Author Archives: Christopher Robin

Substance Use/Going On Holiday  There seems to be a lot of confusion about what the client’s investment in taking drugs are. As a professional if this dynamic is not understood, a loved one or a professional could easily get railroaded and deliver an intervention that may not be appropriate to the situation. Let’s explore this […]

How did you feel in 2020? As we now approach the end of 2020, someone asked me this question and I started to think about my reply.  I remember watching the TV when Big Ben chimes rang on 1st January and then as the days, weeks, months have gone by this year, I have felt […]

Duty of Care I haven’t written for a while, but lately I acknowledged something uncomfortable that has been niggling away at me for a while.  With another lockdown looming, I remembered the first 5 days of the lockdown in March, when I had to give serious thought to how to continue the work with my […]

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‘The first casualty of any war, is truth” Drug wars-Neil Woods and Js Rafaeli  In these difficult times, it is really difficult to separate the truth from fiction. Especially when it is possible to twist and distort the interpretation of what you have heard, and it can become uncomfortable when you are told something, and […]

Never Give up – Blog 10 – Sabrina Hussain Mental Health Awareness Week – 18th – 24 May, 2020 “Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.” – Mason Cooley. The theme this year is “Kindness”. There are many uncertainties and unknowns at the moment and it is important […]

Letters from Lockdown Huseyin Djemil, Founder – Towards Recovery https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/letters-from-lockdown-huseyin-djemil-fcmi-fdap I love quotes from movies, and I’m sure we all have our own favourites, like when Al Pacino says,  “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in” (The Godfather 3), I even like the Soprano’s version of that quote (series 1 […]

“you never lose until you actually give up.” -Mike Tyson ‘Shadow boxing’ There is a lot of talk around Recovery around and ‘not getting in the ring with it’. We don’t have to be an active participant with a person, or a situation, whether it be a drama, or a substance, when we have the […]

30 Years Drug Free  I was sitting down today at my computer and could feel something niggling away at me. I couldn’t work out why the date of the lockdown was so significant and at the same time I was thinking about how comfortable I am with the lockdown and the isolation.  Then it hit […]