Real People Real Recovery: Overcoming Addiction in Modern America - Softcover

Eric Spofford (author) & Piers Kaniuka (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1604271663 ISBN 13: 9781604271669

Publisher: J. Ross Publishing, 2019

Synopsis

The opioid epidemic is laying waste to America. Overdose deaths have decimated a generation and lowered overall life expectancy. Between the greed of Big Pharma, the war on drugs, and ineffectual treatment, addicts and their families face an uphill battle in getting the help they need.  But there is a way out! Noted recovery professionals Eric Spofford and Piers Kaniuka are providing some much-needed hope.

In this book, they describe how they beat opiate addiction and went on to help thousands of addicts find recovery. Along the way, they discuss the root causes of the current opiate epidemic, which include dislocation, the prison industrial complex, the greed of the pharmaceutical industry, stress, racism, poverty, and much more. In addition, Real People Real Recovery explains the difference between recovery and sobriety and what actually constitutes success in treatment.

• Provides useful, unique information on how to choose the right treatment center for yourself or your loved one.
• Offers valuable insight from two of the leading voices in the New England recovery community as well as from Dr. Bruce Alexander, a noted pioneer in the field.
• Thoroughly explains their model of addiction treatment, which focuses on the root causes of addiction and why meaning, purpose, and connection are essential to recovery.
• Analyzes and assesses the societal factors that are exacerbating and perpetuating the opioid epidemic in the U.S.
• Provides a unique blueprint for recovery that weds the 12 Steps and the Dislocation Theory of addiction.

About this title

About the Author

Eric Spofford, CEO of Granite Recovery Centers, is an expert in the fields of addiction and recovery. He&;s become a leading voice and advocate for abstinence-based treatment and recovery, has testified before the United States Senate, and is regularly quoted in the press about a variety of opioid- and addiction-related issues.

Originally from Salem, N.H., he started using drugs in his early teens and became a heroin addict by age 15. He was in and out of treatment and had many run-ins with police before he got clean in 2006. Eric became a fixture in the local recovery community and started Granite Recovery Centers in 2008 when he opened The Granite House, an extended care program for men in Derry, NH. He has since opened several more facilities with a total of 280 beds for men and women and has grown Granite Recovery Centers into the largest substance abuse treatment network in New England.

Eric has been featured in the Boston Globe, the Boston Herald, WMUR, and The Union Leader, among numerous other media outlets, and hosts the weekly podcast, &;Real People. Real Recovery.&; He&;s also featured in the documentary, The Heroin Effect, which is about how the opioid epidemic has impacted New Hampshire.

 

 

Piers Kaniuka is Director&;Spiritual Life at Granite Recovery Centers. He has worked in the field of addiction for over twenty years and is an expert in how to best utilize holistic practices in the treatment of addiction. Piers is the former chair of the department of Transpersonal Psychology at Burlington College and is a core faculty member in the Contemplative Spiritual Direction certificate program at the Alcyon Center in Seal Cove, Maine. He is also a co-founder of the Liberation Institute, a non-profit dedicated to training incarcerated men and women to become yoga instructors. Piers has Master's degrees in Theological Studies (Bangor Theological Seminary) and Counseling Psychology (Antioch University, New England). He is also a certified yoga instructor.

Edition details

• Publisher: J. Ross Publishing
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1604271663
• ISBN 13: 9781604271669
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232