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Jeff Simone

Surviving Opioids - Beyond an Epidemic

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Jeff Simone

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Surviving Opioids - Beyond an Epidemic

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There’s stigma around people with addictions, there’s more stigma around women with addictions, and there’s maybe none more stigmatized than pregnant women with addictions.Today’s episode is all about pregnant women with opioid use disorders an
Words matter.There’s no question about that – they’re a big driving force of stigma, and it’s always a  heated debate when it comes to semantics with these touchy areas. One of the many challenges is that while the healthcare guidelines move aw
Interview episode #7 is with John and Jude Trang - parents who lost their youngest child, John Leif, to a heroin overdose in 2014 at age 25.Today John is an independent pharmaceutical researcher and consultant and Jude is a full-time advocate f
What  to expect on Surviving Opioids - Beyond an Epidemic Podcast - your one stop shop for everything opioids, addiction, and recovery.If you enjoy the show, share it, leave a review, and keep the conversation going.Connect on Instagram, Facebo
A story came out last week about California trying to become the first state to incentivize people financially to stay sober.Story hereMost people who complete the treatment without any positive urine tests during a set period of time will get
Folks in early recovery don’t necessarily lack the discipline to make and stick to changes, but they usually lack the guidance and direction, and it's hard today with so much information available, all of which will at some point contradict som
In this sixth interview episode of Surviving Opioids, I talk to Jen Wylde, host of the Sober Exposure podcast.Jen is a national rock radio personality who struggled with addiction throughout her entire life. She fell into a career filled with s
The two most common medication-assisted treatment (MAT) strategies for OUD are Methadone and Suboxone (buprenorphine/naloxone). Nearly everyone has some familiarity with the two, but there remains a lot of misinformation regarding treatment.In
Second of a 2-part series discussing some of the common dynamics involving interactions with loved ones who are actively addicted and some considerations to increase the likelihood of being helpful and avoiding accidental harm.A basic summary o
Addiction is a family condition. It doesn’t happen in a vacuum, we don’t recover from it in a vacuum, so the more we can better educate and assist the people who are the closest to the addiction - i.e. the more people that understand the dynami
This episode is about the biology of the endorphin system (the body's natural opioid system) and how early life dysregulation of this system becomes a major risk factor for later life Endorphins – which are the love and attachment chemicals – n
Episode 10 is an interview with the Integrative Recovery and trauma-informed Health and Wellness Coach, Mike Govoni.  Mike developed an opioid addiction at a young age, was introduced to recovery and has now been fully abstinent for 16 years.Li
Part 3 of a 3-part series about how the physiological feeling of safety and hypervigilance impacts the prognosis of addiction recovery.This episode concludes the discussion about Dr. Stephen Porges' Polyvagal Theory and gives an interpretation
Whether we’re recovering ourselves and trying to carry a message, dealing with a family member or friend, working in the treatment industry, the one thing that everyone wants to do is to help.And the only way that we can help evoke an actual ch
In this first of 2-part series, I discuss Dr. Stephen Porges' Polyvagal Theory and how it relates to addiction recovery:If we are feeling safe, our entire internal physiology shifts away from stress and towards calmness, and where there is calm
The three primary Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) options for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) are methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone.The first two are considered opioid agonist replacements, while the third (naltrexone) is an opioid antagon
If you're newly recovering from an opioid dependency, your endorphin-regulating system is out of whack 🙁⁣⁣In fact, it was likely out of whack before the addiction. ⁣⁣A dysregulated endorphin system will have you feeling very uncomfortable. You
Have you ever heard an old-timer tell a newcomer, "Just don't drink!"Makes plenty of sense on the surface, and it's a tough line to argue. After all if you're trying to stay away from something, "just not doing it" seems like a reasonable sugge
In episode 03 Jeff interview Robert White, owner of Any Length Retreat in Flugerville, TX.Out of gratitude for his own recovery from addiction, Robert and his family founded Any Length Retreat in 2012 to help addicted men and their families fin
Episode 2 of Surviving Opioids is packed full of incredible perspectives from one of the realest, rawest, and honest voices in the addiction recovery community. Jen Elizabeth is a writer, speaker, trauma educator, Harm Reduction Specialist with
Welcome to Episode 1 of Surviving Opioids - Beyond an Epidemic Podcast. Here we talk about the opioid crisis as it looks at the ground level. We talk with folks who research opioid addiction, work in the therapeutic setting, have personal exper
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