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>>> WELCOME BACK. IT'S JUST PART OF OUR SOCIAL
CULTURE.
CULTURE.
CULTURE. DRINK UP, CHEERS.
DON'T YOU WANT TO HANG OUT WITH
ALL THOSE PEOPLE IN THE BEER
COMMERCIALS?
COMMERCIALS? WHN IT COMES TO CHEMICAL
DEPENDENCY, THERE CAN BE A
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WANT AND
NEED.
NEED.
NEED. SHE
NEED. SHE DIDN'T WANT TO DRINK.
SHE FELT SHE HAD TO DRINK.
HER BODY DEMANDED IT.
IT'S THE KEY INDICATOR SOMEONE
HAS AN ALCOHOL USE DISORDER.
WELCOME BACK VON WITH THE
MENNINGER CLINIC AND ALICIA WHO
IS CELEBRATING TEN YEARS OF
RECOVERY.
RECOVERY.
RECOVERY. CONGRATULATIONS.
CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU.
>> I WANT YOU TO RESTATE WHAT
YOU SAID EARLIER.
WHAT PROFESSIONALS LOOK AT THAT
MIGHT INDICATE YOU HAVE A
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM. >> SO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF
HEALTH RECOMMENDS WOMEN DRINK
NO MORE THAN ONE DRINK PER DAY
AND UP TO SEVEN PER WEEK AND
THAT MEN DRINK NO MORE THAN TWO
DRINKS PER DAY AND UP TO 14 PER
WEEK.
WEEK.
WEEK. IT'S ACTUALLY MUCH MORE ABOUT
QUALITY THAN QUANTITY.
QUALITY IN TERMS OF HOW IT'S
IMPACTING YOUR LIFE.
MEDICALLY IN TERMS OF PHYSICAL
HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH.
I SEE PEOPLE THAT MAY JUST BE
BINGE DRINKERS ON THE WEEKENDS.
SO QUALITY IS MUCH MORE
IMPORTANT THAN QUANTITY.
>> WE OFTEN DEFINE WHAT
ADDICTION IS.
ADDICTION IS. >> THERE'S A LOT OF ASSUMPTION
YOU HAVE TO BE A MORNING
DRINKER TO HAVE AN ALCOHOL USE
DISORDER.
DISORDER.
DISORDER. THAT'S NOT TRUE.
>> ALICIA.
>> ALICIA. WHEN DID YOU FIRST START
DRINKING AND WHEN DID YOU HAVE
THAT MOMENT WHEN YOU THOUGHT
SOMETHING'S WRONG HERE?
>> I STARTED PRETTY YOUNG.
I WAS A TEENAGER.
WHEN DID I START THINKING I HAD
A PROBLEM?
A PROBLEM? MOST PEOPLE TOLD ME THAT I
ALWAYS RESPONDED DIFFERENTLY
WHEREVER I DRANK.
I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY PRETTY
CONSISTENT FROM THE TIME I
STARTED THAT IT IT WAS
PROBLEMATIC.
PROBLEMATIC. WHEN I STARTED TO REALIZE IT
WAS A PROBLEM WAS WHEN I
STARTED EXPERIENCING
STARTED EXPERIENCING CONSEQUENCES AS A RESULT.
IT BECAME APPARENT I WAS
EXPERIENCING THINGS DIFFERENT
THAN OTHER PEOPLE THAT WERE MY
FRIENDS.
FRIENDS.
FRIENDS. >> CONSEQUENCES LIKE?
>> OBVIOUSLY I WAS EXPERIENCING
DIFFICULTY WITH MY FRIENDSHIPS,
I WAS MARRIED AT THE TIME.
I WAS HAVING TROUBLE IN MY
MARRIAGE.
MARRIAGE.
MARRIAGE. HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH JUST
GOING TO WORK EVERY DAY.
JUST ANY KIND OF LIVING
EXPERIENCE YOU COULD HAVE I WAS
EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS.
EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> YOU SAID YOU STARTED AS A
TEENAGER.
TEENAGER.
TEENAGER. WE THINK IT'S A RITE OF PASSAGE
TO GO AHEAD AND DRINK AS A
TEENAGER.
TEENAGER.
TEENAGER. WHEN YOU'RE AROUND OTHER KIDS
DOING THE SAME THING YOU DON'T
HAVE THAT LEVEL OF
RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE YOU'RE
ALL IN IT TOGETHER.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> NORMAL.
>> NORMAL. >> WE HAVE NORMALIZED ALCOHOL
USE.
USE.
USE. EARLY ALCOHOL USE IS A RISK
FACTOR FOR LATER ALCOHOL USE
DISORDERS.
DISORDERS. >> ADDICTION.
>> ADDICTION. SAME THING WE'RE DOING IN
MENTAL HEALTH.
MENTAL HEALTH. REMOVING THE STIGMA SOMETIMES
THE STUMBLING BLOCK TO GETTING
HELP IS SHAME.
WE DON'T NECESSARILY SAY YOU'RE
AN ADDICT OR AN ALCOHOLIC.
WE'RE CHANGING THE VERBAGE.
