by Pete Nielsen LAADC, SAP | Feb 27, 2021 | Addiction & Recovery, Addiction Discussions, Community, COVID-19, Long-Term Recovery, Relapse Prevention, Substance Use Disorder, Support, Treatment
A piece of legislation calling for funds to be provided for family-based support resources for those impacted by substance use disorder (SUD) is being introduced in the United States Senate this week. The passing of this bill would be a monumental step on the federal...
by Kristina Padilla MA, LAADC, ICAADC, CGS | Feb 24, 2021 | Addiction, Addiction & Recovery, Addiction Discussions, Community
This week, 37 addiction recovery advocacy organizations sent out a letter urging Congress to establish a dedicated Center for Addiction Recovery at The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). This dedicated focus on recovery is...
by ARCC | Feb 18, 2021 | Addiction & Recovery
Article originally appeared in Counselor Magazine, June 2018. Posted here with permission. For decades, addiction professionals have been providing screening and assessment instruments that evaluate problem severity, complexity, and chronicity, but offer little data...
by Jen Carvalho | Feb 13, 2021 | Addiction, Behavioral Health, Treatment
In every industry there are those who play dirty- those who overprice, undersell, undercut, and diminish the value of the work in general. The grifters, the shysters and the ones who take advantage And in Behavioral Health – the helping profession – we...
by Pete Nielsen LAADC, SAP | Feb 9, 2021 | Addiction, Addiction & Recovery, Addiction Discussions, Community, Long-Term Recovery, Relapse Prevention, Substance Use Disorder, Support
Historically, prevention activities have been seen as the early off-ramp for potential addictive behavior. It has been seen as the circuit breaker to the development of addiction; the promise of a life unaffected by abuse of substances. The philosophy that people...
