Mon, 25 Apr 2011 02:47:02 -0800WeeblyThu, 11 Nov 2010 14:49:11 -0800http://www.recoverymattersonline.com/1/post/2010/11/making-sense-of-marijuana-csam-position-papers.htmlDear Listeners:

Here is a link to where you can obtain the California Society of Addiction Medicine (CSAM) position papers on marijuana legalization...I referenced these on the 11/11/10 show, "Making Sense of Marijuana:"

http://www.csam-asam.org/pdf/misc/CSAMNews_Summer2010_Web.pdf

Jamie :-)
]]>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 06:17:09 -0800http://www.recoverymattersonline.com/1/post/2010/10/preparing-for-the-first-show-two-very-exciting-guests.htmlWell, listeners, I am getting excited about the launch of Recovery Matters on November 4, 2010 on the VoiceAmerica Radio Network’s Health and Wellness Channel. To set the tone for the 13-week pilot run of the show, we will be discussing the very concept of recovery: what it is, and what it means to various people. Two very special guests will be helping me explore this issue, representing the professional perspective, and the perspective of the recovering individual.

Christina Delos Reyes, MD is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. She is Board-Certified in Adult Psychiatry and Addiction Psychiatry and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM). She is the Director of the Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship at University Hospitals of Cleveland and also teaches medical students and residents. Since 2000, she has served as the Medical Consultant to the Ohio SAMI CCOE (Substance Abuse and Mental Illness Coordinating Center of Excellence), a statewide training and technical assistance organization dedicated to evidence-based practices. In 2009, following a decade of work in community mental health, she was appointed as the Chief Clinical Officer of the Alcohol, Drug Addiction, and Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County.

Christopher Kennedy Lawford is a New York Times Best-Selling Author, and outspoken advocate raising awareness on the public health issues of addiction and Hepatitis C. His memoir, Symptoms of Withdrawal (2005), chronicles his own, near fatal battle with drug addiction and recovery. Lawford, whose face you might recognize from his public service announcements on A&E, has now been in recovery for over 24 years. In 2009, his book Moments of Clarity, a collection of spiritual epiphanies experienced by those in recovery, also reached the New York Times Best Seller list. Lawford is also the co-author of Healing Hepatitis C.

To read more about Christopher Kennedy Lawford and the exciting perspective that he will bring to our inaugural show, please visit his website and blog:

www.christopherkennedylawford.com

www.christopherkennedylawford.com/blog

 
I hope that all of you will consider joining us on November 4th at 6pm EST/ 3pm PST. If you are unable to catch the show in its first run, it will air 12 hours later on VoiceAmerica Health and Wellness Channel. Following that, it will be available as a Podcast.

Yours in Health and Wellness,

Jamie

]]>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:06:06 -0800http://www.recoverymattersonline.com/1/post/2010/09/bill-white-confirmed-for-11-18-10.htmlI am in the process of lining up the first set of guests for the pilot run of "Recovery Matters." I was absolutely delighted that someone I admire very much, William (Bill) White, author of Slaying the Dragon: The History of Addiction Treatment, is confirmed as our guest on "Recovery Matters" for 11-18-10 (the third show). Bill White will be talking with me about the notion of lifestyle change in recovery, historical perspectives on recovery, and varieties of the recovery experience. Throughout my own doctoral work, Slaying the Dragon is a source that I often consulted, and it is truly 'required reading" if you're interested in the context of treatment. You can read more about Bill White's work by checking out his website, www.williamwhitepapers.com]]>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 13:16:08 -0800http://www.recoverymattersonline.com/1/post/2010/08/start-of-a-new-journey.htmlIt's hard to believe that "Recovery Matters" is coming into existence as an Internet radio talk show...for so many years, I have wanted a show like this to exist, and I guess now I'm the one being 'asked' to do it :-) My hope is that this show can truly become an "open forum" for respectful, thought-provoking discussions on recovery. Even though I have my own story with recovery, and my own insights on what has worked best for me, it excites me to think that this program can serve as place where many different perspectives can meet to discuss solutions. In both my professional and personal life, it has long upset me when I hear people exclaiming that their approach is the one, right way to go about doing something. I hope that this show will be the antithesis of that.

I think that you, as listeners, will get to know more about me as the show unfolds. I would like to share one story with you from my personal experience that I feel will give you an idea about where I am going with the show. My soon-to-be-husband and I met in treatment...hold up...no, we weren't patients there :-) Rather, we were both on staff at a treatment center, and I got to know him overly lively, spirited lunch discussions at a picnic table during the warm summer months. Something my future husband said impressed me a quite deal: "When it comes to treating addiction, we have to look at it as an 'all of the above' approach. There are so many different answers out there to addressing this terrible problem, and we can't assume the one option is always the right one." Since that day over 5 years ago, I have looked at addiction-recovery issues through an "all of the above" lens. I'm not saying this to suggest that we should just throw random treatments at a client and see which one sticks; rather, as professionals, it is our responsibility to keep searching for answers until we find something that works for an individual person in their quest for recovery.
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