At the Margins @almostdrgus.bsky.social · 02/08/2026in our brains to redirect from the old, traumatized, addicted thinking ones. We need to build new dopamine sources, examine our thinking, and so much more - and we need to do it in community with one another. It's a disease, go get help. Unless you're an actual hermit, you didn't recover alone. 000 0
At the Margins @almostdrgus.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Sober recovery is not a character war, it's not a willpower war (though some willpower is involved), it's not a war of self…it's a neurological one where we have to do the hard, sometimes boring work of community, structure, skill building, radical honesty and acceptance, and creating new pathways 100 1
At the Margins @almostdrgus.bsky.social · 02/08/2026things can begin to change. Why do you think private pay programs offer 90+ days of residential followed by step down care? Because it has a *much* higher success rate! nida.nih.gov/sites/defaul... Harm reduction has been simplified to a campaign slogan instead of actual harm reduction.nida.nih.gov 010 1
At the Margins @almostdrgus.bsky.social · 02/08/2026treatment is underfunded, gate kept by insurance companies, and tries to be a one-size-fits-all approach. When you only treat people for 28 days and then put them back where they came from with no resources, of course it fails! When you treat people like human beings and provide holistic service, 100 1
At the Margins @almostdrgus.bsky.social · 27/07/2026If you like my work, consider donating or becoming a subscriber for as little as $5/month. atthemargins.org#/portal/supp... 000 0
At the Margins @almostdrgus.bsky.social · 27/07/2026It's about time! Finally finished the final article in the Recovery Curriculum series. This is about where we came from as a addiction professionals, and where we desperately need to go next. Read and share, won't you? I'd love to hear your thoughts. atthemargins.org/recovery-cur...atthemargins.orgRecovery Curriculum 401Workforce, advocacy, and what we owe the field that raised us Some might say this field was born from trouble. It wasn’t created in universities or boardrooms. It wasn’t created in the offices of li... 100 1
At the Margins @almostdrgus.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Nobody gets clean in a vacuum. The sixth piece in the Recovery Curriculum is about the family systems, attachment histories, and relationship dynamics that shape whether recovery is possible — and what it actually asks of everyone in the room. atthemargins.org/recovery-cur...atthemargins.orgRecovery Curriculum 301cThe research is clear that family involvement in recovery improves outcomes. Not because family saves the person but because belonging to something, being accountable to people who matter, having some... 000 0
At the Margins @almostdrgus.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Recovery isn't the absence of substance use. It's the reconstruction of a self. And that reconstruction works differently when the community offering to help you rebuild wasn't built with you in mind. Recovery Curriculum 301b is live at atthemargins.org/recovery-cur... Please read and share!atthemargins.orgWho You Become: LGBTQ+ Identity and RecoveryRecovery is the reconstruction of a self. Whether that rebuilding works depends on whether the community waiting on the other side was built with you in mind. 000 0
At the Margins @almostdrgus.bsky.social · 12/05/2026The science on why AA works is actually pretty clear: it restructures your social network. Who you spend time with changes. That changes everything. But in rural areas, there's often only one meeting a week, in a church basement. In English. New piece in the Recovery Curriculum: atthemargins.orgatthemargins.orgAt The MarginsEssays on recovery, practice, and the systems that shape both — from the rural edges of American behavioral health. 000 0
At the Margins @almostdrgus.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Article 2 of the Recovery Curriculum is up! Whether you've worked in treatment or been through it — what did the description of treatment leave out? What would you redesign first? atthemargins.org/the-recovery... #RecoveryCurriculum #AddictionCounseling #SUD #BehavioralHealth #RuralHealthatthemargins.orgThe Recovery Curriculum - 201Many people approach treatment with expectations shaped by everything except firsthand experience...and that picture rarely matches what they find. Sometimes, it's considerably better than imagined, a... 000 0
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At the Margins @almostdrgus.bsky.social · 17/04/2026I use super thin slices of Cabbot and layer them. Melts deliciously! Bistro quality burger you’ve got there! 120 2
At the Margins @almostdrgus.bsky.social · 17/04/2026We tell people addiction is a disease. Then we treat them like moral failures. The first piece in the Recovery Curriculum series is up. It's about the structural contradiction at the heart of American recovery culture — and what it looks like on the ground. atthemargins.orgatthemargins.orgAt The MarginsEssays on recovery, practice, and the systems that shape both — from the rural edges of American behavioral health. 000 0
At the Margins @almostdrgus.bsky.social · 16/04/2026I'll be a keynote speaker at this event in June - come talk with us about rural substance and recovery work. the-rural.org/services/ #SUD #Recovery #Sobriety #AddictionTreatmentthe-rural.orgThe RuralNational Rural Institute on Alcohol, Drugs and Addictions: June 2026 The annual Conference and Meeting of NRADAN, IncTraining for Addiction Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Professionals Institu… 020 2
At the Margins @almostdrgus.bsky.social · 16/01/2026You know, I started to say something here several times and erased them all. There just aren’t words. 101 1
Reposted by At the Marginsem. rowene @queerenigma.com · 10/01/2026Hi folks, I'm seeing a lot of "Eyes on Minneapolis" & "We support Minnesota" sentiment. Here's a tangible way you can help: Trump just suspended federal funding for SNAP benefits to Minnesota. Second Harvest Heartland is an MN-based hunger-relief org. Please donate what you can. www.2harvest.org2harvest.orgSecond Harvest Heartland | Local Minnesota, Wisconsin food bank | 2harvest.orgThere is more than enough food for everyone. As one of the nation’s largest hunger relief agencies, it’s our job to make sure healthy, nutritious food gets to the households who need it. Every day, we... 1920732184 2.2K
