released in June 2009 provides an overview of meth, HIV, MSM and care strategies. hrsa_june_2009_methamphetamine_and_hiv.pdf
Recently in Sanity Category
Crystal Clear Tuesdays at NEON! Free relapse prevention group
Posted by Project NEON on February 4, 2010 10:08 AMBeyond Crystal 2010
Posted by Project NEON on January 7, 2010 11:07 AMA drop in group for gay/bi men in recovery from Crystal meth
Posted by Project NEON on October 14, 2009 9:23 AM**Strength Over Speed (SOS) a grassroots, all volunteer community based project whose mission is to help gay and bisexual men maintain recovery from crystal meth addiction and Seattle Counseling Service, a unique resource to help members of the LGBT communities navigate the path to recovery and wellness, collborate to provide Crystal Clear - a safe, welcoming drop-in group for gay/bi men in recovery from crystal meth.
If you are a gay/bi man who has started on the road to recovery or is well traveled on that road and need additional support - drop -in!
Every Tuesday from 6 pm - 7:30 pm at Seattle Counseling Service (1216 Pine st @ Melrose).
Crystal Clear is free and light refreshment and snacks are provided.
206.323.1768 x 209 for more info
**Additional SOS meetings:
MONDAY
2:00pm-3:30pm
303 17th Ave E. @ Thomas (Dunshee House)
THURSDAY
2:00pm-3:30pm
Harborview's Madison Clinic - Ground Floor, West Wing*
FRIDAY
6:00pm-7:30pm
303 17th Ave E. @ Thomas (Dunshee House)
SATURDAY
7:00pm-8:30pm
1002 E. Seneca, enter lower E. parking lot (Lifelong AIDS Alliance)
9.24.09 - 6 pm - 8 pm - Speed, Sex and Sanity presents...
Posted by Project NEON on September 21, 2009 4:29 PM
A spoken word event:
Your're Write about Meth
@ Kaladi Brothers Coffee
511 Pike Place
for more info or to perform:
206.323.1768 Anthony or anthonym@seattlecounseling.org
Drug czar kicks off anti-meth ad campaign
Posted by Project NEON on September 3, 2009 3:39 PMDrug czar kicks off anti-meth ad campaign
04:34 PM PDT on Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Associated Press
ST. LOUIS - Josh Palmer's story has played out countless times here in the heart of meth country. Introduced to methamphetamine as a teenager, he soon became addicted, couldn't keep a job, lost his house, lost his family.
Today, he's turned his life around, so much that he's part of a national anti-meth marketing campaign that was launched Tuesday in St. Louis.
"At one time in my life I thought everybody was doing dope because everybody I knew was," Palmer, 32, said after a news conference at St. Louis City Hall. "I found out there was another world out there. And I like it a lot better."
Drug czar Gil Kerlikowske was on hand Tuesday to launch the $9 million ad campaign. Missouri is among the states worst-affected by methamphetamine addiction, and has ranked first in the nation for years in meth lab busts and seizures. Wyoming, Arkansas and Nevada were the top three states as far as per capita usage of meth among people ages 18-25 in a 2007 survey by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
The new campaign focuses on a message of hope -- that meth addiction can be overcome.
The ad blitz runs through November and will be run in newspapers, online and on TV, radio, billboards and even gas pumps. It focuses on the 16 states with the worst meth problems -- Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky and Nebraska in the Midwest and Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Wyoming, Arizona and New Mexico in the West. Anti-meth radio and Web ads will run nationally.
"Despite the overall decline in meth usage across the country, we still have work to do," Kerlikowske said. "This drug leaves a path of destruction that affects individuals, families and entire communities."
The ads focus on prevention and provide information to meth users and their families seeking recovery services. They target people ages 18-34, the age group most likely to use the drug.
"Meth is literally stealing the lives of people across the state, specifically young people," Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster said.
Kerlikowske's office cited a 2007 survey that found that more than 5 percent of Americans age 12 or older had tried meth at least once, and that an estimated 529,000 Americans had used meth in the past month.
Palmer, of Malden, kicked his habit about five years ago, thanks in large part to a treatment program mandated through the Dunklin County Drug Court. He now works as a drug counselor at a treatment facility.
Palmer said he first used marijuana and drank beer at age 13. He tried meth at 17 and quickly became addicted to the point where he became a maker as well as a user.
While high on the drug, nothing else mattered, he said. Though he lived just down the road from his mother, who was dying of cancer, the only time he saw her during the final three months of her life was when he raced home from a drug deal to be at her death bed.
He lost several jobs because of his drug use, then lost his young children when the state removed them because both Palmer and his wife were on meth. The kids were eventually returned, but only after Palmer hit bottom and sought help.
"I was just exhausted and saw that I lost everything," Palmer said. "I realized there had to be a better way."
Now, he wants others addicted to meth to understand that, too. He is featured in a full-page ad in several metro daily newspapers that ran Tuesday, including both major papers in the Twin Cities and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It reads, in part, "People can -- and do -- recover from meth addiction."
Speed, Sex and Sanity Presents...You're Write about Meth.
Posted by Project NEON on September 2, 2009 12:27 PMWhen: Thursday, September 24th, 2009; 6 pm - 8 pm
Where: Kaladi Brothers Coffee
What: A spoken word event for gay/bi men about crystal View image
Who: a collaboration: Project NEON and Gay City Health Project
Hey you!!
Stop clicking that mouse and get to your calendar immediately!! Speed, Sex and Sanity is at it again!! This time we're testing the microphones, dimming the lights and gettin' honest: You're Write about Meth! a dynamic performance event brought to you by gay/bi men for gay/bi men who have or are struggling with meth use. Whether you are in recovery or actively using - this event it the spot for you Thursday, Sept. 24th @ 6 pm.
Here what you do: mark your calendar, sync your blackberry, grab a pencil, write a piece and connect with other gay/bi men who share similar experiences with meth.
The mic is open, the space is safe and the coffee is great - from motivations to use to starting recovery and eveywhere in between.
So you in??? Email your:
name;
art form (i.e., poem, song, spoken word piece); and
contact information
to robert@gaycity.org
And guess what else- we've joined forces with Bent Writing Institute to offer a creative writing workshop to help your creative juices flow- so no excuses - rsvp with robert@gaycity.org
Remember - Thursday, September 24th @ 6 pm...
see you there!!!
Project NEON
206.323.1768