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THE EUREKA HARM REDUCTION COLLECTIVE



Last Updated: 12/18/2007

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Gender: Male
Status: Single
Age: 31
Sign: Leo

State: CALIFORNIA
Country: US
Signup Date: 12/16/2006

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Monday, January 01, 2007 

PLACEBO HARM REDUCTION COLLECTIVE:

 

-OPEN PLACE TO SHARE RECOVERY STORIES AND TO GET HELP FROM OTHERS AS WELL AS LITERATURE FOR PROGRAMS IN EUREKA

 

- INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON ABSTINENCE FOCUS ON MEETING THE USER WHERE THEY ARE AND DECREASING THE USE  "HARM

 

-CO EXISTING DISORDERS, RECOGNIZING THAT 75% OF USERS HAVE CO EXISTING DISORDERS(IE ANXIETY ,M DEPRESSIO N, OTHERS)

 

-GIVING SOMETHING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY

 

-DEPRESSION , ANXIETY, AND SUICIDE, NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN HARM REDUCTION

 

-I'M THE DIRECTOR , BUT MEETINGS SHOULD START RUNNING THEM SELVES BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT

 

-WE NEED COMMUNITY SUPPORT, AND A SOLID PLACE TO MEET, PART OF OUR PROGRAMS INCLUDE AN OUTLET, MUSIC, BANDS ESPECIALLY , AND FILM AN ART HANGS.

 

-NOT OSTRASIZING PEOPLE WHO USE GOD OR A HIGHER POWER TO GET THROUGH WHAT THEY NEED TO DO , BUT RECOGNIZE THIS AS AN AGNOSTIC ORGANIZATION

 

-HUMBOLDT COUNTY IS THE HIGHEST SUICIDE RATE PER CAPITA, HIGHEST DRUG OVER DOSE RATE, MORE PROGRAMS NEED TO EXIST AND WE EXIST UNDER THE PLACEBOS ALREADY SET DIY ETHIC

 

-USERS NEED TO DETERMINE HOW THEIR TREATMENT IS GOING TO HELP THEM NO ONE WILL QUIT IF ITS COMPLETELY ON OTHER PEOPLES TERMS, THE HIGHEST SOBRIETY RATE IS AA AND ITS ONLY 5-15 PERCENT.

 

The Placebo

 

Geez - those are some gritty realities -  Humboldt really has the highest addiction/depression/suicide rate in Ca? 

I really liked the meeting last Tuesday. I think more  people should come. Especially young people! 




 
Posted by The Placebo on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 11:52 PM
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