by Bill Stauffer LSW, CADC, CCS | Oct 21, 2021 | Addiction & Recovery, Addiction Discussions, Community, Long-Term Recovery
The redoubled focus on recovery within our federal administration is heartening. This is an area in which history is instructive. Many years ago, advocates from the recovery community, including those in my own home state of Pennsylvania met with SAMHSA and educated...
by Pete Nielsen LAADC, SAP | Aug 23, 2021 | Addiction & Recovery, Addiction Discussions, Behavioral Health, Long-Term Recovery, Recovery Capital
As resources expand to address our nation’s growing substance use disorder (SUD) crisis, public health policymakers are rapidly adopting new approaches to meeting patients “where they are.” Although less controversial than in years past, treatment approaches to SUD...
by Pete Nielsen LAADC, SAP | Jun 3, 2021 | Addiction & Recovery, Addiction Discussions, Behavioral Health, Community, Long-Term Recovery, News & Updates, Substance Use Disorder, Support, Treatment
California Assemblyman Jim Wood has set out to initiate significant and positive change with the introduction and hopeful passing of Assembly Bill 942. The bill will implement behavioral health components into the Department of Health Care Services’ (DHCS) California...
by Lauren Deperine and Jacki Hillios | May 5, 2021 | Addiction & Recovery, Addiction Discussions, Community, Long-Term Recovery, Support
Thirteen years ago, I was waiting tables at a restaurant by the pier in Newport Beach when the manager brought out a tray of seasonal cocktails and told the staff we were required to taste them so we would be better prepared to sell the new drink menu. No one knew I...
by Bill Stauffer LSW, CADC, CCS | May 3, 2021 | Addiction & Recovery, Long-Term Recovery, Substance Use Disorder
I am not sure the first time I heard the term moral injury, I suspect it was probably in the context of military service members in combat situations in which they have to do things or witness things that wounded their souls. I have deep respect for persons who serve...
by Pete Nielsen LAADC, SAP | Apr 5, 2021 | Addiction & Recovery, Addiction Discussions, Behavioral Health, Long-Term Recovery, News & updates, Substance Use Disorder, Support, Treatment
We must not forget how the pandemic’s social isolation affected people suffering from a SUD. Executive Director of Soroptimist House of Hope, Inc. Rebecca Norton says, “Addiction is running rampant due to the social isolation and economic insecurity caused by the...
