I recently joined Kyle VanBlaircom on his show, The Peer Perspective Podcast. We discussed a wide range of topics: opioids, stimulants, stigma, recovery in rural areas (links below).
Many thanks to Penny Austad, one of Kyle’s earlier guests, for introducing us! ✸
Here’s the blog post that Kyle mentioned at 4:43. Substance use is often a coping mechanism (“self medication”) for another problem. People frequently relapse because the underlying driver has not been addressed.