David McCartney

20th November 2023
Author: David Clark Posted: 20th November 2023
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A Miraculous Discovery!?: David McCartney

After a few months, David stopped taking his pills. He thought he could have a social drink, but this turned out to be a disaster. He went back to work, but the craving continued. One day, David found that if he took codeine his craving for alcohol disappeared. He thought he had...
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31st October 2023
Author: David Clark Posted: 31st October 2023
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Feeling Anxious: Dr. David McCartney

We now know that our early life experiences can have a profound effect on what happens to us in later life, in relation to our physical, psychological and relational wellbeing as an adult. These adverse childhood experiences needn't be major, like serious physical violence. They can be more subtle,  but be repeated...
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11th October 2023
Author: David Clark Posted: 11th October 2023
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People Need Choice & Opportunity: David McCartney

David experienced a sudden and profound change in the quality of his life, and he felt an immense gratitude for ‘having another shot of life’. At one stage, he couldn’t have cared if he had gone to sleep and not woken up. He then suddenly had his enthusiasm and spirit back...
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13th September 2023
Author: David Clark Posted: 13th September 2023
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Development of a Recovery Community: David McCartney

David wanted to see a situation where people were offered quality residential rehab as part of an integrated system of care joined up to other forms of treatment. And it should be free at the point of delivery. He started to write down the concept. At the time, he was surprised...
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12th September 2023
Author: David Clark Posted: 12th September 2023
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Introducing Dr. David McCartney

I have known Dr. David McCartney, the Founder of Lothians and Edinburgh Abstinence Programme (LEAP), since around 2007. I am touched by David's gratitude for his recovery and his commitment to helping others have the opportunities that he was offered as a GP. I greatly value our friendship and all that I have learnt from David.
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11th September 2023
Author: David Clark Posted: 11th September 2023
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Descent Into Addiction: David McCartney

His personal honesty eroded as he lied as to why he could not go into work. A mountain of shame grew, and his self-esteem diminished greatly, as he was living against all his personal values. He was a man who desperately needed to ask for, and access, help. Instead, he hid behind the...
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