Recovery Coaches: Support Specialist or Scam Artist?

May 18, 2018

A recovery coach is an individual who has gone through a nominal amount of training in order to provide paid support for men and women suffering from the disease of addiction. Namely, this includes drug and alcohol use associated with substance use disorder or SUD. Recovery coaches often work with both individuals in active addiction and people in long-term recovery. The support that recovery coaches provide however, will vary. But exactly what is the role of a recovery coach and what kind of support do they provide? Are they qualified to create or provide treatment? What about offering advice or counseling? Exactly how much training does a recovery coach have? Who hires them and what does a certificate in recovery coaching mean? Are recovery coaches true support specialists or sophisticated scam artists?

What is the Role of a Recovery Coach?

To determine the appropriate role of a recovery coach, I’d like …

Tough love is Nonsense and Only Worsens Drug Addiction

July 28, 2017

Category:Addiction & Recovery General / Addiction Treatment Centers / Best Treatment Centers Nationwide / Call to Action / Family & Friends of Heroin Addicts / Heroin Epidemic / Myths About Addiction / Opioid Addiction / Protecting Our Children / Recommendation / Relapse Prevention / scams / tough love / Triggers / Understanding Addiction

Whether you’re a parent, partner or friend, you might be told that a drug or alcohol addicted person you care for needs tough love. Don’t believe it. Love has always been understood as the gentlest of emotions. You might have to be tough in war, politics, business or some other place, but love is the wrong place. Love is a place where you can drop your guard, care unconditionally, and show your softer side. Isn’t that right?

Yet today we hear time and again that love ought to be tough. Of course, this “wisdom” is typically directed at the most vulnerable members of society: a seventy-year-old wino, a drug addicted working girl, a street kid or a welfare single mother. Funny how our culture is much less inclined to get tough with those who could handle a hit: the CEO, the pro athlete, or even the one advocating tough love.

Why Tough …

Joann Miller “Social Media Monster”, Terminated From Treatment Center For Cyber Bullying?

February 1, 2017

Category:Addiction & Recovery General / Drug Dealers / Illegal Activity / News / scams

Joann Miller presents herself as an online recovery advocate who, after allegedly losing her son to a drug overdose, claims to work for the greater good of suffering and recovering drug and heroin addicts. But what if Joann Miller has deceived us all? What if everything she’s told us is a lie? What if she was using her position with a highly respectable addiction treatment center and the money she makes to peddle her own selfish and destructive agenda to damage and destroy the reputation of many good hearted individuals and organizations that inadvertently upset her? We know…this sounds insane. We thought so too, until she targeted this community and other well respected individuals & organizations in the online recovery community.

Joann Miller is a true cyber bully who creates fake accounts on Facebook to vilify innocent people. She also enlists the help of hackers and sycophants to take down anyone who has advertently or …

Why Is Recovery CNT Using Fake Names & Following Anonymous Hackers Group?

December 4, 2016

Category:Addiction & Recovery General / Addiction Treatment Center / Addiction Treatment Centers / Call to Action / Clinic Reviews / Drug Rehab / Family & Friends of Heroin Addicts / Heroin Addiction / Heroin Treatment Options / Illegal Activity / News / Protecting Our Children / scams

Recovery CNT of New Jersey looks like a new, small drug rehab facility in Middlesex, New Jersey however, information we’ve acquired suggests that employees of this little addiction treatment center may be following the “Anonymous Hackers Group” page on Facebook.

Recovery CNT not only has a problem remaining professional on the phone but apparently has a host of anonymous and fictitious Facebook accounts used for the purpose of creating fake 5 out of 5 ratings/reviews on their Facebook page and threatening anyone who tells the truth about their unprofessional practices.

UPDATE: we received a message from Anonymous Hackers Group who has stated that CNT Recovery has no affiliation with their organization. Thus, we can only assume based on the information that we have that “Bana Anymous” is simply a follower of their Facebook page with no formal affiliation. The article has been updated to reflect the new information.

Now Kill the Heroin Epidemic Nationwide typically only …

Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, Not an Authoritative Source of Literature for Addiction & Recovery

November 20, 2016

Category:12 Step Program / Addiction & Recovery General / Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) / Call to Action / Family & Friends of Heroin Addicts / Harm Reduction / Heroin Addiction / Heroin Treatment Options / Methadone / Naltrexone / Narcotics Anonymous (NA) / News / scams / Stigma / Suboxone

It’s hard to believe how much division still exists today in the online recovery community, all over Suboxone and Methadone. Frankly, even mentioning both medicine assisted treatments typically prepares a multitude of recovering addicts to “fight or flight”. Why? Even if Suboxone and Methadone aren’t your personal choices for treating your opiate or heroin addiction, to this day, there are still so many people who spend their time criticizing and shaming recovering addicts on Suboxone and Methadone. And many of the anti-MAT rhetoric nonsense comes from 12 steppers in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA).

