Addiction Treatment: Sober Living and the beautiful miracles of recovery

Topics discussed in this episode
🟣Kim's story from alcohol to heroin to homeless to jail to Deputy Director
🟣The feelings of addiction
🟣 The impact on incarceration 10 years after arrest
🟣 Peer certification courses
🟣 Starting a nonprofit
🟣 How sober living helps in getting grounded in recovery
🟣 Extended school care program with social emotional learning
🟣HOPE program Healthy Options for Prevention Education
🟣Running 5 sober living homes with entire staff of peers
🟣Working with the police and Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health
🟣Commuity support that helps with all social determinants of health
🟣Providing free Narcan kits, xylazine test strips, and Narcan training
🟣Medetomidine an evolving challenge in Delaware
🟣Lived experience is how we create programs of value
🟣Transformation in team members is the path forward to becoming pillars of the community
🟣Keeping the door open to recovery with harm reduction
🟣Future plans for CCD
Be inspired by Kim's story from alcohol to heroin to homeless to jail to Deputy Director of a non-profit making a difference with community outreach and Sober Living.
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Addiction Podcast Guest: Kim Jones Deputy Director, Community Collaboration of Delaware
Kim was also featured in the New York Times article,
The Rage, Secrecy and Pain of a Family Torn Apart by Addiction
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Addiction Podcast Host:⁠ Chris Langley⁠, Co-Founder | ⁠Addiction Recovery Place⁠
Guest location: Deleware