Author: TeeJay

Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 2:27 am

Rehabs in general are starting to come around with maintenance treatments, which is a good sign. Where I’m from, the state has started to fund a number of beds for people on maintenance in the larger treatment facilities, with abstinence based treatments becoming more relegated to the fringe and private facilities.

It was a really good article. I disagreed a bit with its argument that Kurt Cobain was a victim of abstinence based treatments. He was a troubled guy with a bad case of bipolar, and I really believe his bipolar played a huge role in his untimely death. He was maybe more a victim of the divide between addiction and psychiatric services. Hopefully in the future we’ll see more overlap and better understanding for those with dual diagnoses like this.