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April is Alcohol Awareness Month. Here are resources for social workers

Social Work Blog

Social workers provide counseling services and mental health treatment to individuals who may also have an alcohol use disorder and help them address barriers to treatment. They also provide education around potential harm due to misuse and use treatment modalities that are flexible and work for both harm reduction and abstinence.

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September is National Recovery Month: Supporting the Journey to Recovery 

Social Work Blog

Social workers provide counseling and psychotherapy services to patients in recovery. He recommends that we look at the opioid addiction pandemic through a harm-reduction lens, rather than a punitive one. EP13: Facing the Opioid Crisis [Podcast]: Opioid addiction has become a public health crisis in the United States.

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September is National Recovery Month: Supporting the Journey to Recovery 

Social Work Blog

Social workers provide counseling and psychotherapy services to patients in recovery. He recommends that we look at the opioid addiction pandemic through a harm-reduction lens, rather than a punitive one. Facing the Opioid Crisis (podcast episode) David Stoecker, LCSW , is founder and director of Better Life in Recovery.