About Nikkee Lindley Expertise I can answer all questions regarding heroin addiction and abuse as well as heroin withdrawal and detoxification. I can also answer about methadone maintenance programs/methadone withdrawal and detoxification. Additionally, I can answer all questions pertaining to the intravenous use of illicit drugs. This includes meth, cocaine, and heroin. I am knowledgable about narcotic painkillers as well. This means any opiate based pills such as Morphine, Percocet (Percodan), Hydrocodone (Vicodin), Oxycontin, Oxycodone (Codeine i.e. Tylenol 3's & 4's) etc. I can answer questions pertaining to Marijuana and crack-cocaine as well.
I can also answer questions related to the recovery process. This includes rehabilitation programs (in and out patient), twelve-step programs and use of spiritual guidance (such as a church/pastor).
I can not give specific medical diagnosis or mental health diagnosis. I can not answer questions regarding the use of (or addiction to) "Special K", "Ecstasy", "Acid", "Mushrooms" or any other hallucinogens. I also have no knowledge of "huffing" or any kind of inhalents.
Experience I had twelve years of active addiction in the aforementionioned areas. I now have three and a half years clean time to my credit as well as numberous achievements in the completion of rehabilitation programs and counseling.
Education/Credentials No degrees. Participant and graduate of world renowned W.I.N.R program. Also, certificates of completion from Terros, Nova, E.V.A.C's Relapse Prevention course and Life Skills classes.
Jason wrote at 2008-10-10 01:41:22
Just want to point out, pot does NOT kill brain cells:
Government experts now admit that pot doesn't kill brain cells.(8) This myth came from a handful of animal experiments in which structural changes (not actual cell death, as is often alleged) were observed in brain cells of animals exposed to high doses of pot. Many critics still cite the notorious monkey studies of Dr. Robert G. Heath, which purported to find brain damage in three monkeys that had been heavily dosed with cannabis.(9) This work was never replicated and has since been discredited by a pair of better controlled, much larger monkey studies, one by Dr. William Slikker of the National Center for Toxicological Research(10) and the other by Charles Rebert and Gordon Pryor of SRI International.(11) Neither found any evidence of physical alteration in the brains of monkeys exposed to daily doses of pot for up to a year. Human studies of heavy users in Jamaica and Costa Rica found no evidence of abnormalities in brain physiology.(12) Even though there is no evidence that pot causes permanent brain damage, users should be aware that persistent deficits in short-term memory have been noted in chronic, heavy marijuana smokers after 6 to 12 weeks of abstinence.(13) It is worth noting that other drugs, including alcohol, are known to cause brain damage. (http://paranoia.lycaeum.org/marijuana/facts/mj-health-mythology.html sources are at the bottom of the page).
