David Heitz

Joined January 2021

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I am a journalist with 38 years' experience. I write for Potent, Vocal's cannabis blog, and Psyche, where I share stories of living with schizoaffective disorder bipolar one. I have lived in a penthouse and also experienced homelessness.

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Opioid addicts getting high off diarrhea medication
An earlier version of this article appeared on News Break. People addicted to opioids have found a way to get high off anti-diarrhea medication, too.
By David Heitz5 years ago in Psyche
Injections may save meth, cocaine, heroin addicts
Editor's note: An earlier version of this article appeared on News Break. Consider them booster shots for sanity and good behavior.
By David Heitz5 years ago in Psyche
A pub crawl except we're stoned instead of drunk
I admit it sounds scandalous, but debauchery isn’t the right word for it. It’s just fun. I was aboard one of three luxury stoner-fied tour buses that left Cheba Hut sandwich shop in downtown Denver one lovely morning a few years ago. We embarked on a four hour and twenty minute tour (yes, 4:20).
By David Heitz5 years ago in Potent
Meth overdose deaths explode five-fold
An earlier version of this article appeared on News Break. Methamphetamine overdose deaths increased five-fold from 2012 to 2018 in the United States, according to a research letter published today in JAMA Psychiatry.
By David Heitz5 years ago in Psyche
Kellie Pickler's Nashville success nothing to sneeze at
Editor's note: An earlier version of this article appeared on News Break. What’s a country girl to do when she has allergies?
By David Heitz5 years ago in Beat
How purpose, not meetings, steer us toward sobriety
An earlier version of this article appeared on News Break. I took my first sip of alcohol in 1984 at the age of 14. Off and on, I drank heavily for 30 years.
By David Heitz5 years ago in Psyche
If you want to quit smoking, get disgusted with yourself
An earlier version of this article appeared on News Break. I am seven years cigarette-free. I have not even an itch to smoke.
By David Heitz5 years ago in Psyche
Six months in state mental hospital not so bad
Editor's note: A previous version of this article appeared on News Break. I never thought I would end up in a mental hospital.
By David Heitz5 years ago in Psyche
Are you highly sensitive? Take the quiz and find out
Editor's note: An earlier version of this article appeared on News Break. A devoted follower of my Facebook page emailed me recently and asked whether I ever had been told I am a “highly-sensitive person.”
By David Heitz5 years ago in Psyche
Nightmare-crushing pill helps alcoholics with PTSD get sober
Editor's note: A previous version of this article appeared on News Break. I never used to have nightmares. I dreamed a lot, especially during my drinking days. Most often, my dreams were funny.
By David Heitz5 years ago in Psyche
Rare but real complicated grief proves debilitating
Editor's note: An earlier version of this article appeared on News Break. When someone close to us dies, we are expected to grieve.
By David Heitz5 years ago in Families
Why mentally ill homeless people don't seek treatment
Editor's note: An earlier version of this article appeared on News Break. I hear it all the time. Why don’t mentally ill homeless people seek treatment?
By David Heitz5 years ago in Psyche

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Opioid addicts getting high off diarrhea medication

Injections may save meth, cocaine, heroin addicts

A pub crawl except we're stoned instead of drunk

Meth overdose deaths explode five-fold

Kellie Pickler's Nashville success nothing to sneeze at

How purpose, not meetings, steer us toward sobriety

If you want to quit smoking, get disgusted with yourself

Six months in state mental hospital not so bad

Are you highly sensitive? Take the quiz and find out

Nightmare-crushing pill helps alcoholics with PTSD get sober

Rare but real complicated grief proves debilitating

Why mentally ill homeless people don't seek treatment

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