The celebration of sobriety, or wellbriety, has occurred every so often amongst the local recovery community at Tulalip for years.

New Addition to RecoveryTrek's Senior Leadership Team Instrumental in Driving Business Forward and Strengthening Operational Excellence By: RecoveryTrek LLC NORFOLK, Va. - Oct. 4, 2019 -- RecoveryTrek, a leading technology solutions provider of addiction, treatment, and recovery monitoring services, is pleased to announce the appointment of Chris Roames as Chief Operating Officer. As COO, Roames will focus his efforts on the expansion of RecoveryTrek's core and developing bus

Watch these short stories from Harnett County. Good work CAN help transform lives. Release of video of the Harnett County Veterans Treatment Court, funded by the US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the US Bureau of Justice Assistance. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally published on the North Carolina Governor's Working Group (NCGWG) website and available at the following

Written by Bill Schiffner, Contributing Editor Courts Today Magazine June / July 2018 Pages 26-28, 32 New hi-tech solutions on display at NADCP 2018 Drug treatment programs for offenders on probation continue to help people stay out of jail if they avoid drugs, comply with supervision and pass regular tests to prove they are drug free. This practice saves the cost of incarceration and supports the offender’s rehabilitation within the community. Research shows that court-moni

Written by Zachary Siegel Published on WIRED l BackChannel l 04.01.18 My time in rehab for an opioid addiction left me humiliated and desperate to know why my friends were dying. Now a wave of app developers are trying to do things differently. MY DAD’S COMPANY had season tickets to the White Sox. On muggy Midwest summer days we’d go as a family—always sitting in the same seats, 25 rows above first base. I told this to a counselor I’ll call Bill, when he asked me to remember

Written by AMANDA MACMILLAN Health l April 24, 2018 Some of the effects, like slurred speech and loss of balance, can be very obvious. Others, like cell death, not so much. A glass of wine with dinner, a happy-hour beer after work, a cocktail (or three) on vacation: Alcohol is deeply ingrained in American culture, and, for many of us, it’s a normal part of our daily lives. Studies suggest that alcohol, when consumed at low to moderate levels, may have some health benefits. It

Many have observed the power of a story of personal recovery from substance use disorder, but it can be difficult for organizations to justify funding and partnership opportunities without credible analytics and metrics. The Recovery Data Platform (RDP), a cloud-based software solution developed by Faces and Voices of Recovery and RecoveryTrek, accumulates, processes and generates useful reports that simplify the process for stakeholders. ---------------------- NORFOLK, VA. (

Written by Rich Lord Pittsburgh Post-Gazette April 15, 2018 [ASAM: 49TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE: Innovations in Addiction Medicine & Science] SAN DIEGO — After years of surging overdoses, some of the officials and medical practitioners most deeply involved in the fight against opioids have hope that they finally have the tools, the funding and the public support needed to get the epidemic under control. “I have some cautious optimism,” Debbie Dowell, a senior medical adviser at the

Written by Sandra J. Pennecke Photo by Eric Lushner March 26, 2018 Helping people get back to work From a spare room in his home in 2011, Kirk Cizerle started what has become a national substance-use tracking firm that employs a team of 25 and works with more than 100 monitoring programs and treatment centers across the country and overseas. RecoveryTrek, now located in the Wells Fargo building in Norfolk, gets its name from the fact that drug and alcohol addiction is a lifel

By Zeke Spector, March 15, 2018 [Vice News] A year and half ago, Gabe Stewart stood in tribal court pleading guilty to felony charges because he stole money from his family to support his opioid addiction. In January, his community honored him for overcoming addiction and watched as his case was dismissed entirely. Stewart is a member of the Penobscot Nation in Maine, a state hit hard by the opioid crisis. American indigenous communities like his are also some of the hardest

