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David Whitesock

23 Million in Recovery: Not As Positive As It Sounds

Addiction and recovery advocates, for the last decade, have used 23 million people in recovery as their primary statistic to combat stigma…

5 min readFeb 25, 2023

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23 Million in Recovery: Not As Positive As It Sounds

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David Whitesock

Experiencing the whole ecosystem of good

We need ecosystems designed to expand opportunity, not limit depth and reach of what’s possible

4 min readMar 28, 2021

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David Whitesock

On making up for lost time

Sadly, you cannot make up for lost time.

4 min readMar 14, 2021

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On making up for lost time

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David Whitesock

Identifying a set of operating principles

Form follows function.

3 min readMar 1, 2021

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David Whitesock

Making good with irony and absurdity

Somethings irony is self-evident, sometimes it’s not. We can change the trajectory of our life if we can see and do something with it

7 min readFeb 20, 2021

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Making good with irony and absurdity

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David Whitesock

Don’t wait for the most painful proof

We’ve set our default to act when action becomes the hardest

4 min readFeb 15, 2021

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David Whitesock

On our addiction to resiliency porn

Stories of overcoming great odds are not good enough on their own; we must clearly describe the systems and failures we beat when others…

4 min readFeb 8, 2021

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On our addiction to resiliency porn

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David Whitesock

On interrupting the inevitable

A mental health crisis that everyone is predicting does to have to be inevitable

5 min readJan 30, 2021

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On interrupting the inevitable

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David Whitesock

The community design argument for open drug use

We can decriminalize and make drugs legal, but the consequences are unconscionable without better designed and operating communities

2 min readJan 19, 2021

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David Whitesock

Get everyone an oar

We are greatly imbalanced because many feel left out but want to contribute

3 min readJan 17, 2021

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Get everyone an oar

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To arm change-making clinicians, investors and policy-makers with the patient visibility, insight and predictive intelligence they need to affect truly effective recovery and resiliency change.
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Social entrepreneur turning data into intelligence for behavioral health and recovery support orgs. Commonly Well CEO. Architect of the Recovery Capital Index.

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