rredick, Author at Allies in Recovery

Positive Childhood Experiences Are Linked to Emotional Health and Resilience—Even in Households Experiencing Trauma

For decades, pediatric research has focused on negative childhood experiences (NCEs) and their effects on children’s wellbeing. Until recently, howe…

rredick September 20, 2023

Ozempic, Widely Used for Diabetes and Weight Loss, Has Potential Substance Use Disorder Benefits As Well

It was developed to help regulate blood sugar in diabetics and pre-diabetics. It’s widely (though unofficially) used for weight loss. Now semaglutid…

rredick September 12, 2023

Fentanyl Deaths In Communities of Color: A Crisis “Decades In the Making”

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals the unequal effects of the opioid crisis on Black, Native American, Hispanic,…

rredick September 5, 2023

Light, Hope, Healing: Anohni Sings Leonard Cohen’s “If It Be Your Will”

With “If It Be Your Will,” Leonard Cohen wrote a modern psalm. With her 2006 recording at the Sydney Opera House, Anohni flings open the doors on …

rredick August 29, 2023

Borderline Personality Disorder: A Family Takes Its Caring to the Next Level

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) affects nearly 6% of Americans at some point in their lives, but research, treatment, and support for the condit…

rredick August 22, 2023

Coldplay’s “Yellow” Like You’ve Never Heard It Before

Think you know what a Coldplay song sounds like? Think again. But the re-imagining of the song is just one of the surprises in store when you watch th…

rredick August 15, 2023

Ketamine: A Potential Leap Forward In Opioid Addiction Medication

Buprenorphine is a crucial medicine for many patients in treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD). But with the rise of deadly fentanyl, buprenorphine …

rredick August 15, 2023

The Evidence Is In: A Walk in the Woods Really Is Good for the Soul

Many of us know it from our own experience. Now there’s science to back it up: time in nature brings a host of benefits for our bodies, minds, and e…

rredick August 9, 2023

White Patients Receive Opioid Addiction Medication at More Than Twice the Rate of Black Patients

In a new report, the New England Journal of Medicine reveals that Black and Native American patients struggling with opioid use were less than half as…

rredick August 2, 2023

Bromazolam, Delivered By Mail, Is Killing Canadians in Startling Numbers

Over 20,000 Canadians have died of opioid-related causes since 2020. Many of these deaths involved opioids mixed with Bromazolam or similar illicit se…

rredick July 25, 2023