The Vicious and Virtuous Cycles of Addictions

What is the latest in addiction medicine?  What is it like to help homeless people with their addictions?How can acupuncture helps change addictive and compulsive behaviors?  In our continuing exploration of habits and addictions we speak with Dr. Barry Zevin who practices health care for the homeless at Tom Waddell Clinic in San Franicsco, Fred Ohlerking who is a counselor and now practices detox acupuncture at Hennepin Faculty Associates in Minneapolis, and Jay Erker, a former smoking yogini about her experience with tobacco, sweets, and shopping.

chasing pink flamingos
down an ordinary road
up a desert ocean shore
just at the edge
of my focus
fleeing
the capacity of my clarity
fleeting,
like satisfaction

–jaysi, 2008

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