Mentoring can be a significant part of an addiction recovery program. Source: Mabel Amber/Pixabay A recovery coach is an individual who provides mentoring and support services to someone early in ...

The use of the CAGE-AID screening tool in the emergency department was linked to increased referral to an addiction recovery coach for treatment of substance use disorders. The use of the CAGE-AID ...

Former UGA assistant football coach Scott Cochran had kept his yearslong addiction to painkillers a secret. Then one April day in 2020, his wife, Cissy, found him lying unconscious. “She found me dead ...

As a child, Eric Henderson was desperate to be accepted by the guys on his corner. His first arrest was for brawling at a shopping mall at 11. When his fellow gang members on Fayston Street in Roxbury ...

In her 2021 book Recovery Allies, author Alison Jones Webb describes the crucial role recovery allies play in addressing addiction in our communities. Jones Webb states that a “recovery ally is a ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – An Oregon-based author, speaker and recovery coach Joey McCollum believes that you can’t change your past, but you can rewrite your story. McCollum, a former Division I athlete ...