Dr A.D.Dict

Thank you for your support, @caralisette.bsky.social ❤️🙌

I’m 22 years sober today. So very grateful to be on this path. ✨
#SoberSky #Sobriety #Milestone

Amazing work! Congratulations! X

Today I’m 1000 days free. What once felt impossible has become my norm.

999 days ago I needed hope & now i have a life beyond my wildest dreams.

To those in the storm- hold on, keep going, you are worth it. 💛

#IcantbutWEcan
#WeDoRecover
#1000DaysSober #Gratitude #Recovery #AA #NA #Addiction

Congratulations!!! 🙌 amazing news!

Thanks for sharing, interesting read.
Thinking about barriers to recovery for women & girls, especially those from minority +/- vulnerable groups, how will the ACMD ensure its recommendations reflect lived experience / intersectionality, as opposed to relying solely on clinical or system-level data?

ACMD 3-year work programme 2025 to 2028: commissioning letter

JUST PUBLISHED: Government’s three year work programme for the ACMD @rcpsych.bsky.social www.gov.uk/government/p...

Amazing!!!!! Well done- that one year is very close now!

Plastic Fuzz

Get in! Great work-
Keep going, you’ve got this 🙌

JUST PUBLISHED: ACMD report on prevention of drug use by young people in the UK assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6835e4...

Then yes, really common to make symptoms in first couple of weeks- including worsening anxiety / low mood & myriad of other symptoms. It should improve over the coming couple of weeks but ensure you’re practising good self care & in touch with your prescriber / doctor. X

Certainly in the first few weeks or when coming off it. How long you been on it?

This is awesome…. ❤️

Santa in relapse?

Heard this line this evening ‘If I let you really know me, you’ll reject me’. That hit me like a freight train and feels like a core fear I have that branches out into so much. #Recovery #Hope #EmotionalDamage

Fantastic!!! One day at a time! Congratulations 🙌

Social Media Use and Depressive Symptoms During Early Adolescence This cohort study of children and adolescents aged 9 to 12 years evaluates person-level associations between time spent using social media and depressive symptoms over subsequent years.

📱🧠 More screen time, more sadness?

A new study of 11,800 US kids aged 9–12 found that increases in social media use predicted later rises in depressive symptoms.

🔗 doi.org/10.1001/jama...

#SciComm #MentalHealth 🧪

Psychiatric comorbidity in children and adolescents with ADHD: A systematic review and meta-analysis Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder with estimated worldwide prevalence of 7.2 % in children and adolesce…

ADHD doesn't tend to travel alone.

People with ADHD are more likely to have other conditions than non-ADHD'ers, including depression, anxiety, other neurodevelopmental conditions like autism or epilepsy, or amongst other conditions.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Read, Reflect, Reply:
‘Rather than risk vulnerability, many develop habits that keep others at a safe distance.
These patterns of emotional isolation make us feel hopelessly locked behind
our masks… Through sharing with others, we learn that we are not unique’
#Addiction #Recovery #MentalHealth

Thank you @owenbowdenjones.bsky.social for your stellar leadership and passion about #MentalHealth and #Addiction - wonderful to see your presentations at the @rcpsych.bsky.social conference

Thanks for a great conference
@rcpsych.bsky.social on inclusive / integrated care for people with #Addiction and supporting them into #Recovery.

🫶🏻 awesome news!!! Great work. WDR

This is my first post… bit nervous but here we go.
If sharing about our journeys / experiences can help in the battle to reduce stigma for people battling Addiction in any form, then we simply must.
Barriers to seeking help just increase suffering, destruction and death. #Addiction #Recovery