You Say You Want a Revolution ...
For me, defining Recovery as a process to be controlled by the individual, but then imposing a whole set of values and outcomes upon what "characterises" that recovery is to miss the point. You have to let me judge what my Recovery is. It is not up to you to normalise me. These are my choices, my hopes and my decisions. You make them yours, then you do exactly what those early mental health activists feared. You create "a cosmetic initiative that maintains the dependence of individuals on the system".
Read More...The Great Debate?
I've just taken part in the
Drugscope and Conference Consortium Great Debate looking at the
issues around the resurgence of the abstinence vs maintenance
arguments.
You
can download Mike Ashton's article, 'The new abstentionists',
here.
A number of people have asked for a copy of my speech, so I’m
blogging it for them and anyone else who's interested.
Comments below or email me using the "get in touch link" on the
main page.
Ever Decreasing Pools
But why has the allocations
system changed, what information are they using to work out what
different areas get and what's it going to mean for services,
service users and
communities?