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Recovery Coaching:
A Guide to Coaching People
in Recovery from Addictions
Second Edition
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Category Archives: opioid epidemic
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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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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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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