An awareness campaign and toolkit for parents, teachers, school administrators, and teens. As the real risks of “vaping” remain largely misunderstood by adults and teens alike, Vaping: Know the Facts boils down the latest science into a free, open-source toolkit that explains the harms associated with adolescent vaping and empowers audiences with the tools to take …
So beautifully said! Just because you have been broken in your past, it doesn’t mean you are weak. The gold you use to put yourself together makes you stronger. We love this video so much. Such great motivation for the start of the new week and soon to be new year. -Choices, A Passion For …
There are over 1.5 million drug arrests every year, around 84 percent of which are for drug possession only. Our nation’s drug problem is really a drug war problem. History, research, empirical data, and successful drug policy from Europe and Canada show us that punitive measures for using and sharing drugs only make drug use …
At Choices Peer Recovery Coach Trainings we understand that getting sober is already a challenge, but it can also be difficult to stay on the wagon when drinking and hanging out in bars is such a common social activity for adults. Thankfully, “Sober bars” like the Cherokee Recovery Village in Bastrop, Texas are providing recovered …
Hello my friends, I was forwarded this interesting article on Peer Specialists, in Mental Health, but I think it is important information for consideration for us working in the SUD arena as well. You Decide. Ginger Peer Specialists in the Mental Health Workforce: A Critical Reassessment It is time to seriously consider re-focusing our energy …
Today, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director Jim Carroll released the following statement after the Trump Administration unveiled FindTreatment.gov, a substance abuse treatment locator. The tool, which can be accessed at FindTreatment.gov, allows Americans to find substance use treatment for themselves or others. “When someone opens up about their struggles with addiction, it’s …
It is fantastic to see this just released language around MAT begin adopted by American Society of Addiction Medication and a newly adopted definition of addiction. Love progress! https://www.asam.org/docs/default-source/quality-science/asam’s-2019-definition-of-addiction-(1).pdf?sfvrsn=b8b64fc2_2
Building Motivational Interviewing Skills practice tests A Nudge in the Right Direction Workbook Decisional Balance Worksheet Encourage Change Worksheet – with rulers Varying styles of reflection Change Plan Worksheet General Self Efficacy Scale Drug Avoidance Self Efficacy Scale Readiness Ruler – https://www.centerforebp.case.edu/resources/tools/readiness-ruler Thinking About Change Ruler; https://ct.counseling.org/2015/09/sbirt-identifying-and-managing-risky-substance-use/ Free Coaching …
I gave a presentation on Codependency to a small group last Saturday. The event was held in an elegantly appointed retreat house hidden away. From the back of the room, leaning across a granite countertop, eyes shining and fixed attentively, a man asked me how his sourness and disappointments of the past had so happily …
This is a question we need to be approaching all of our clients with first and foremost. Posing this question allows us to understand them better, identify where they’re at, and demonstrate genuine curiosity and commitment to the person as an individual. Isn’t that what we’re striving for as coaches? When a person thinks of …