Topics discussed in this episode
🟣 Inspiration for choosing Addiction Studies at the University of South Dakota
🟣Returning to addiction career after 18-year career break for motherhood
🟣Falling in love with supporting justice-involved clients
🟣Success with MAT
🟣Criminal Justice Initiative Services to promote treatment over prison
🟣Moral Reconation Therapy—MRT®
🟣Working hand in hand with probation and parole and coordinating care with other agencies
🟣Resource challenges with transportation and supporting unhoused in winter in Sioux Falls
🟣Even with good self-care, the emotional struggle of clients passing away is challenging
🟣Good Samaritan Law for Overdose Safety, distribution of fentanyl testing strips, Opiod resettlement fund, and public education campaign in South Dakota
🟣 Being a "nerd" when it comes to addiction and recovery learning
🟣Why clients lie to professionals
🟣 Harm reduction and not judging when a client's goal isn't to be 100% clean and sober
Addiction Podcast Guest:
Angie Poile, Director of Outpatient Substance Use Services,
Guest location: South Dakota
Addiction Podcast Host:
Chris Langley, Co-Founder | Addiction Recovery Place