September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and this week, September 9-15, 2018, is Suicide Prevention Week. The purpose of this time is to bring individuals and organizations around the world together to join efforts to broadcast the message...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) produces monthly multimedia content about different issues related to recovery. Check out June’s radio episode on the opioid crisis here.
Click the link to read about the opioid crisis in Memphis and how communities are coming together to fight addiction. Our very own Butch Odom is quoted and MemphisAddictionHelp.org is listed in the...
Walter Williams is a “businessman with an eye for recovery.” For over 25 years, he has been dedicated to changing the odds for people suffering from addiction in Memphis. After entering recovery himself, Williams felt called to give back and chose to leave...
Bradford Health Services is located off a quiet tree-lined street in Germantown, outside of Memphis. Despite the idyllic facade, the community here faces the same mounting problems with drug and alcohol addiction that plague the rest of the...
Buprenorphine is a synthetic opioid partial agonist that is used in the treatment of opioid addiction. In the video below, Dr. Randy Brown of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine explains what buprenorphine is and how it works: Since buprenorphine is a...
