“Recovery is the most difficult [thing] I’ve ever done in my life — and I can’t recommend it enough.” Same my friend, same! Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle I began journaling for my #TraumaRecovery on 4.17.23. Here are my journals! Every scrappy, useful skill that helps, helps! Juniper approves. 🩵

Still time to get your tickets for FavorUK Annual Recovery Conference! 13 September 2024 Details here: tickettailor.com/events/facesvo… FavorUK Home of the UK Recovery Walk - Making Recovery Visible Since 2009 💜 #UKRW #UKRW24 #UKRECOVERYWALK #UKRECOVERYWALKLONDON #LONDON @favoruk

"Transgenderism aimed at children has been engineered by a billion-dollar global medical, corporate industry and Scotland aimed to put itself at the forefront of this disingenuous movement masquerading as a human rights issue" #DefundLGBTYS thetimes.com/uk/scotland/ar…

Lock up the victims, release abusers 🤬 "New research has found that 78% of women prisoners in Scotland have a history of significant head injury – most of which occurred in the context of domestic abuse that often lasted over periods of several years" gla.ac.uk/news/archiveof…

One of Ontario's leading addiction physicians, Dr. Martyn Judson, likens Canada's "safer supply" programs to "involuntary manslaughter" and calls them "depraved" and "terrible." westernstandard.news/opinion/hunt-d…

Leaving the funeral of a friend today, my friend Suzzanne remarked, “it was 25yrs ago we went to the first funeral of a friend lost to drugs, it happens so often now!” I walked in silence for a bit, contemplating the enormity of the grief and loss among our friends!

Just some of our amazing performers onstage at the UK Recovery Walk and Festival - this Saturday 14 September at Crystal Palace Park, London! 💜 #UKRW #UKRW24 #UKRecoveryWalk

The political landscape further complicates this, with policies such as drug consumption rooms and decriminalisation/legalisation now driven more by political agendas than by a genuine commitment to public health. It has also seen the ebbing away of public support for the work we

Use as many pronouns as you like but there’s nothing progressive about targeting women and poor people: my column in The Herald heraldscotland.com/politics/viewp…

I spend a lot of time on here defending the judiciary. But sentencing like this makes it difficult. These are not victimless crimes, and need to be treated far more seriously. We can’t jail people for heat of moment posts that incite violence yet not for premeditated activity

BBC Scotland News Our report on drug and alcohol services in Scotland will be published next month. Read about it here: bit.ly/Drug_and_Alcoh…

As someone who has witnessed firsthand the severe toll of addiction on individuals and families, I must emphasise that alcohol-related harm is a public health emergency of the highest order. Yet, we continue to see a lack of radical and transformative action. And by radical, I

With every year that drug and alcohol deaths rise, the justification gymnastics used to defend these failures become increasingly grotesque. The same experts and leaders who led us into this crisis remain in charge, and their excuses only become more contorted as the death toll

'The narrative around Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) in Scotland is marred by the lickspittle behaviour of quangos and their reliance on highly questionable 'research.' These so-called authorities, with their dodgy modelling, tout MUP as a panacea, yet the majority of Scots are

Remember this ? #alcohol #alcoholdeaths #MUP #youkeeplyingwekeepdying #stopthedeaths

Did you know Scotland has fewer than 140 rehab beds for both drug & alcohol treatment Yes, you read that right—we’ve got about the same number of rehab beds as a moderately sized Travelodge. For a country grappling with an alarming rise in alcohol-related deaths—1,277 and 1172

Honestly, I think whether the quango system could improve with a change in government is a bit of a mixed bag. Anas Sarwar Jackie Baillie On one hand, if a new government came in with a fresh perspective, determined to shake things up, they could bring in reforms to make quangos

Can’t wait to see you all on Saturday 💜 #UKRecoveryWalk #RecoveryWalk

I feel a bit self-conscious sharing this, but it's really about celebrating the remarkable path our charity FAVORUK 💜 has forged, and the pivotal role of the #UKRecoveryWalk, along with all the recovery walks and initiatives that emerged from our pioneering effort to spotlight