Back from the Abyss: Psychiatry in Stories

A special place in my drug addict heart-- Finding safety with Suboxone

July 21, 2020 Craig Heacock MD Season 2 Episode 3
A special place in my drug addict heart-- Finding safety with Suboxone
Back from the Abyss: Psychiatry in Stories
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Back from the Abyss: Psychiatry in Stories
A special place in my drug addict heart-- Finding safety with Suboxone
Jul 21, 2020 Season 2 Episode 3
Craig Heacock MD

We typically think of addiction as a symptom of a deeper issue, such as trauma or a psychiatric disorder. Sometimes, however, addiction is the main event, and powerlessness is the starting point, not some ambiguous distant stop on the substance abuse train.

Lena fell hard into addiction by sixth grade and by all rights should have been dead or imprisoned long ago.  Yet today she is fully alive, deeply grateful, and six years clean and sober.

Dr. H and Lena explore her journey out of darkness and the varied and often surprising roles that jail, a caring probation officer, Suboxone, and a seemingly random visit by two near strangers all combined to help her change the course of her life.


Dr. H and Back from the Abyss
https://www.craigheacockmd.com

On Twitter @bftapod

Show Notes

We typically think of addiction as a symptom of a deeper issue, such as trauma or a psychiatric disorder. Sometimes, however, addiction is the main event, and powerlessness is the starting point, not some ambiguous distant stop on the substance abuse train.

Lena fell hard into addiction by sixth grade and by all rights should have been dead or imprisoned long ago.  Yet today she is fully alive, deeply grateful, and six years clean and sober.

Dr. H and Lena explore her journey out of darkness and the varied and often surprising roles that jail, a caring probation officer, Suboxone, and a seemingly random visit by two near strangers all combined to help her change the course of her life.


Dr. H and Back from the Abyss
https://www.craigheacockmd.com

On Twitter @bftapod