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Substance abuse is the  No. 1 health problem on Main Streets across the United States. But despite the impact it has on our selves, our families and our neighbors, most people prefer to ignore it. 

For years, I have been culling news items about substance use, mental health and recovery and mailing them with a commentary to a list of friends and colleagues. My focus is on advocacy for the treatment and rights of those who suffer from these diseases. This blog and website is a continuation of that newsletter with the hope of drawing you into the conversation

I wear many hats. I am a professional in the addiction field with CASAC certification in New York; in May, I will graduate with a MSW degree from NYU.  I have been active in the New Recovery Movement as a member of the national Faces and Voices of Recovery organization a founding member of Friends of Recovery, New York (FOR-NY), and founder of Friends and Voices of Recovery, Westchester. Finally, I not only am in recovery from addiction and major clinical depression myself, I am also the spouse, daughter and parent of persons in recovery.  — Deirdre Drohan Forbes

Elephant on Main Blog

  • Invisible People TV
  • Branding Bud 
  • Similarities found between drug seeking and food seeking behaviors
  • S.I.P. vs. GULP
  • War, while on drugs
  • Methadone in Malaysia
  • An Irrelevant Argument
  • Addiction Medicine Needs Influx of Doctors
  • Pregnancy, ETOH and the EU
  • LGBT Tx in VT
  • Incarceration Generation
  • Militia go door to door selling Recovery in China
  • Peter Pan Syndrome
  • Bi-polar and Schizophrenia Believed to Be Biologically Related
  • One stop shopping...
  • Black box warning for Zyban
  • Drug use is Health Concern in Portugal: What a concept!
  • Run for Recovery
  • Sober and Still Serving
  • Heroin kills on Long Island NY
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