovery Voices: Wendy Dossett of the University of Chester (May 29, 2023)
- Local Community Celebrates Start of Bangor Recovery Centre Project (May 26, 2023)
- What Towards Recovery Is About: Huseyin Djemil (May 25, 2023)
- Being Held Back… by a GP Identity: Dr. David McCartney (May 24, 2023)
- The North Wales Recovery Communities (NWRC): James Deakin (May 23, 2023)
- Ten Year Anniversary of Recovery Stories (May 22, 2023)
- Recovery Voices: James Deakin, Founder of North Wales Recovery Communities (NWRC) (May 15, 2023)
- Recovery Voices YouTube Channel (May 12, 2023)
- Until the Lion Learns To Write: Huseyin Djemil (May 11, 2023)
- Dr. David McCartney’s Recovery Voice (May 10, 2023)
- ‘Hope in Addiction: Understanding and Helping Those Caught in Its Grip’ by Andy Partington (May 9, 2023)
- My Journey: Part 9. Wired In’s Early Online Presence (May 8, 2023)
- Recovery, Connection & Hope: Dr. David McCartney (April 17, 2023)
- Taking a Break (April 16, 2023)
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Random Story
Iain’s Recovery Story: ‘This is Me’
A treatment agency helped Iain detox from the methadone that was prescribed for his heroin addiction. College, employment, recreational activities and romance facilitated Iain’s recovery. (9,237 words)
Random Article
Journeys, Part 2: Living With Heroin Addiction
Heroin addiction often leads to changes in a person’s relationships, lifestyle, physical and psychological health, values, and identity. Some heroin addicts engage in criminal activity to maintain their habit. Heroin addicts are stigmatised by wider society. (5,643 words) *
Random Film
How Childhood Trauma Can Make You A Sick Adult | Big Think | Big Think
Dr. Vincent Felitti, the co-founder of the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) study, details the connection between childhood trauma and negative health outcomes in adulthood. Big Think. [7’15”]
Random Resource
Recovery Guide Films of Beth Burgess
A series of six short films on key issues by Recovery Coach, NLP practitioner & recoveree Beth Burgess. You can read Beth’s Recovery Story on this website, and find many more of Beth’s film clips on her YouTube channel.
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 […]