Written by Victoria Kim, March 20, 2018 [The Fix] According to the CDC, Native Americans had the highest overdose death rate of any race in 2015. One U.S. senator is determined to get tribal communities in the United States their fair share of the billions of dollars in funding dedicated to fighting the national opioid crisis. Democratic Senator Heidi Heitkamp, of North Dakota, spearheaded a letter sent to Senate leaders early March, urging them to allocate opioid crisis fund

BY REEGAN VON WILDENRADT, MAR 16, 2018 [Men's Health] Trying to avoid booze on a St. Patrick’s Day that falls on a Saturday? It may seem like your only realistic option is to temporarily move to a deserted island for 24 hours. Adopting an alcohol-free lifestyle can be challenging, and festive holidays like St. Patrick's Day stand to make things even trickier. That's why we talked to Jeff Foote, PhD, co-founder of the Center for Motivation and Change, about how to get through

By Lexi Hill, March 02, 2018 [Her Campus / PHYSICAL HEALTH] College is a fun four (sometimes more) years. It’s an opportunity to take classes you don’t know anything about, find out what you’re really good at and meet new people. Sometimes, though, those four-ish years can become overwhelming- especially trying to balance a full course load and evolving social life. However, in an atmosphere that encourages going out, it’s hard to say no sometimes. Who wants to pass on a nigh

Published by Alcohol Research Group, February 27,2018 [arg. org] Alternative Mutual Help Groups are Viable Options to Traditional 12-step Groups People with an alcohol use disorder who participated in alternative mutual help groups had abstinence outcomes equivalent to those who participated in traditional 12-step groups at the same level, a new study from Senior Scientist and Center Associate Director Sarah E. Zemore and colleagues.  This is the first longitudinal, comparati

By Dave Kovaleski, March 13, 2018 [Life Science Daily] New legislation recently introduced in the U.S. Senate seeks to bolster the number of health professionals to fight the opioid epidemic. The Substance Use Disorder Workforce Loan Repayment Act — sponsored by Sens. Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) — would address the current shortage of professionals to provide opioid treatment and recovery services in communities across the United State

By Tim Newman, February 21, 2018 Medical News Today - medicalnewstoday. com A recent study scrutinized the relationship between alcohol and dementia. The researchers found that alcohol use disorders are a major risk factor for all types of dementia. Dementia is characterized by steady cognitive decline and affects 5–7 percent of those over 60. This makes it a leading cause of disability. Though there are a number of dementia types — including Alzheimer's disease, which is th

By Victoria Kim 02/07/18 “It’s a moment of women working to dismantle the structures that keep us divided...We’re not just fighting for harm reduction. We’re fighting for love and justice.” The momentum in the United States is finally in favor of drug policy reform, or ending the decades-long “War on Drugs.” More cities and states than ever are considering supervised injection spaces and are increasing access to naloxone (the opioid overdose antidote). Legal cannabis markets

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vital Signs Report: 03/06/2018 Overview Emergency department (ED) visits for opioid* overdoses rose 30% in all parts of the US from July 2016 through September 2017. People who have had an overdose are more likely to have another, so being seen in the ED is an opportunity for action. Repeat overdoses may be prevented with medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder (OUD), which is defined as a problematic pattern of o

By Kelly Burch, 03/02/18 [The Fix, thefix. com] States where the adult use of marijuana was legalized had an uptick in pedestrian traffic deaths last year, according to a new study. More pedestrians were killed in traffic accidents in 2017 than in any year since 1990, and researchers believe that the legalization of marijuana for adult use may have something to do with the rise in fatalities. According to a study released this week by the Governors Highway Safety Association,

WRITTEN BY CHRISTOPHER GLAZEK, OCTOBER 16, 2017 [Esquire Magazine - esquire. com] You’re aware America is under siege, fighting an opioid crisis that has exploded into a public-health emergency. You’ve heard of OxyContin, the pain medication to which countless patients have become addicted. But do you know that the company that makes Oxy and reaps the billions of dollars in profits it generates is owned by one family? The newly installed Sackler Courtyard at London’s Victoria