How Alcoholism & Alcohol Abuse Affects Low-Income Populations In Ohio
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Chapman • Addiction Recovery Advocate • Certified Professional Recovery Coach • Certified & Accredited Leadership Coach 8 years actively writing, publishing and contributing to the recovery industry • Collaborated and developed curriculum and resources for Sherry Gaba, LCSW, Psychotherapist, Life Coach and Certified Recovery Coach. Sherry was the go-to expert for Dr. Drew Pinsky’s Celebrity Rehab show on VH1. • Currently collaborating with Dr. Jean LaCour, Ph.D, CPP, CPC. Dr. LaCour is founder and CEO of Net Institute Center for Addiction and Recovery Education.
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• Overview of alcohol abuse and alcoholism. • How to recognize the signs of addiction • The impact of alcohol abuse on the brain • Review effective tools to handle those addicted and family members impacted by their addiction • State and county statistics regrading alcoholism and alcohol abuse in lower income populations • 5-point strategy for case managers and program staff working with clients who abuse alcohol or are alcoholics and family members impacted by their addiction • List of Ohio resources will be provided
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Binge Alcohol Drinking Abuse
AUD
Heavy Alcoholism Drinking
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AUD: a medical Heavy Drinking: Binge disorder with drinking on 5 or more mild, moderate days in the past month and severe Binge Drinking: subclassifications. 5 or more alcoholic drinks for males, 4 or more 16 million people alcoholic drinks for in the US have females on the same AUD occasion on at least 1 day
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Alcoholism: 3+ million Alcohol Abuse is too cases per year much, too often and alcohol dependence May include an (alcoholism) is the increase in tolerance, inability to quit withdrawal syndrome
No matter what the consequences – they can’t quit http://www.hazeldenbettyford.org
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SPECT Surface scans of the brain of a 56 Brain scan of Year-old man with daily use of 3-4 drinks alcohol but NOT an alcoholic. L to R, scans show dependent person brain from the bottom, right side, left side revealing areas and top down. The image in the bottom (in blue) with less right corner (top down) compares to the grey matter image above – a top down view of a healthy brain. Courtesy Amen Clinics, www.amenclinics.com
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• Family disintegration • Loss of employment • Failure in school • Domestic violence • Child abuse or neglect • Accidents / Violence • Crime/ Law Enforcement • Prison • Death
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Addiction is a family disease Addiction is a societal disease
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1. What about the discussion of what happens to your brain while drinking was surprising to you?
1. What if anything was new information to you?
2. How would you use this information in your job or personal life? Share With The Group
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County % of Adults Who Reported Excessive Drinking Lake 25% Union 24% Belmont 22% Putnam 22% Ashtabula 22% Delaware 21% Warren 21% Erie 20% Trumbull 20% Lucas 20%
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Drunkest city: Columbus Pct. of MSA adults binge or heavy drinking: 19.2% Pct. of state adults binge or heavy drinking: 19.1% Pct. of alcohol related driving deaths: 30.6%
Adults in Ohio are slightly more likely to have unhealthy drinking habits than adults across the country. In the Columbus metro area, 19.2% of adults drink excessively — the largest share of the state’s 11 metro areas.
19.5% of Ohio’s 18 and over population have reported binge drinking over the course of 2016.
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https://www.crisistextline.org/ www.WomanInRecovery.com https://crisistrends.org/ What would I see in a customer coming in for services?
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1. How is your agency currently handling alcohol abuse among customers?
2. What is the current agency policy regarding bringing up alcohol abuse with a client?
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1. Connect with local colleges and universities to discuss and coordinate with their substance abuse prevention activities. 2. Contact the local ADAMHS Board 3. Contact Certified Prevention Programs/ Ohio Certified Prevention Specialist/Local Treatment Facilities 4. Laminate a 3x5 index card with the contact info for programs/treatment centers/AA 5. Explore options and keep the dialogue free from judgement, listen, listen, listen & be curious!
www.WomanInRecovery.com In Order To Explore Ask Them Their desire and capacity to • How are you handling this? receive new services and • Do you want help? commit to a solution process Their view of their most What impact is this having on immediate your life right now? need/concern/challenge Steps they have taken to deal What has worked well in the with the problem past? Current connections and • Have you thought about community programs that can _____ (treatment, recovery offer resources services, AA, Al-Anon) • Did you know that ____ (local program) provides (add benefits here) Keep the momentum going What kind of help do you need to get these appointments
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THEY THEY ARE NOT
Can change, learn & grow Permanently damaged with no future
Have trauma that is hard to hear, but Making it all up harder to talk about
Are asking for help Attention seeking
Are communicating that something is Acting out wrong
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Let’s Practice!
