The ongoing process through which individuals achieve improved health, wellness, and quality of life while striving for abstinence or reduced substance use.
Recovery Support
Women, Religion, Substance Use Disorder (SUD) and Stigma
ISSUP Kenya invites you to attend their upcoming webinar on Women, Religion, Substance Use Disorder (SUD) and Stigma.
Ecolink Institute hosts international panel discussion on "People First"
Ecolink Institute, an approved Training Provider of the Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Program hosted an online panel discussion on Social Stigma in connection with the International Drug Awareness Day on 27 June 2023 which underlined the need...
ISSUP POSTER FOR LISBON ADDICTIONS 2022: STUDY ON SUBSTANCE USE AND THE ROLE OF FAMILIES IN KAZAKHSTAN, PAKISTAN AND UKRAINE
The fourth European Conference on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies took place in Lisbon from 23–25 November 2022. Under the overarching theme of Global Addictions, LxAddictions22 showcased cutting-edge research to help characterise...
Family Day: NGO launches an information guide for parents
On the occasion of the International Day of the Family, celebrated on May 15 each year, the NGO RAPAA (Research Action Prevention Accompaniment of Addictions) organized a ceremony to launch a guide for families. This brochure aims to inform...
Continuum of Care in Recovery
ISSUP Botswana present their Webinar on Continuum of Care in Recovery.
Continuum of Care in Recovery
ISSUP Botswana would like to invite you to attend their Webinar on Continuum of Care in Recovery.
Conflict Resolution for Recovery Training
Conflict Resolution for Recovery (CRR) is a two-day therapeutic training that is skill-based and focused on the brain, including how the brain works in conflict and strategies to affect the quality of recovery in relationships.
Recovery Capital: Assets, Not Abstinence
Description
What do individuals need to recover from addiction? In this training, we will first describe recovery capital as a predictor of long-term addiction recovery. Second, we will discuss how we characterize substance use disorder (SUD) as a chronic condition and lean into the complexity of the heterogeneity of SUD and recovery as a process of change.
Embracing Recovery-Oriented Harm Reduction in Medication Assisted Treatment
Description
Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is widely accepted as the most effective form of treatment for individuals with opioid use disorder. MAT options have offered a pathway to recovery for many individuals who have found sustained, long-term recovery with the support of these medications and services. Despite this, MAT is often categorized as a form of harm reduction.
Treatment for drug and alcohol misuse should involve families and communities
Alcohol and other drug treatment are generally only provided for individuals, often away from their families. Treatment aims to improve well-being and reduce the harms of substance use and families and communities can play a significant...