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Suboxone, a combination of buprenorphine and naloxone, helps many people addicted to opioids wean themselves from an escalating drug habit. But counseling and social support are key to successful treatment, too, experts say.

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Opioid Addiction Is 'A Disease Of Isolation,' So Pandemic Puts Recovery At Risk

10:05am March 27, 2020

by Martha Bebinger

People in recovery from opioid or alcohol addiction are weathering a new storm of depression, anxiety and isolation these days, as 12-step programs move online and detox centers close their doors.

Sam Nugraha, who himself was once addicted to heroin, now runs a rehab center in Indonesia with a different philosophy from those of abstinence-based programs.

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Why An Indonesian Rehab Center Doesn't Insist On Abstinence

6:58pm May 16, 2019

by Julia Simon

Sam Nugraha of Indonesia says that in his country, a smile can be a mask covering inner turmoil. So how do you get addicts to be honest?

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'Unbroken Brain' Explains Why 'Tough' Treatment Doesn't Help Drug Addicts

5:24pm July 07, 2016

"We have this idea that if we are just cruel enough and mean enough ... to people with addiction, that they will suddenly wake up and stop, and that is not the case," journalist Maia Szalavitz says.

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Zuhura Khamisi is a volunteer and mentor at Malaika Sober House.

It's Been A Hard 12-Step Road For Zanzibar's Heroin Addicts

12:40pm May 27, 2015

by Gregory Warner

An island off the coast of Tanzania has one of the world's highest addiction rates. But the majority of its people, who are Muslims, are uneasy with the 12-step recovery program's Christian concepts.

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