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Peer Recovery Support Series, Section III: Understanding the Pathway and the Process

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Successful recovery is a journey through a process of change. This webinar will explore the process and identify how peer specialists and providers can intervene in helping individuals with substance use disorders negotiate that recovery journey. The first step involves understanding important tasks and critical activities involved in recovery.

Long Term Change among People who Inject Drugs

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The link is to Recovery Research Institute's summary of the findings from this long term longitudinal study of injection drug users in Vancouver Canada. It reports that there are five different trajectories for people who inject drugs...

Fostering Couple Recovery: Tools for Counsellors and Therapists

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Wednesday, September 16, 2020 @ 3-5:00pm ET (2CT/1MT/12PT)

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A relational approach to addiction treatment is the missing component in most contemporary addiction models, even though this default assumption conflicts with most empirical evidence. Long-standing and well-established research has consistently supported couple and family approaches for treating addictive disorders.

The Impact of Disaster on Recovery: The Perfect Storm

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Wednesday, September 2, 2020 @ 3-4:00pm ET (2CT/1MT/12PT)

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While natural and human-made disasters continue to plague humankind, the impact of disasters on people in recovery is a largely unexplored territory.

Cultivating Greater Meaning and Purpose to Prevent Relapse

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Many who find themselves established in recovery are left with a lingering, internal void that represents a lack of meaning or sense of purpose in life. This lack of meaning or purpose can be a constant threat to one’s recovery. With the right guidance, anyone can learn to uncover their purpose and find a greater sense of meaning, healthy passions, and natural sources of joy.

Connecting the Continuum: How Prevention & Recovery Models Fit Together

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This webinar is for anyone with a personal or professional connection to the recovery and prevention communities (such as family members, recovery coaches, therapists, peer support specialists, health educators and prevention specialists) on effective and evidence-based prevention approaches and how they correlate to recovery.

Successful Treatment of Methamphetamine Addiction

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Methamphetamine is a drug of rapid addiction and destruction.

This free webinar will focus on the impact of methamphetamine and how this powerful drug changes the brain of the user - a process called addiction.