At the Margins @almostdrgus.bsky.social · 11/01/2026media.tenor.comthe green bay packers are playing against the chicago bearsAlt: the green bay packers are playing against the chicago bears. Several players doing touchdown celebrations-dancing and pointing at camera. 000 0
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At the Margins @almostdrgus.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Happy New Year, Bluesky. May this one be better than the last. 🎉 010 1
At the Margins @almostdrgus.bsky.social · 26/12/2025Team biscotti. Especially because my wife cut me off from baking anything else for a minute. I was looking forward to those! 000 0
At the Margins @almostdrgus.bsky.social · 26/12/2025My brain is going to implode with this one. I also made the mistake of reading the comments. Daaannng. Bad idea. 000 0
At the Margins @almostdrgus.bsky.social · 25/12/2025Snoop does Christmas halftime in Minneapolis! Yes please. 000 0
At the Margins @almostdrgus.bsky.social · 25/12/2025Nothing says holiday spirit like figuring out how to illegally eradicate brown (and Black) folks.  000 0
At the Margins @almostdrgus.bsky.social · 25/12/2025Success! Italian Christmas cookies are a big yes around here now! #foodsky 010 1
At the Margins @almostdrgus.bsky.social · 24/12/2025I’ll tell you what no one else seems to tell you about making butter toffee…how to clean the daggone pan!! Lots of boiling hot water and scrubbing. Maybe some choice words too. That’s how. 000 0
At the Margins @almostdrgus.bsky.social · 24/12/2025Let’s try Italian Christmas cookies next, shall we? #foodsky www.thekitchn.com/italian-chri...thekitchn.comMy Italian Christmas Cookies Are Super-Soft and Impossibly Easy (I'm Making Them All December!)They’re soft, pillowy, and perfect. 000 0
At the Margins @almostdrgus.bsky.social · 24/12/2025Trying my hand at butter toffee…peanut butter blossoms were a success! #foodsky 010 1
At the Margins @almostdrgus.bsky.social · 24/12/2025My wife and I are on our own for the holiday so it is Baking Day. It’s therapeutic, passes the time, and gives me things to offer as gifts along the way on our trip to see various family members post Christmas. 000 0
At the Margins @almostdrgus.bsky.social · 24/12/2025Star Trek/Dr. Who!! I find that easier to wrap my head around than StarTrek/Superman. 000 0
At the Margins @almostdrgus.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Whoa…this is just wild. Why am I working my ass off in this doctoral program again??? Crazy second career choice on my part. 030 3
At the Margins @almostdrgus.bsky.social · 23/12/2025I'm flying to NOLA on my bday next month for a conference…I think I'm taking notes here for how to spend my airport time more constructively. First the Japanese whiskey and now this! I'm learning much from you! 000 0
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At the Margins @almostdrgus.bsky.social · 22/12/2025I spent 20 minutes looking up Japanese whiskeys as a result so…thank you is all I have to say! 130 3
At the Margins @almostdrgus.bsky.social · 22/12/2025I clearly am a nobody, but I don’t even know who the hell Chatterton IS. But if you want to know then I’m intrigued. 010 1
At the Margins @almostdrgus.bsky.social · 19/12/2025This whole year has been an exercise in figuring out if something is real or The Onion…unfortunately, it's usually real. 020 2
At the Margins @almostdrgus.bsky.social · 19/12/2025The simple, powerful truths here…too many to list. I'm a nobody from nowhere, but this is how I strive to impact people when I do my work too. We need so much more of this. Urban Consulate: Jason Reynolds & Tressie McMillan Cottom www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uwwn...youtube.comUrban Consulate: Jason Reynolds & Tressie McMillan CottomYouTube video by Urban Consulate 011 1
At the Margins @almostdrgus.bsky.social · 19/12/2025apnews.com/article/brow...apnews.comMan suspected in shooting at Brown University has been found dead in New Hampshire, AP source saysA man who is suspected of killing two and wounding several others at Brown University has been found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility, a law enforcement official and a person familiar with the... 000 0
At the Margins @almostdrgus.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Cruelty upon cruelty…they're just aiming it in another direction today. 000 0
At the Margins @almostdrgus.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Where I can reasonably apply is a very short list. Then the other considerations come into play - so few TT positions, the market is a mess, little preparation, less guidance, etc. I ask current advisors, and while sympathetic, they have no real advice. Maybe there just isn't any to give. 000 0
At the Margins @almostdrgus.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Not only are mentors of color doing most of the work of mentoring, but most of our programs aren't talking to marginalized candidates about the realities of their future experiences. I'm trans and multiracial - barely making it in the environment I'm in now…my prospects are SLIM in academia. 100 1
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At the Margins @almostdrgus.bsky.social · 17/12/2025As someone who spends time in New England a few times a year, I’ve learned that seafood in general in the Midwest is a no-no unless you’re in major cities. I see some braised pork belly in my future. 000 0
At the Margins @almostdrgus.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Now I want this. But I live in Iowa and scallops are not exactly…accessible. Not in any decent form anyway. Alas. 000 0
At the Margins @almostdrgus.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Not feeling great about the latest job market chatter/reality as I’m eyes deep in end of semester hell. Hope is about all we have at this stage in our programs, you know. Try not to kill it. #academicsky #phdlife #jobmarket 020 2