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Combating America’s Opioid Crisis
Effective treatment of addiction is paramount to saving lives. We must collectively strive to end the opioid crisis in America.
Tom O'Connor
Mar 275 min read
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Healing from Trauma through Community Support
Community support networks play a pivotal role in facilitating the healing process from trauma.
Tom O'Connor
Mar 227 min read
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Co-occurring mental disorders and neurodivergence from someone who truly understands you!
Did my Depression isolate me, or did my unrealized Autism isolate me and lead to worsening Depression?
Tom O'Connor
Mar 145 min read
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SUD War Zones At Home
War zones might be closer than you realize, with 25% of children growing up with a father, mother, or both who have a substance use disorder
Tom O'Connor
Mar 106 min read
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Meeting Clients Where They Are: Crafting Effective Substance Use Disorder Treatment Approaches
Effective treatment isn't about adhering to a single methodology - it's about meeting clients where they are and crafting approaches that ..
Tom O'Connor
Mar 37 min read
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Understanding Adult Child Syndrome (ACS) and Its Link to PTSD
Childhood trauma plays a significant role in the onset of adult-child syndrome. Such chronic trauma often leads to PTSD.
Tom O'Connor
Feb 254 min read
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Substance Use Challenges In Older Adults
Regrettably, substance abuse in older adults is becoming an increasing public health issue. The overdose crisis has spared no one.
Tom O'Connor
Feb 146 min read
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Lessons Learned: A Community Is Essential For Your Healing In Recovery
When you are in substance use recovery, you need a supportive community to surround, challenge, encourage, and bolster you.
Tom O'Connor
Feb 77 min read
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Lessons Learned From A Traumatic Family Recovery
I am truly privileged to have Joudy Ghata as my co-author for this issue. She bravely surmounted devastating family trauma.
Tom O'Connor
Feb 37 min read
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Lessons Learned From Recovery Trauma
Lessons Learned is a New Vital Voyage Series. For our readership, this next series is for all of us to reflect on lessons learned.
Tom O'Connor
Jan 245 min read
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Right Words Matter: The Language of Substance Use Disorder
Substance use disorder is the most stigmatized health condition in the world. It is one of the most significant barriers to recovery.
Tom O'Connor
Jan 165 min read
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Heroes of Recovery: Inspiring Transformations in Substance Use Disorder
Heroes in Recovery is a grassroots movement that seeks to remove the social stigma associated with getting substance use disorder treatment.
Tom O'Connor
Jan 125 min read
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