"Sometimes in life you are lucky enough to meet people who blow your mind with their intelligence, kindness, inner beauty and general amazingness - and Annina is one of these people. You won't be disappointed!"

Danielle Woodcock (MSW, RSW)

 
Hello and welcome to all those who are new to my feed! 😜 I just quickly wanted to point out that I have a bunch of *free* materials available for you on my homepage (substanceusecounselling.com/free), including webinars, an email mini course on self-care, a workbook about substance use, and a newsletter that I send out about once a week. The next issue will be entitled: “What If Treatment Doesn’t Work?”. You can sign up for it via substanceusecounselling.com/newsletter 💌 Once a month, I mail out a separate newsletter edition for fellow professionals, too (same URL to sign up). 🤓 Do feel free to take a look around my homepage and grab as many freebies as you like! 💗
How does your drinking compare to that of other women in Canada? Personally, I’m part of the 58% to the right. (Sorry for the blurry pic, took a screenshot of an info graphic over @camhnews!)
Trying to fight an eating disorder or an addiction on your own is so, so much harder than when you have supports in place. And while I believe that ideally, we should all get 100% effective supports, even supports that are only 25% effective are better than none... Certainly at least until we find better ones. The sad truth is - there is no magic trick! No matter what treatment approach(es) you decide to go with, it will still be *you* who will do all the work. Whether it is regarding meals, quitting exercising or attending counseling sessions and meetings: regularity is key and no one can eat or go there for you. It’s got to be you, and you can do it. ✌️ Don’t give up if treatment isn’t immediately all that you had hoped for. It might take a little time to find your recovery groove, but it will be worth it. 🎧
#Repost @nytimes ・・・ In 2015, when @nycmayor Bill de Blasio and @nycfirstlady Chirlane McCray unveiled New York City’s plan to battle opioid-related deaths, they said that from that day on, New Yorkers would be able to get the overdose-reversing drug naloxone at participating pharmacies without a prescription. But 3 years later, @nytimes found that only about a third of the 720 pharmacies on the city’s list had it and would dispense it without a prescription. Beth Kennedy, who’s pictured here, started keeping naloxone on hand when her daughter was addicted to painkillers and heroin. When Beth recently visited her neighborhood pharmacy — a @riteaid in Rockaway Park, Queens, on the city’s list — a pharmacist told her that her insurance would not cover naloxone and that it would cost $150. Pharmacy workers later said it was “probably better” to have a prescription in the patient’s name if they were going to order it. @ryanchristopherjones photographed Beth hugging her daughter after a meeting at a drug-treatment program. After queries from @nytimes, @riteaid, @cvspharmacy and @walgreens confirmed that naloxone was available without a prescription at all locations in New York and said they were reviewing procedures with personnel at all NYC locations. Visit the link in our profile to read more.
This week, allowing yourself the possibility of options was a recurring theme with my clients. Whether in relation to food, jobs, partners, vacations - there is never just one right way to do things! Life is nuanced, and learning how to recognize options allows us to make one of many right choices, even when the most helpful choice turns out to be „maybe“. 😉
Loving this screenshot that one of my online group participants took of me talking about relapse prevention! I swear the scribbles make sense. 😂 And yes, we do have fun while discussing serious topics! ✌️(Shared with permission.)
I am so glad that Junot Díaz chose to share his truth with us in @newyorkermag, and also@so glad he found a helpful therapist. We do not need to suffer through live by ourselves, there is help, hope, and healing. 💗
How did you guys spend your Sunday? At our house, Sunday’s are family days where we usually go for lunch and a walk together, with both my husband and I taking a little time to ourselves at the beginning and end of the day respectively. We‘ll have a quick and easy dinner and relax for the rest of the night. What about you guys how do you unwind without getting high or drunk or engaging in ED behaviors?