Phil Heaton

A Conversation Café for people with experience of alcohol or drug use will be held on Thu 30 May at @FVSensoryCentre Come along for a chat, cuppa, and to help shape future support options in Falkirk. falkirkhscp.org/adp-conversati…

🆕Falkirk's Alcohol & Drug Partnership is hiring 2 new Development Officers. The roles will monitor performance and help implement local & national strategy. This an excellent opportunity for those with knowledge of alcohol and drug related policy areas. myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/falki…

Why are we tolerating this extreme, right-wing disgrace? apple.news/ArKNbcw3_SuGg3…

What a week. I’m too old for these games.

@KirstenSDF great job on @BBCBreakfast this morning.

@AidanAuthor Easy to take on the baggage of others and make it our own. The trick is to call it out and plough your path regardless. Not easy, but rewarding.

@addictcoaching I disagree.

Once an alcoholic… ALWAYS an alcoholic… I know countless alcoholics that had years of sobriety… They thought they could drink again due to the sustained sobriety… And ended up in an alcoholic tortuous state worse than ever… I am an alcoholic and I can NEVER drink… #RecoveryPosse

@THEJENNYG51 @SRConsortium Yeah, I’d like that. Keen to look at alternative interventions and we have a big gap when it comes to digital response. Do you have my email? If not, I’ll DM you.

@philheaton @SRConsortium sorry I missed you Phil, would have been a great day for us both to have our app shown to you in better detail and functionality. We have come so far on from the first prototype you loved and wanted we showed you. Hopefully we can have a gab and a cuppa soon..😎

Fair few folk turned up to make #recovery visible today. ⁦@SRConsortium⁩ #recoveryposse #Inverclyde

@louisestewart80 @WeAreWithYou @RecWalkScot Great to see you today, Louise. I saw lots of painted faces so you must have been very busy!

We are here! ⁦@WeAreWithYou⁩ ⁦@RecWalkScot⁩ beautiful day in Inverclyde 💜💜❤️❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Today is finally here, can’t wait to see everyone down in Inverclyde today 💜🎉 A big shout out to all the Recovery walks and events happening today from the Shetlands down to Hull, let’s make this day special @FAVORUK @ShetIslandsCll @NHS_Shetland

@THEJENNYG51 @SRConsortium I did have my eyes on the look out for you but so many people! Hope you managed the walk ok!

@philheaton @SRConsortium NaloFly is here....😎

There are only two more days to go!! Are you prepared? Are you taking part in the Walk? Here is some further information to help get you ready for the day... #RecoveryWalkScotland #RecoveryMonth2023

We're turning Falkirk purple tonight for International Overdose Awareness Day. ℹ Learn more below 👇

#IOAD2023 Forth Valley @FVrcvrycmmnty @FalkirkHSCP @ElenaWhitham

Are you, or your organisation, going to respond to the consultation on Scotland's Human Rights Bill? Let's make sure there's a strong response for the drug/alcohol/recovery sector to ensure our voices are heard, and included in this important legislation. consult.gov.scot/equality-and-h…

💜Falkirk's iconic Steeple will join landmarks across Scotland lighting up purple to mark Intl Overdose Awareness Day this Thursday. #IOAD2023 aims to create better understanding & reduce stigma around the harms associated with drug use. ℹ falkirkhscp.org/ioad2023/

20th anniversary! Twentieth! 20 years!

KY8 Community Group/Drop-in Recovery Clinic open tomorrow from 11am - 1pm. Clients can be referred from these sessions into other services such as Addiction Services. Methil Community and Education Centre, Bowling Green Street Methil, KY8 3DH. Auricular acupuncture also provided.

@PeteKrykant_OPC I received the same soundbites in rehab. It was fear that kept me "clean" until I realised that recovery and abstinence aren't mutually exclusive and that recovery has nothing to do with taking substances. A personal view from personal experience.

Recovery has & is automatically associated with being completely abstinent which is wrong, in rehab I was told "stay clean" or end up in "jails, institutions or dead". The solution to staying "clean" was to find a God/Higher Power. Hard one to swallow for a complete atheist.