Recovery Reform: Navigating Harm Reduction, Recovery, and Drug Policy
Dr. Taylor Nichols and McCauley Sexton
25 episodes
3 weeks ago
Recovery Reform: Navigating Harm Reduction, Recovery, and Drug Policy is a podcast exploring substance use, harm reduction, and recovery through discussions with people with lived experience, experts in harm reduction, and leaders in drug policy.
Hosted by our Executive Director, McCauley Sexton, and our Medical Director, Dr. Taylor Nichols, each episode will provide candid conversations about substance use, the impact of policy and the war on drugs, and work to break the stigma against drugs and the people who use them.
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Recovery Reform: Navigating Harm Reduction, Recovery, and Drug Policy is a podcast exploring substance use, harm reduction, and recovery through discussions with people with lived experience, experts in harm reduction, and leaders in drug policy.
Hosted by our Executive Director, McCauley Sexton, and our Medical Director, Dr. Taylor Nichols, each episode will provide candid conversations about substance use, the impact of policy and the war on drugs, and work to break the stigma against drugs and the people who use them.
Mary Beth O'Connor on finding alternative recovery
Recovery Reform: Navigating Harm Reduction, Recovery, and Drug Policy
57 minutes 21 seconds
2 months ago
Mary Beth O'Connor on finding alternative recovery
Mary Beth O'Connor is the author of the book "From Junkie to Judge: One Woman’s Triumph Over Trauma and Addiction." She began her recovery from methamphetamine use disorder, abuse, trauma, and anxiety in 1994. She never found traditional recovery spaces such as step-based recovery programs helpful to her, and found alternative recovery spaces early on.
Six years into her recovery, Mary Beth attended UC Berkeley School of Law. She worked at a large firm, then litigated class action suits for the federal government. In 2014, she was appointed a federal Administrative Law Judge, a position from which she retired early in 2020.
Mary Beth is now a Director for She Recovers Foundation and for LifeRing Secular Recovery. She also is on the Advisory Council for The Hyer Calling Foundation. She regularly speaks on behalf of these organizations and about multiple paths to recovery..
She develops relationships with other organizations, such as Women for Sobriety and trains attorneys, judges, and medical professionals. Mary Beth regularly writes opinion pieces which have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Recovery Today, and other publications. Her memoir writings have been published in Memoir Magazine, Awakenings, and Ravens Perch, among others. Website: https://junkietojudge.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-beth-o-connor-8aaa4b121/
Bluesky: https://web-cdn.bsky.app/profile/marybethoconnor.bsky.social
Recovery Reform: Navigating Harm Reduction, Recovery, and Drug Policy
Recovery Reform: Navigating Harm Reduction, Recovery, and Drug Policy is a podcast exploring substance use, harm reduction, and recovery through discussions with people with lived experience, experts in harm reduction, and leaders in drug policy.
Hosted by our Executive Director, McCauley Sexton, and our Medical Director, Dr. Taylor Nichols, each episode will provide candid conversations about substance use, the impact of policy and the war on drugs, and work to break the stigma against drugs and the people who use them.