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You will not win every battle, but you may offer the right resource at the right time to a someone who is ready for help.
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Federal: State: • Department of • Ohio Office of Health Mental Health & Transformation Addiction Services • Department of Youth Services • National Institute • Department of Developmental on Alcohol Abuse Disabilities and Alcoholism • Department of Job & Family • SAMSHA Services • Centers for • Department of Aging Medicare & • Department of Health Medicaid Services • Department of Mental Health & • Office of Drug Addiction Services Control Policy • Office of Health & Human Services • Crisis Text Line
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Local: • Prevention Action Alliance fka Drug Free Action Alliance (DFAA) • Ohio's 46 Community Health Centers manage over 250 locations in both rural and urban areas in 62 of Ohio’s 88 counties. • Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Boards (ADAMH) • Alcoholics Anonymous/Al-Anon • Smart Recovery • Celebrate Recovery
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Resources & Strategic Partners
FEDERAL:
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/ [email protected]
SAMSHA https://www.samhsa.gov/ 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD 20857 877-SAMHSA-7 (877-726-4727) Find alcohol and drug abuse treatment or mental health treatment facilities and programs around the country at findtreatment.samhsa.gov
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services https://www.cms.gov/ (410) 786-3000
Office of Drug Control Policy https://www.whitehouse.gov/ondcp [email protected]
Office of Health & Human Services https://www.hhs.gov/ 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201 Toll Free Call Center: 1-877-696-6775
Crisis Text Line/ Crisis Trends http://www.crisistextline.org http://crisistrends.org/ [email protected]
STATE & LOCAL:
Ohio Office of Health Transformation http://www.healthtransformation.ohio.gov/ 77 South High Street, 30th Floor Columbus, Ohio 43215 614-752-2784
Department of Youth Services http://dys.ohio.gov/
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Department of Developmental Disabilities http://dodd.ohio.gov 30 East Broad Street Columbus, Ohio 43215 1-800-617-6733
Department of Job & Family Services http://jfs.ohio.gov/
Department of Aging http://aging.ohio.gov/home/ 246 N. High St. 1st Floor Columbus, OH 43215-2406 1-800-266-4346
Department of Health http://www.odh.ohio.gov/ 246 N. High Street Columbus, OH 43215 614-466-3543
Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services http://mha.ohio.gov/ 30 East Broad Street, 8th Floor Columbus, Ohio 43215-3430 614-466-2596
Ohio Association of County Behavioral Health Authorities http://oacbha.org/ 175 South Third Street, Suite 900 Columbus, Ohio 43215 614-224-1111
Prevention Action Alliance (fka Drug Free Action Alliance) https://preventionactionalliance.org [email protected] 6171 Huntley Road, Suite G, Columbus, Ohio 43229 614-540-9985
Ohio Association of Community Health Centers http://www.ohiochc.org [email protected] 2109 Stella Court Columbus, OH 43215 Main: 614-884-3101 · Toll Free: 888-884-3101
Alexis Chapman [email protected] 614-596-8353 Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Boards (ADAMH) To find your county information go here: http://bit.ly/2u3pPFR
Alcoholics Anonymous http://www.aa.org/ 475 Riverside Drive at West 120th St. - 11th Floor New York, NY 10115 (212) 870-3400
Al-Anon http://al-anon.org/ http://al-anon.org/al-anon-in-ohio [email protected] 1600 Corporate Landing Parkway Virginia Beach, VA 23454-5617 757-563-1600
Smart Recovery http://www.smartrecovery.org/ 7304 Mentor Avenue, Suite F Mentor, OH 44060 866-951-5357
Celebrate Recovery http://www.celebraterecovery.com/ http://locator.crgroups.info/ (enter the city and it will bring up the meeting list along with a person to contact directly for each meeting)
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