There have been devastating impacts on our entire helping systems workforce over the long siege of the COVID Pandemic. Recently, I read the Ohio PHP Executive Report, the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Health and Well-being of Ohio's Healthcare Workers. The report summarizes data collected from 13,532 respondents across 13 of Ohio’s Professional … Continue reading Embracing Recovery Capital Within Our Care System to Save It
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Sean Fogler and William Stauffer: How to help people who use drugs stop
SEAN FOGLER AND WILLIAM STAUFFER - AUG 15, 2022 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Op-ed Today drug overdose deaths will claim almost three hundred American lives — thanks to stigma. The labels and stereotypes so many of us use are stigma in action, and separate us from those we mark as inferior, people to avoid. We judge and discriminate, … Continue reading Sean Fogler and William Stauffer: How to help people who use drugs stop
Preaddiction as a Missing Concept in Articulating the Dynamics of Healing & Recovery
Earlier this month, Dr. Thomas McLellan, Dr George Koob, and Dr Nora Volkow published a viewpoint article at JAMA titled Preaddiction—A Missing Concept for Treating Substance Use Disorders. It is an important piece. The concept of preaddiction could dramatically expand our intervention strategies and better help us address the horrific consequences of harmful substance use … Continue reading Preaddiction as a Missing Concept in Articulating the Dynamics of Healing & Recovery
Are We Serving as Good Stewards in Our Collective Responsibility to the Recovery Community?
“Therein is the tragedy. Each man is locked into a system that compels him to increase his herd without limit -- in a world that is limited. Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons. Freedom in … Continue reading Are We Serving as Good Stewards in Our Collective Responsibility to the Recovery Community?
Updated NRAM Interviews & Related Links
As Bill White's page has moved, I updated all the links, fixed typos and placed all of the interviews available as PDFs as well as hyperlinked to the Recovery Review page. Also, I am pleased to note that the training I developed based on this body of work has been academically vetted and is available … Continue reading Updated NRAM Interviews & Related Links
The Algorithm of Medical Care Discrimination
Persons like me in long term recovery can face horrible treatment if it becomes known we have had a substance use disorder. This is particularly true when we may need controlled substances as part of our legitimate medical care. There are now algorithms being used to scan our personal and medical data to see if … Continue reading The Algorithm of Medical Care Discrimination
Loss of Institutional Knowledge – a Critical Tipping Point in the SUD Workforce Crisis
Our substance use care system workforce has long faced very high turnover rates. One of the studies from years ago that always stuck with me as framing out the challenges and value of working in our field, was from 2003, the toughest job you'll ever love: A Pacific Northwest Treatment Workforce Survey. It identified turnover … Continue reading Loss of Institutional Knowledge – a Critical Tipping Point in the SUD Workforce Crisis
Headwinds for Recovery Community Self Agency
“. . . the individual, family and community are not separate; they are one. To injure one is to injure all; to heal one is to heal all. – from The Red Road to Wellbriety, 2002” – as quoted by William White, Recovery Rising Perhaps the most important insight in recent recovery history is that … Continue reading Headwinds for Recovery Community Self Agency
Spanning the Chasm Between Us
“I don’t even agree with myself 100% of the time” – me It is a tongue in cheek self-quote. Cheap, but true and relevant to the piece. Perhaps you may even identify with it. Afterall, we all hold views that seem contrary or in conflict with each other. It is the essence of the human … Continue reading Spanning the Chasm Between Us
Towards More Compassionate Care for Not Just Another Medical Disorder
If effectively addressing addiction was easy and straightforward, we would have done so already. In reality, it is a multifaceted condition that defies narrow solutions. There are complex genetic and environmental factors that lend themselves more to a continuum of use, problematic use and addiction that is not consistent with either / or check box … Continue reading Towards More Compassionate Care for Not Just Another Medical Disorder