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Our New Virtual World of Care

Paul Fleissner

January 11, 2021

This past spring, when the COVID-19 pandemic struck, people in need of behavioral health services were blindsided. While in-person treatment programs were considered essential services and continued, many people,… read more…
Minnesota Substance Use Disorder Telehealth Providers

Staff

September 30, 2020

The following list consists of substance use disorder programs/providers in Minnesota that list have listed their telehealth, telemedicine and virtual groups on Fast-Tracker (as of the end of August… read more…
Virtual Treatment Gets the Job Done

Pat Samples

September 10, 2020

Time for your treatment group meeting? Plop down in your favorite spot at home, get on Zoom, and you’re there. Virtual counseling for people in non-residential addiction treatment is… read more…
Fast-Tracker Connects People Directly to Treatment (Update)

Neerja Singh

January 17, 2020

Former Commissioner Emily Piper told Phoenix Spirit readers in August 2018 about Fast-Tracker, a new online service to help connect people to substance use disorder and mental health treatment… read more…
After Treatment, Then What?

Pat Samples

September 3, 2019

Treatment for addiction is only the beginning of recovery. What happens when you go back home? If you even have one anymore. Here are four stories of recovering addicts… read more…
Beyond 12 Steps: There Are Many Paths to Addiction and Many Roads to Treatment and Recovery

Cynthia Orange

September 11, 2018

When we think of recovery programs for substance use disorders or addictive behaviors, many of us automatically think of the Twelve Steps. No surprise, since millions of people throughout… read more…
A Note on Gratitude

Julia Edelman

September 10, 2018

I’m in treatment. Again. This time it’s my elbow. Fell on road bike, shattered the olecranon, a body part that apparently I don’t need anymore, so it was taken… read more…
Seeking Treatment: Where Do We Go When We Are Finally Ready?

Staff

September 1, 2017

Fill in the blanks: Where do/does ________ I/my partner/child/friend/relative go for help with _______ my/his/ her __________ addiction/mental health needs/co-occurring disorder? The options are ____________confusing/mind boggling/ daunting. A first… read more…
The Next Step — Rediscovering the Whole Person

Eleanor Leonard

September 6, 2016

The landscape for alcohol and substance abuse recovery has been dominated for 80 years by Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and its guiding principles The Twelve Steps which became the gold… read more…

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