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Dr. Charles Smith, addictionologist and medical director at Recovery First Treatment Center in Fort Lauderdale, FL, was recently a featured subject of a Telemundo special report detailing addiction during the pandemic – specifically the rise in alcohol consumption that has notably taken place. As an addiction treatment provider in recovery himself, Dr. Smith was able […]

Steven Kuhn, combat veteran and a former “Addiction Talk” guest, was recently profiled in Homeland Magazine detailing his harrowing story of multiple suicide attempts and learning how to thrive. Kuhn is a veteran of the Gulf War in Iraq, where he was a soldier on the frontlines and even earned the Bronze Star for his […]

AAC’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Lawrence Weinstein, was recently featured in a Healthline article that highlights the rise and success of “virtual rehab.” Undoubtedly, the pandemic has shifted just about all aspects of life and addiction treatment was not spared. As a result, telemedicine, which has been typically used by physicians and patients for non-urgent […]

Jeff Turiczek, CEO of River Oaks Treatment Center in Riverview, FL, was recently featured in the Orlando Sentinel for his article reminding the public that those who work at addiction treatment centers are also frontline workers putting their lives on the line during the pandemic. When the pandemic first began, PPE and supplies like masks […]

Marian Jefferson, a therapist at Greenhouse Treatment Center that specializes in trauma, wrote an op-ed for Blavity about the intergenerational trauma she only realized she experienced later in life and how the prevalence of this type of trauma is not uncommon. In the article, Marian details growing up around untreated mental health issues, alcohol addiction […]