Posts Tagged ‘Harm Reduction’
Screen Time for Adults: Setting Limits for Yourself (and your inner child).
I was sick with a cold this weekend and feeling pretty crappy, which was fine because the third season of Orange is the New Black just got released. I can safely say when I wasn’t sleeping, I was likely looking at a screen. I’d brainstorm article ideas for a minute, watch an episode or two,…
12-step doesn’t work for everyone: why I love harm reduction
An alternative to 12-step She comes in and sits on the edge of the couch, anxious. As she tells me why she’s sitting in my office, she looks over furtively, both fearful and defended. I ask personal questions, some that she hasn’t answered even for herself. For example, I ask her what alcohol does for…
Crystal Meth, Men Who Have Sex with Men, and Harm Reduction
“Harm Reduction therapy can include a strategy of abstinence but that is not the main focus of this work including with users of Crystal. Really the focus of Harm Reduction is to first accept that crystal meth users can and do manage their drug use through a variety of methods. Looking together at the reasons,…