>> THE RESEARCH HAS SHOWN US
THAT TERMS LIKE ADDICT AND
ALCOHOLIC ARE STIGMATIZING AND
CAN KEEP PEOPLE FROM SEEKING
HELP.
HELP.
HELP. BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN IDEA OF
WHAT AN ALCOHOLIC LOOKS LIKE
FROM THE MOVIES.
IF THAT'S NOT WHAT MY DRINKING
LOOKS LIKE THEN I DON'T HAVE A
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM. SO WE'RE MOVABLE TOWARDS PERSON
FIRST LANGUAGE.
FIRST LANGUAGE. PERSON WITH ADDICTION.
THE PERSON IS WHAT'S IMPORTANT.
THEN THEY HAVE THIS ISSUE OR
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM. A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO USE
ADDICT OR ALCOHOLIC TO SELF-
IDENTIFY, WHICH IS TOTALLY
FINE.
FINE.
FINE. AS
FINE. AS PROFESSIONALS WE WOULD NEVER
LABEL SOMEBODY WITH THAT.
>> THE MOST POWERFUL PERSON IN
A PERSON'S LIFE IS THEM.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE THAT CHOICE TO
SAY I'M DONE.
WHEN YOU MAKE THAT CHOICE AND
WERE YOU ABLE TO DO IT THE
FIRST TIME.
FIRST TIME. I THINK THE OTHER THING PEOPLE
DEAL WITH IS HAVING A RELAPSE.
>> I WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL THE
FIRST TIME.
FIRST TIME. IT'S NOT THE SAME FOR EVERYONE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WITH MY
ROLE IS I GET TO RECOGNIZE, I
GET TO HELP THEM RECOGNIZE THAT
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE COOKIE
CUTTER.
CUTTER.
CUTTER. WHATEVER WORKERS FOR ONE PERSON
MAY NOT WORK FOR THEM.
WE GO THROUGH THE DIFFERENT
IDEAS, CONCEPTS, PATHWAYS.
>> IT YOU THINK ABOUT IT MANY
TIMES BEFORE YOU SHOWED UP THE
FIRST TIME?
FIRST TIME? >> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. BUT I DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT WITH
ANYONE BECAUSE I WAS ASHAMED.
I DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW I
FELT I WAS STRUGGLING.
IT WASN'T UNTIL I FELT OKAY
WITH REALLY ADDRESSING IT THAT
THE SHAME WENT AWAY AND I
TALKED TO PEOPLE AND THEY TOLD
ME THEY HAD DEALT WITH IT ALSO.
I GOT SOME HOPE.
WE GIVE OTHER PEOPLE HOPE TO
RECOGNIZE IT'S POSSIBLE.
úWE CAN RECOVER.
>> THE FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN.
COMING OUT OF THE FOG.
SOMETIMES SELF-MEDICATING IS
SOMETHING THAT KEEPS US FROM
DEALING WITH OTHER THINGS.
NOW IT'S FOREFRONT, RIGHT HERE.
WHAT DID THAT LOOK LIKE FOR YOU
WHEN YOU FIRST WENT IN?
I WANT YOU TO SHARE THAT WITH
SOMEBODY.
SOMEBODY.
SOMEBODY. >> ARE YOU ASKING ME ABOUT --
>> WHEN YOU FINALLY DECIDED TO
GO IN, WHAT WAS THE DECISION TO
GO IN?
GO IN?
GO IN? WHEN YOU WENT IN, I GUESS THE
FEAR COULD BE LIFTED AND THAT
YOU SAW THAT IT WAS, YOU COULD
WORK THROUGH THIS AND IT WAS A
SAFE PLACE, IF YOU WILL.
>> WHENEVER I WENT IN AND MADE
THE DECISION TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT MY DRINKING LIKE STOP,
THE DIFFERENCE WAS THE FEELING
LIKE I WASN'T ALONE.
I FELT LIKE THAT THERE WERE
OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAD HAD THE
SAME STRUGGLES WHO NOW WERE
TREATING ME LIKE I WAS THEIR
PEER.
PEER.
PEER. AND
PEER. AND I WAS SOMEONE THAT COULD
NOW AT SOME POINT BE ABLE TO
SHARE THAT EXPERIENCE WITH
SOMEONE ELSE.
SOMEONE ELSE. WHICH WAS HELPFUL.
TO KNOW EVERYTHING I HAD GONE
THROUGH WAS GOING TO HAVE A
PURPOSE.
PURPOSE.
PURPOSE. >> VERY POWERFUL FOR SOMEONE TO
SIT DOWN AND SEE HER HEN SAY
SHE'S TEN YEARS OUT.
THIS IS POSSIBLE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> HAVING STAFF LIKE ALICIA
THAT ARE CERTIFIED PURE
RECOVERY SPECIALISTS LENDS HOPE
TO OUR CLIENTS WHEN THEY'RE
REALLY IN A DESPERATE MOMENT.
>> YOU CAN ALSO SAY I'VE BEEN
THERE, I KNOW THAT FEELING, YOU
CAN GET THROUGH IT.
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