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Recovery Coaching:
A Guide to Coaching People
in Recovery from Addictions
Second Edition
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Category Archives: Drug Addiction
The Recovery Support that is Available Following Overdose
What subsequently happens to people who experience a drug overdose and are successfully rescued through emergency medical intervention? What is their fate after they leave the hospital or other emergency care setting? Missing in the media coverage of the unrelenting … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug Addiction, opioid epidemic, Recovery Coaching
Tagged CCAR, Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery, Emergency Department Recovery Coaches, Recovery Coach Academy, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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What is a recovery coach?
In 2013, I published Recovery Coaching – A Guide to Coaching People in Recovery from Addictions, since then the duties and responsibilities of recovery coaches, peer recovery support specialists and professional recovery coaches have expanded significantly. In this article, I … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, behavioral health, Drug Addiction, eating disorder, Family Dynamics, Gambling Addiction, Internet Addiction Disorder, love addiction, love avoidant, mental health, opioid epidemic, Pornography, pornography addiction, Recovery Coaching, Sex Addiction, Uncategorized
Tagged Association of Recovery Community Organizations, CCAR, Conneticut Community for Addiction Recovery, medicated supported recovery, medication assisted treatment, peer recovery coach, peer support specialists, peer to peer support specialist, recovery coach, recovery community organizations, sober companion
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Lions, Tigers, Bears and the Yellow Brick Road to Recovery
This is a guest post by Steve Devlin, a recovery coach from Philadelphia PA, and a long time friend. I chose to post this over the Holiday weekend, because it brings me such joy, and brings back wonderful memories of watching … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, Anger, behavioral health, body dismorphia, Drug Addiction, eating disorder, Family Dynamics, Hunger, Internet Addiction Disorder, love addiction, love avoidant, mental health, opioid epidemic, Pornography, pornography addiction, Positive Thinking, Recovery Coaching, Sex Addiction
Tagged recovery, recovery coach, Steve Devlin, Wizard of Oz
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What is a recovery coach?
What is a recovery coach, a peer recovery support specialist or a professional recovery coach? In 2013, I published Recovery Coaching – A Guide to Coaching People in Recovery from Addictions, since then the duties and responsibilities of recovery coaches, … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, behavioral health, Drug Addiction, eating disorder, Gambling Addiction, Internet Addiction Disorder, mental health, opioid epidemic, Recovery Coaching
Tagged 21st Century CURES Act, CARA act, CCAR, ICF, iNAPS, International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium, international federation of coaches, medication assisted therapy, Melissa Killeen, naltrexone, narcan, peer rcovery support practitioner, peer recovery suport secialists, recovery coach, recovery coaching a guide to coaching people i recovery fro addictions, suboxone
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Getting through the tough times
As a recovery coach, I often see my clients need help getting through the tough times, without using, picking up or acting out. Recently, I personally encountered some rough patches in my life, so, I went to my library of … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, Anger, behavioral health, body dismorphia, Drug Addiction, eating disorder, Family Dynamics, Gambling Addiction, Hunger, Internet Addiction Disorder, love addiction, love avoidant, mental health, opioid epidemic, Pornography, pornography addiction, Positive Thinking, Recovery Coaching, Sex Addiction
Tagged Addiction, breath work, Buddhism, Buddhist Nun, Cape Breton Nova Scotia, chodron foundation, Gampo Abbey, mkrecoverycoaching.com, Pema Chodron, when things fall apart
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Is Recovery Coaching Effective?
Treatment professionals and researchers are calling for a change in the treatment model for substance use disorders (SUD). This change calls for shedding the acute care model (28 days of SUD treatment will fix you) to a continuum of care … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, behavioral health, Drug Addiction, Recovery Coaching
Tagged Alexandre Laudet, B.A., Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, David Loveland, Ellen L. Bassuk, Faces and Voices of Recovery, JAMA, Justine Hanson, M.A., M.D., Michael Boyle, Molly Richard, Pat Corrington, Peer Delivered Recovery Support Services for Addictions in the United States: A Systematic Review, Ph.D, PhD, R. Neil Greene, SAMSHA, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, william white
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The Top Ten Warning Signs You Are Talking to an Online Catfisher-Part 4
How can you protect yourself from a Catfisher or an online predator? Why do they do what they do? Catfishers want something from you. These are people that are not motivated by love, but are driven by money, perverse sexual … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Anger, behavioral health, Drug Addiction, love addiction, love avoidant, mental health, pornography addiction, Sex Addiction, Uncategorized
Tagged catfisher, conartist, FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center, internet predator, National Sexial Assault Hotline, National Sexual Violence Resource Center, scammer, stalking Resource Center
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A Call for Clinical Humility in Addiction Treatment
by William White and video featuring Chris Budnick The history of addiction treatment includes a pervasive and cautionary thread: the potential to do great harm in the name of help. The technical term for such injury, iatrogenesis (physician-caused or treatment-caused … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug Addiction, Family Dynamics, Gambling Addiction, opioid epidemic, Recovery Coaching, Uncategorized
Tagged addiction treatment, chestnut health systems, chris budnick, recovery, recovery advocacy, Recovery Management, recovery orientated system of care, RM, ROSC, stigma, william white, www.williamwhitepapers.com
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How Adverse Childhood Experiences affects long term health – a TED MED Talk by Dr. Nadine Burke Harris
Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, during her TED-Med talk presents the benefits of the Adverse Childhood Experience study and the substantiated affects the study has brought forth on how childhood trauma can impact the quality of one’s health and length of a … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, behavioral health, Drug Addiction, Family Dynamics, Gambling Addiction, mental health, Uncategorized
Tagged ACE Study, Adverse Childhood Experiences, CDC, Kaiser, Nadine Burke Harris
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Faces and Voices in Recovery Develops an Addiction Recovery Toolkit
Faces and Voices in Recovery Partnering with Members of Congress to Offer Comprehensive Addiction Resources Faces & Voices of Recovery, in collaboration with the Addiction Policy Forum and the House of Representatives Bipartisan Task Force to Combat the Heroin Epidemic … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Drug Addiction, opioid epidemic, Recovery Coaching
Tagged Addiction Policy Forum, and the Office of National Drug Control Policy, Community Anti-Drug Coalition, Faces & Voices of Recovery, House of Representatives Bipartisan Task Force to Combat the Heroin Epidemic, Legal Action Center, National Institute of Drug Abuse, Office of National Drug Control Policy, Shatterproof, the National Association for Children of Alcoholics, the National Council, the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids
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Recovery Coaching Texas Prison Style
Kyle Gage lives in Longview, Texas, and he is a recovery coach. Longview is a little oil and manufacturing town a couple of hours east of Dallas-Ft Worth and about an hour west of Shreveport, Louisiana. The small town has … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug Addiction, Recovery Coaching
Tagged Clyde M. Johnston Unit Texas Correctional Institution’s Substance Abuse Felony Punishment Facility, recovery coach, recovery coaching a guide to coaching people in recovery from addictions
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Ten ways of Improving Your Chances of Keeping that New Year’s Resolution
Make a list and think it through It’s that time and everyone is thinking of New Year’s Resolutions. You’re itching to get rid of that bad habit right now, but consider this: think it through. I know you have heard … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, Anger, behavioral health, Drug Addiction, Family Dynamics, Gambling Addiction, Hunger, Internet Addiction Disorder, love addiction, mental health, Recovery Coaching, Sex Addiction
Tagged AA, Charles Duhigg, Harm Reduction, Mary Ellen Coepland, NA, Relapse Prevention Plan, The Power of Habit, The WRAP Plan
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Believe Change is Possible
As a recovery coach, I work with people trying to change a habit. We work on finding different ways of responding to a trigger. For some seeking recovery, they want to find an easier, softer way. Others think willpower is all they need … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, behavioral health, Drug Addiction, Family Dynamics, Gambling Addiction, love addiction, Recovery Coaching, Sex Addiction, Uncategorized
Tagged Charles Duhigg, Nicotine Anonymous, Smokers Anonymous, The Power of Habit, Todd Heatherton
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Changing a Habit
Quitting drinking or drugging is the same as developing an exercise program or winning a football game. Simply by changing a habit, you can succeed in staying sober. Charles Duhigg investigates this theory in his 2012 book, The Power of Habit. Duhigg … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, behavioral health, Drug Addiction, Positive Thinking, Recovery Coaching
Tagged Alcoholics Anonymous, Bill W., Charles Duhigg, New York Times, The Power of Habit
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Stop calling it behavioral health!
Stop calling it behavioral health! Does the term cause stigma and discrimination? By Robert Kent JD and Charles Morgan MD Reprinted from thefix.com, originally published on 11/12/15 When somebody is treated for smoking cessation, the care will probably be provided … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, Anger, behavioral health, Drug Addiction, Gambling Addiction, mental health
Tagged ASAM, behavioral health, Dr. Charles Morgan, mental health, Michael Botticelli, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, OASAS, Robert A. Kent, substance use disorder, The American Society of Addiction Medicine
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Service keeps you sober — Research is proving this age-old slogan
Ever since I walked into the rooms, I heard the phrase “Service keeps you sober.” I already knew I was a helping type of person, in fact in my addiction it was called being a rescuer. So I stayed away … Continue reading
Posted in Alcoholism, Drug Addiction, Family Dynamics, Gambling Addiction, Sex Addiction, Uncategorized
Tagged Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, American Journal on Addictions, Brown University’s Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies Center, Case Western University, http://www.helpingotherslivesober.org, Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, Maria Pagano, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
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On the Nature of Addiction and the Loss of Hope
Guest post by David Chapman The normal state of a productive and happy human existence includes a sense of hope. The nature of addiction exhausts all sense of hope. The sense of hope is based on the understanding that the process of productive … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, Anger, Drug Addiction, Family Dynamics, Gambling Addiction, love addiction, Positive Thinking, Recovery Coaching, Sex Addiction, Uncategorized
Tagged Addiction, david r. chapman, hope, John Maxwell, osher Lifelong Learning Institute, rutgers university
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How can you heal the trauma within?
Trauma changes you. You might not necessarily like that change. How can you heal the trauma within? You have the ability to transform yourself into a healthier person. You have enormous healing potential; the goal is learning to access it—and … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, Anger, Drug Addiction, Family Dynamics, Gambling Addiction, Hunger, love addiction, Positive Thinking, Recovery Coaching, Sex Addiction, Uncategorized
Tagged Brain and Brainwave Entrainment, Clear Therapy, Colored Light Entrainment and Re-patterning, DAVID Device, EFT, EMDR, Emotional Freedom Technique, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, Green Wave Therapy, Light Stimulation Therapy, LST, PTSD, Somatic Experiencing, trauma
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