The ongoing process through which individuals achieve improved health, wellness, and quality of life while striving for abstinence or reduced substance use.
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The Power of Storytelling
ISSUP Global, in collaboration with Faces & Voices of Recovery, invites you to the upcoming webinar titled 'The Power of Storytelling'
MODELLING ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE RECOVERY PROCESS.
Addiction is a complex disease that requires everyone to understand the science behind it. In the treatment and recovery process, it is not unusual to come across stigma, blame, and disbelief. However, reframing accountability in addiction...
Community-Based Approaches in Substance Use Disorder Treatment: Field Experiences from Jammu & Kashmir, India
Title: Community-Based Approaches in Substance Use Disorder Treatment: Field Experiences from Jammu & Kashmir, India. Introduction Substance use has become a growing concern across India, with youth being disproportionately affected. In...
Befriend Your Brain, Heal Your Behavioral Addiction
This interactive webinar introduces essential principles and clinically practical methods from the presenter’s two recent books on recovery resilience. We will focus on working with process - or behavioral - addictions, providing numerous real-life examples and creating a rich and dynamic learning opportunity.
Substance Use Disorder in Pregnancy: Navigating Confidentiality Law to Deliver Evidence- Based Collaborative Care
The Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration and leading obstetrical and addiction medicine groups recommend prenatal care, medications to treat OUD, behavioral health therapy, and a cross-sector collaborative approach to address social determinant of health as best-practice treatment for pregnant individuals with OUD.
Building Access To Rehabilitation Services For Substance Use Disorders In Indonesia Through Community-Based Intervention (Ibm)
Nearly 90 percent of people who use substance/drugs do not experience as substance used disorders, thus not requiring inpatient treatment. Informal services (self-care and community treatment) are the most needed and also the cheapest to set up and provide. However, many countries often establish the most expensive and intensive types of services, which focus on institutions (Community-Based Drug Services for People Who Use Drugs in Southeast Asia, 2018).
Empowering Recovery: The Green Crescent Women’s Forum on Addiction and Recovery (WFAR) and Gender-Responsive Models in Collaboration with the Gender Working Network (GWN)
This presentation was featured at Indonesia 2025, on the 17.09.2025. Authors: Sedef Erçetin Gencosmanoğlu Hendrée E. Jones Abstract: The Turkish Green Crescent Society (TGCS), established in 1920, has long been a pioneer in addiction...
Helpline – Entrance Door To (Un)Sustainable Recovery Paths
This presentation explores the pivotal role of addiction recovery helplines in enabling more sustainable recovery pathways and nurturing positive, recovery-oriented environments within communities. Drawing on nine years of data from recovery helpline services operated by local NGOs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Montenegro, the evaluation offers valuable insights into the needs, challenges, and experiences...
The Danger of the Kampung and the Promise of Work: Examining Drug Recovery and its Limits in Aceh, Indonesia
In Aceh, Indonesia, a small but committed group of addictions professionals are working to expand the drug recovery system. The province hosts public and private recovery centres run by a number of social organizations, including the national health service (Dinkes), the police (Satpol PP), and publicly registered charities (Yayasan).
Analyzing 10 Years of Drug Use Trends and Transforming Addiction Care Beyond Rehabilitation
Indonesia maintains one of the world's most stringent narcotics legal frameworks, codified in Law 35/2009, which imposes severe sanctions ranging from lengthy mandatory minimum prison sentences to capital punishment. This punitive stance has precipitated a crisis of hyper-incarceration, with national prison overcrowding averaging 108% with some facilities operating at 198% capacity, and detention centers exceeding 210%.