Recreational Drugs: Using Safely/Dealing With Addiction
- Dance Safe (Regularly Updated)
Harm reduction site promoting health and safety within the rave and nightclub community.
 Opioid Dependency: What's It Got to Do With HIV? A Blog Entry by Dave R. (February 1, 2013)
"I have a history of being open to temptation and may have a 'suggestible' personality. Perversely, that knowledge helped me stop smoking, drinking and certainly helped when coming off Oxycontin. Knowing that you are susceptible to mild addictive behaviour may keep that thought in the back of your mind when dealing with opioids."
From TheBody.com
- The Opioid Solution and HIV: From the Frying Pan Into the Fire -- A Blog Entry by Dave R. (February 1, 2013)
"Only a certain percentage of people living with HIV will suffer chronic pain in one form or another but a significant proportion of those will eventually have no option but to start taking opioids as the only painkillers that will help."
From TheBody.com
- Cleaning Works (March 2012)
From The Well Project
 Pain, Drugs and the Risks of Self-Medication (February 14, 2012)
"I share this experience to convey that I understand the disabling effects of severe pain and our complicated relationship with the medications that control it. We may need these drugs at times, but they can quickly and all too easily create other significant problems."
From TheBody.com
 Tips and Resources to Help You Maintain Your Sobriety Over the Holidays: A Blog Entry by Kevin Maloney (December 20, 2011)
"In order to maintain sobriety it is important to be prepared and proactive during this time of year. Below is a list of things to keep in mind to make sure you're taking the proper steps to take care of yourself."
From TheBody.com
 Addiction: The Disease More Likely to Kill Me -- A Blog Entry by Mark S. King (November 29, 2011)
"The breakup with my former partner last month in Ft. Lauderdale had been cordial. ... But my disease of addiction had already begun rearranging my thoughts, shuffling my priorities in a bid for dominance over the vigilant recovery I had practiced, proudly and successfully, for nearly three years."
From MyFabulousDisease.com
- FDA Launches New Resource on How to Safely Dispose of Needles and Other Sharps (November 9, 2011)
From U.S. Food and Drug Administration
 Addiction, HIV and the Healing That We Need: A Community Call to Action -- A Blog Entry by Brandon Lacy Campos (April 12, 2011)
"We need find a way to build each other up spiritually and communally ... all the prevention messages in the world don't mean SHIT without the work to heal the wounds that most of us are born with."
From TheBody.com
- One Year Without Crystal Meth: My Goodbye Message to You -- A Blog Entry by Kevin Maloney (March 23, 2011)
From TheBody.com
- My Friend's Candid Goodbye Letter to Crystal Meth and Other Addictions: A Blog Entry by Kevin Maloney (March 21, 2011)
From TheBody.com
- Assistant Secretary Dr. Howard Koh Highlights Drug Prevention Month (November 3, 2010)
From AIDS.gov
- Mental Health and HIV: Spotting Symptoms and Solving Problems (Fall 2006)
To read PDF, click here.
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Crystal Meth Recovery: A Step-by-Step Guide (September/October 2005)
To read PDF, click here.
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Public Health Messages to All Men Who Have Sex With Men About Crystal Meth Use (June 3, 2004)
Important advice and a list of resources people in the Seattle area can turn to for more help and information.
To read PDF, click here.
In STEP Ezine, from Seattle Treatment Education Project
- Talking With Your Doctor About HIV and Substance Use (2001)
To read PDF, click here.
From PositiveWords
- Pain Medications and Recovery (Winter 1998/1999)
In Notes From the Underground, from PWA Health Group
- To Party or Not to Party (November 1998)
Using recreational drugs while on the cocktail.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
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