Now I want to be clear upfront. Overall, I think AA and NA are great and the program has helped a number of addicts find and stay in long, lasting recovery. That said, someone, somewhere, or maybe a group of like-minded hateful individuals have caused many in the program to believe that AA or NA …

Warning to Parents: How Predators Secretly Make Money From Your Child’s Addiction

November 19, 2016

Category:Addiction & Recovery General / Addiction Treatment Center / Addiction Treatment Centers / Call to Action / Drug Dealers / Drug Rehab / Heroin Treatment Options / Illegal Activity / Kickbacks / News / scams

Everyone who knows me knows how transparent I am. Not only do I write original content and share my own personal story through writing and on video, but I am very transparent in how we recommend only the best addiction treatment centers and drug rehab facilities. But given how popular we’ve become, people are talking. Others who “help” people get into addiction treatment have taken notice. The more ethical people, the ones who bend over backwards to help people get treatment love us and what we do. But there are a few others who are concerned and they don’t like us. And they can’t say anything about it because what we are doing is 100% in the best interest of the patient. These certain individuals and organizations that I am referring to, not so much.

Drug Addicts Aren’t The Only Predators Out There

Drug dealers do capitalize and make a …

WARNING: Tumblr Not Safe for Children – Hidden Drug World in Plain Sight

November 14, 2016

Category:Addiction & Recovery General / Call to Action / Family & Friends of Heroin Addicts / Heroin Addiction / Heroin Epidemic / News / Protecting Our Children / scams / Triggers

Social Media is an awesome tool but recently I found a whole drug world hidden in plain sight. Tumblr is a popular social media franchise with teens and young adults. I was looking for some new platforms to spread awareness about the heroin epidemic, so I joined Tumblr. The first thing I did was search the word heroin, and Oh My God!!

Tumblr Has Become a Playground for Children Who Use Drugs

Parents, if you have middle school or high school kids in your home, you need to read this! Tumblr is a scary place. No joke, check it out for yourself. There are profiles and profiles dedicated to promoting heroin and drug use. We are not talking about smoking some pot either. These kids are posting pictures of themselves shooting up heroin, cocaine and flaunting any and all drugs on their profiles as though it were something to celebrate. They …

Warning! Avoid Scams at Local Drug Rehab Facilities in Florida – Our Recommendations

November 12, 2016

Category:Addiction & Recovery General / Addiction Treatment Center / Addiction Treatment Centers / Call to Action / Clinic Reviews / Drug Rehab / Family & Friends of Heroin Addicts / Heroin Addiction / Heroin Epidemic / Heroin Treatment Options / NAATC / News / Our Team / Recommendation / scams

Are you considering addiction treatment? Be careful. Residential treatment is great. But the experience, skill and compassion of staff members that work for each drug rehab facility varies. Regrettably, many men and women looking for help and treatment have been treated horribly at some less than reputable residential addiction treatment centers. And if you live in Florida: Watch out! Vultures referred to as headhunters at some less than reputable clinics are literally bribing homeless people (whether they have a drug problem or not) with cell phones, petty cash and other semi-valuable trinkets to go to their facility. And here’s the worst part. If they don’t already have drugs in their system, head hunters will give them extra cash to go buy and take drugs so they test “hot” or positive so they can be admitted.

In Florida and other places as well, head hunters get big bucks, literally thousands of dollars …

Punishing Methadone Clinics Who Take Away an Addict’s Meds Like Drug Dealers

November 10, 2016

Category:Addiction & Recovery General / Addiction Treatment Centers / Call to Action / Drug Dealers / Heroin Addiction / Heroin Epidemic / Heroin Treatment Options / Medicine Assisted Treatment (MAT) / Methadone / Naltrexone / News / Opioid Addiction / ReVia / scams / Suboxone / Vivitrol / Withdrawal Symptoms

Methadone, Suboxone and Naltrexone are all legitimate medicine assisted treatment (MAT) options for heroin addiction with a proven success rate. So this is not an anti-MAT article that criticizes genuine treatments and stigmatizes Suboxone or Methadone by claiming that using them is “replacing one drug with another”. In another article called “Suboxone and Methadone: The Brutal Truth About Medicine Assisted Treatment” we explain in great detail why those utilizing MAT as instructed and directed by a medical professional are adhering to the principles of recovery vs addiction. Thus, we believe those who select Suboxone, Methadone or Naltrexone (which includes the Vivitrol shot or the oral ReVia tablet) are clean and sober.

Methadone and Suboxone Patients are Dependent on Their Medication

But, there is a problem. People who use Suboxone and Methadone in particular become dependent on it. This means that their body will go into “shock” and thus, experience withdrawal if …

Is Krokodil a Scam and Has it Made Its Way to the United States?

November 4, 2016

Category:Addiction & Recovery General / Disease of Addiction / Heroin Addiction / Heroin Epidemic / Krokodil / Overdose / scams

In the early to mid 2000s the number of men and women suffering from heroin addiction in Russia was skyrocketing . However, at the same time the presence of heroin was plummeting. As a result, the costs of heroin skyrocketed. This is a typical case of supply and demand. When supply is low and demand is high, costs always go up. Less heroin available meant a higher price for what was remaining. As a result, heroin became 5 to 10 times more expensive which of course left heroin addicts struggling. With all of these addicts sick and in withdrawal an alternative had to be found. Thus Krokodil (the crocodile drug) was born or rather invented.

Is Krokodil Really a “Flesh-Eating” Drug?

Desomorphine, the street name Krokodil is actually named so because of the specific side effects of this drug. Krokodil turns a user’s skin green and scaly, much like a crocodile – which …

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