What's our alternative? We are stuck between locking people up and doing nothing. I went to a rehab where 87 of the 90 men were mandated to treatment. I know many were there to beat their sentence. But some of them found recovery along the way.
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Replying to @Twolfrecovery @KevinKrooss and
@MyTwolffamily Are you open to other ideas or just supporting Mental Health Sf and Biden’s plans for mandatory rehab?
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Replying to @sf_kerry @KevinKrooss and
I realize there is no one size fits all model to treating homelessness and drug addiction. But lately, there has been a growing movement attacking abstinence based recovery and vice versa. I think there's room for all types of recovery including mandated treatment.
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Replying to @Twolfrecovery @sf_kerry and
Am all for abstinence. The addicts aren’t too keen on it. If you run a rehab how do you make a buck if the addicts won’t come in the door? After all it’s a business. Mandate I guess.
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Replying to @KevinKrooss @sf_kerry and
You can stick someone in prison and they'll find a way to get high so how does supremely costly mandatory treatment benefit anyone other than the poverty mafia and associated politicians?
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Replying to @Kenneth73004293 @KevinKrooss and
I'm with you. We hurt way more people than help them imo. But I do believe there is a way to help rehabilitate people who want help but the model is more like a Community First approach in Austin, TX.
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Replying to @sf_kerry @Kenneth73004293 and
That is a good approach. I am all for it. Need to use multiple approaches, including prevention.
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Replying to @mystocean @sf_kerry and
Again who are we talking about? The 1 in 100 addicts who’s willing to do the work? Or the 99 who aren’t interesting in anything or anyone but getting high? The one isn’t a problem. They’ll recover in almost any program. They’re willing.
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Replying to @KevinKrooss @sf_kerry and
99% of those with addictions are not irrevocably wedded to their addictions. "We want people to know that opioid addicts can achieve full recovery without opioid maintenance drugs. And, it’s not rare or unusual when people get the right kind of help."https://unicornsarereal.org/about/
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Replying to @mystocean @sf_kerry and
At any given time very few want to stop. Maybe later when life gets bad, (“bottom”) they are. That’s not unusual. I stick by my observations. Addicts need to be very willing to stop, their own misery makes them, not any policy,program,person,$. Once willing, anything works.
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When I speak at a rehab I ask “How many of you have been to a rehab before?” Most of the hands go up. Then I ask, “lower your hand down if you really, honestly took all the suggestions you were given.” Few if any hands go down. As the saying goes, “Willingness is key”.
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