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September is National Recovery Month: Supporting the Journey to Recovery 

Social Work Blog

Social workers help patients eliminate psychosocial stressors such as homelessness, loss of job, divorce, and loneliness that may have led to their use of substances. He recommends that we look at the opioid addiction pandemic through a harm-reduction lens, rather than a punitive one.

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September is National Recovery Month: Supporting the Journey to Recovery 

Social Work Blog

Social workers help patients eliminate psychosocial stressors such as homelessness, loss of job, divorce, and loneliness that may have led to their use of substances. He recommends that we look at the opioid addiction pandemic through a harm-reduction lens, rather than a punitive one.