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Opiate Recovery Podcasts allows you to listen in on an addiction support group. This group consists of people who are working on recovery from either heroin addiction or addiction to pain pills. They all utilize medication assisted treatment in the form of Methadone or Buprenorphine (Suboxone). Groups are facilitated by an addiction counselor.
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SAMHSA published a brief that provides guidance to state governments on increasing the availability of evidence-based medication-assisted treatment (MAT) in criminal justice settings. By including the criminal justice system as a path to treatment, states may see an increase in access to and retention in treatment, and lower rates of overdoses, re-offending, and re-incarcerations. Listen in … Continue reading MAT in Jails and Prisons; The System Needs Work →
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An addiction recovery group can be a valuable tool to help a person maintain sobriety in the early days of treatment and for the long term. The goal of group therapy is for each participant to gain a deeper understanding of their disorder, while at the same time giving support to and from others in the … Continue reading Group Members Check In →
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Sometimes it is helpful to have a guide to assess the health of your recovery. The Maryland Assessment of Recovery Scale (MARS-12) is a questionnaire designed to track your recovery progress. Take the test yourself at the link below, and listen in to this opiate recovery support group as members respond to the questionnaire items. Discussion … Continue reading How’s Your Recovery? Take a Test →
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As more people have become aware of the high number of opioid related deaths, efforts to stop the epidemic have doubled down. Public policies might change to help substance abusers access treatment. Toward this end, research has begun to question the restrictions placed on patients who seek MAT, medication assisted treatment. One study questioned the requirement … Continue reading Should Counseling Be a Required Component of MAT? →
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Addiction can destroy the addict's life, and take their families down with them. Families are often pushed to their limits. Listen in to a family discussion between Biff, his wife Trish, and Biff's sister Patricia as they discuss this family disease. Discussion Guide: How has addiction effected your family? Is your family supportive, loving and helpful … Continue reading Addiction Is A Family Disease →
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A study found that adults who had experienced adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) were more likely to have attempted suicide in their lifetime than those who had not experienced ACEs. Individuals with substance use disorders are particularly susceptible to suicide and suicide attempts. In fact, suicide is a leading cause of death among people who misuse alcohol and … Continue reading Rates of Suicide Increase with Substance Use →
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Exercise may act as a filter from addiction cravings and reduce reoccurrence of the disease. Listen in to this opioid recovery support group as they discuss their thoughts on the benefits of exercise for their recovery. Discussion Guide: Do you exercise regularly? If so, have you noticed a benefit to your recovery? Name the benefits … Continue reading Exercise is a Relapse Prevention Tool →
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Controlled Substances Act (CSA) developed out of concern with the influence of narcotics in American life. The drugs are ranked based on their usefulness in medical treatment, and their potential for abuse. Or, are they? Listen in to this opiate recovery support group as they discuss the discrepancy between what is actually harmful and what is made … Continue reading There is a Discrepancy Between What is Actually Harmful and What is Made Illegal →
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Overdose deaths are decreasing in many areas. Listen in to this opioid recovery support group as they discuss why this may be. Discussion Guide: In your experience, are opioid overdose deaths leveling off? Why would opioid overdose deaths decrease? Overdose deaths are on the rise from other substances. Which ones? Why? Supplemental Reading: Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar … Continue reading Good News: Opioid Overdose Deaths Are Leveling Off →
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Recovery poses special challenges for someone new to sobriety. There are common psychological and biological experiences that people in early recovery face. Listen in to this group as they discuss their experiences in early recovery, and possible solutions. Heads up – we start with a tangent on Detroit pain management doctors who committed Medicare / … Continue reading What To Expect In Early Recovery →
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Some people believe that recovery groups are more effective than individual counseling. Listen in to this opioid recovery support group as they discuss their thoughts on the importance of groups. Discussion Guide: What are the reasons you participate in recovery support groups? What are the consequences of not participating in groups? At this point in … Continue reading Recovery Support Groups Are Important →
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Author, Beth Macy, of Dopesick states that it takes the average user eight years and five to six treatment attempts just to achieve one year of sobriety. Listen in to this opiate recovery support group as they discuss different types of treatment and the lengths they went through to achieve abstinence. Discussion Guide: Name the various … Continue reading It Could Take Eight Years to Achieve One Year of Abstinence →
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Rather than discuss a particular topic, this week focuses on our group member's personal issues. Listen in to this opiate recovery support group as the members check in on their lives. Discussion Guide: How is your recovery? What are your personal concerns? What do you aspire to? Do you need help? How does group support help … Continue reading Group Members Check In →
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Addiction is a progressive disease. However, not every disease becomes a disability. Listen in to this opiate recovery support group as they discuss their thoughts about when addiction qualifies as a disasability. Discussion Guide: Do you believe that addiction is a disability? In what way? Can addiction cause disability? Does the disability of certain brain … Continue reading Is Addiction a Disability? →
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Having a job is critical to maintaining drug abstinence, yet people in recovery are often stigmatized and find it difficult to access employment. A program in Montgomery County, Ohio was launched to fill the gap between between employers and people in recovery. This pilot program teaches managers how to manage and retain workers in recovery. Listen in … Continue reading Program in Ohio Hires Workers Who Are Recovering From Addiction →
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What is addiction? How do you define it? Listen in to this opiate recovery support group as they discuss Howard Wetsman's definition in his book Questions and Answers on Addiction. Discussion Guide: What is meant by the following? Addiction is primary Addiction is brain based Addiction is largely genetic Addiction is a behavioral illness Addiction is … Continue reading What is Addiction? →
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A study found that just three in 10 patients revived by an EMT or in an emergency room received a follow-up medication known to avoid another life-threatening event. Compared to follow-up treatment for other medical conditions, such as a heart attack, very few are receiving adequate care. Suboxone and Methadone are proven treatments to reduce morbidity … Continue reading After An Overdose, Patients Should Be Offered MAT →
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Addiction outreach workers often get creative about where to find people in need of help. Pawn shops are a good source of connections to opioid addicts. Listen in to this opiate recovery support group as they discuss an outreach program in North Carolina that provides Naloxone kits. Discussion Guide: Have you ever pawned your belongings to … Continue reading Pawn Shops are the Perfect Location for Opioid Addiction Outreach →
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The majority of young people struggling with opioid addiction are not receiving the gold standard of treatment, MAT. Listen in to this opioid recovery support group as they discuss teens in treatment. Discussion Guide: What age did you start abusing opiates? At what age would you have been appropriate for MAT? In hindsight, do you … Continue reading Can Teens Utilize MAT? →
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Listen in to this opiate recovery support group as they answer the question: "If you were in government and had unlimited funds to address the opioid epidemic, how would you spend it?" Discussion Guide: Would you share your recovery story and opinions on podcast for the world to hear? Could you overcome your fear of … Continue reading If You Had Unlimited Funds to Alleviate the Opioid Epidemic, How Would You Spend It? →
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