Episode 7 Introduction To Harm Reduction Watch Now https://youtu.be/0xR3fVSveT4 Listen Now Episode 7 We begin to open up some delicate topics around different treatment approaches such as Abstinence, versus newer principles that are emerging within recovery, called Harm Reduction. Topics: We discuss a bit of history and background into where “The Big Book” and “AA” came fromWe explain what the Harm Reduction Model is vs. what the Abstinence Model looks likeThough the Harm Reduction Model is still under development within the recovery industry, and not quite understood, we discuss some of the pros and cons of both models. Select Quotes There are no two addictions that are the same, so there is no one equation that you can just plug an addict into and expect only positive outcomes. So we get into this more open and understanding world where different intervention strategies are geared towards improving the overall wellness and quality of life for the individual rather than focusing on these hard definitions of what it means to be in recovery or what it means to be sober.Clinton Nicholson, MA, LPC, NCC - Chief Operations Officer Episode Transcripts Episode 7 Transcript[Music]all rightwelcome back to another episode offinding peaksum brandon burns host uh ceo of peaksrecovery centers joined here todayagain uh with my friend here jasonfriesma chief clinical officerand my other friend uh clint nicholsonchief operating officer and a backupfriendyeah i'll take it yeah yeahyeah it's a heavy hitting episode beforewe yeahdive into these yeah all right feelersasideum again welcome back uh so today we aregonna tryand start a series of episodesabout or the differences between thegraynessof delivering services that areabstinence-based as approach but alsostarting to inform the ideaand talk about it self-harmor self-harm excuse me harm reductionprincipleswould be the opposite absolutely harmreduction principlesum and the approach to care and whatthat looks like sowithin this industry it's a seeminglycontentious topicbecause of all of the grayness thatexists within itand say when it's right tofollow the abstinence lens or when it'sright toyou know say you have a heroin addictionfor example to allow fortime uh a year or two to passbefore starting to entertain maybe whatit would be like tohave a drink um anduh so we're gonna start i think from theground up as an important aspect of thisto create somedefinitions around this and as we gothrough thisum because it's a heavy hitting topic wewould love tohear questions feedback commentsconcerns and anything that we can helpbridge any gaps that might beexperienced on the on the user's end inthat regard sogoing back now i think to 1935 1938again and there somewhere wherethe big book was written that informedthe room'sindividual wellness and abstinenceum jason t us off history how did we gethereokay uh how did we get here sohistoricallyum well really back in the 1930s therewas really no treatment for substanceusethere was treatment of the symptoms ofhaving other medical problems and soreallypeople ended up in the hospital for amonth got out wentright back out on the street noresources of course uhno real social work uh options no realuh possibilities and so um from thathistory uh developed the the aaa modeland the founding fathers of aaa inwriting the a.a big bookand really um from that came thisthis really uh wellthe 12 traditions and the 12 steps fromaaa whichreally encouraged people to begin towork a recovery processand somewhere along the way there uhcame coinsuh i don't actually know the history ofthe coin um to be honest with you andwhere theywhere that entered into the aaaprocess but where uma metric of measurement was how longsomebody wasfree from their well from drinking anduh and thendown the road even further after thatcame from drinking and drug useand uh and that was uh this token becameum something critically important tost...