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 and some of the considerations for that particular group. One thing that is a huge liability for an addicted mom raising a child is the nonstop gossip and judgement that they have to deal with it. Culturally no one is as judged as an an addicted mother...
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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 and some of the considerations for that particular group. One thing that is a huge liability for an addicted mom raising a child is the nonstop gossip and judgement that they have to deal with it. Culturally no one is as judged as an an addicted mother...
Interpreting the Polyvagal Theory and How Safety Impacts Addiction Recovery: Part II
Surviving Opioids - Beyond an Epidemic
31 minutes
4 years ago
Interpreting the Polyvagal Theory and How Safety Impacts Addiction Recovery: Part II
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 change - that is something beyond forceful intervention, coerced treatment, or incarceration - is through safety. If the person does not feel safe with us, we can't help them. That’s all there is to it. Once we can digest and process that fact, th...
Surviving Opioids - Beyond an Epidemic
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 and some of the considerations for that particular group. One thing that is a huge liability for an addicted mom raising a child is the nonstop gossip and judgement that they have to deal with it. Culturally no one is as judged as an an addicted mother...
