Peer and Community Support

Mutual aid groups, peer support networks, and community-based services that provide shared experiences, social connections, and encouragement throughout the recovery process. 

Supporting Community Prevention with Planet Youth, KDE Hub and Small Cities Initiative

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Online
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Canada
Attendance
online

Discover how communities can use data to drive upstream action and strengthen substance use prevention efforts. This webinar will introduce the Planet Youth model and its evidence-informed approach to using local data to guide community action. Participants will also learn about the Knowledge Development and Exchange (KDE) Hub and the implementation supports it offers to help communities in Canada put prevention into practice.

Online training: Parental Substance Use - Essential Skills

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Online
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United Kingdom
Attendance
online

This training course delivers essential insights into the issues surrounding parental substance misuse and safeguarding along with skills for working with parents who are using drugs or alcohol problematically. It is designed for anyone who’s work brings them into contact with parents who have issues with substance use.

Faith-Based Addiction Recovery

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This article explores how faith-based recovery programs combine spiritual support with evidence-based addiction treatment to help people achieve and maintain recovery. These programs integrate religious beliefs and practices with services...

Spirituality and Harmful or Hazardous Alcohol and Other Drug Use

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This meta-analysis reviewed 55 longitudinal studies involving more than 540,000 participants to examine the relationship between spirituality and harmful or hazardous alcohol and other drug use. The findings show that spiritual and...

A Shared Understanding - A consensus definition of recovery

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Recovery in the context of substance use is generally recognised as a process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live self-directed lives, and strive to reach their full potential. This definition...
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