Addictions and Recovery
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This blog is an outgrowth of a course that I taught at Christian Brothers University in Memphis, TN, entitled “The Biology of Addiction”. This course, was, in essence, a study of human biology through the lens of addictions. My developing this course was, in turn, a consequence of an incident that occurred while I was still drinking, in which I passed out on a busy street while riding my bicycle. Fortunately, I had fallen to the right, onto the sidewalk out of harm’s way, rather than to the left, onto a traffic lane where I could have been run over. Sometime after starting my recovery, I thought about that incident and concluded that I had been given an opportunity to move forward with a new mission. The answer, to me as an academic, was to offer a course on the biology of addiction for non-majors.
That sense of mission sustained me through the rest of my teaching career.
Now that I am retired, I still receive interesting information from agencies (such as the National Institutes of Health) and journals (Journal of the American Medical Association), so I would like to share this information with those who read this blog.
52. The pity of it all: The economic and societal costs of substance abuse
51. Opioids and the problem of managing chronic pain.
50. The Myth of Drug Addiction: “I’m Only Hurting Myself,” from Narconon’s blog, https://www.narconon.org/blog/the-myth-of-drug-addiction-im-only-hurting-myself.html
49. It is with a heavy heart that I report to you that the World Health Organization recognizes a diagnosis of Caffeine Dependence Syndrome. :(
48. Alternatives to 12-step recovery programs
47. Nitrous oxide: According to an article appearing in The Atlantic (February 2025), it is “The Illegal Drug at Every Corner Store”
46. Psychoactive drugs used to enhance or elicit religious experiences are called entheogens
45. Methamphetamine
44. An increasing number of very potent drugs, especially medetomidine, are entering the illicit opioids market.
43. What do medical students and residents learn about alcoholism and substance misuse?
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