I’ve shared my history many times, including mention of my ‘spiritual awakening’ in 1993 that kicked off about 5 years of active AA invovlement. After struggling with an obsession to use opioids for months, a meeting with a psychoanalyst sparked the ‘awakening’ on my drive home. I was suddenly very Read more…
I worked for several years as the medical director of a residential treatment center in Wisconsin, leaving the position several weeks ago because they were angry about my support for buprenorphine. On my last evening in the place I took a moment to look around and think about how addiction treatment Read more…
Remember back when I used to write those ANGRY posts, where I would take people to task for their silly comments about buprenorphine? I remember them. THOSE were the days! I was always ready to go nuclear on anyone who tried to debate whether buprenorphine treatment was ‘good’ or ‘bad.’ Read more…