A 10 minute video about the Project Nurture model of providing prenatal, maternity, and post partum care to women with substance use disorder and pediatric care for their infants. Includes stories from the peer support mentors who help the patients throughout the program. Funding Source: Health Share of Oregon
Experience has shown that traditional syringe exchange programs (SEP) do not reach all injection drug users, so staff members of SEPs in New York City developed a peer-delivered syringe exchange model. This toolkit provides examples of policies and procedures, provides a check list of considerations for program implementation, and offers advice for people considering creating a peer-delivered SEP in their community. Funding Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Website for the Narcotics Anonymous organization which organizes support groups for people in recovery from drug addiction, hosts conferences, and provides resources for individuals in recovery and their families.
Website for the Alcoholics Anonymous organization which organizes support groups for people in recovery from alcohol addiction, hosts conferences, and provides resources for individuals in recovery and their families. The website has Spanish and French language options.
Website for Celebrate Recovery, a Christ-Centered 12-step recovery program which offers support meetings, trainings and conferences for people in recovery from addiction. The organization also has specific programs for military personnel and veterans, pastors in recovery, Native Nations, and an initiative to reduce the stigma
Website for the Life Ring Recovery organization which offers in person and online support meetings for people in recovery from addiction as well as trainings and resources about addiction and recovery.
Website for the SMART Recovery movement which offers in person and online support meetings for people in recovery from addiction and their families as well as trainings and resources about addiction and recovery.
This report defines what a peer support specialist is and describes the many different roles they can play in the substance use disorder and recovery process. Research has shown that recovery is facilitated by social support, and peer support specialists, who have personal lived experience of addiction, are uniquely qualified to provide that support.
Skye began her opioid use at age 13 after dental surgery and eventually developed a heroin addiction and a long arrest record. With the help of her family, Skye completed treatment, worked as a peer mentor and overdose prevention counselor, and now is therapist and assistant director of a counseling program that
In the Rooms is an online social network for individuals in recovery across the globe. The site requires users to create a log-in to access live online recovery meetings as well as other resources, although all services are free and confidential.