Cathy Patterson-Sterling, Director of Family Services for the Sunshine Coast Health Centre, talks about exercise and recovery; what is a healthy form of stress release compared to an obsession.
Cathy Patterson-Sterling, Director of Family Services for the Sunshine Coast Health Centre, discusses why it is so important to have a recovery support team in place rather than relying on just one person.
Cathy Patterson-Sterling, Director of Family Services for the Sunshine Coast Health Centre, discusses why an understanding of managing high risk situations is important in recovery.
Cathy Patterson-Sterling, Director of Family Services for the Sunshine Coast Health Centre, talks about the full scope of recovery as a “recovery lifestyle.”
Geoff Thompson, Program Director for the Sunshine Coast Health Centre, offers a review of the disease vs. anti-disease debate regarding addiction, discussing researchers who do not agree that addiction is a disease.
Geoff Thompson, Program Director for the Sunshine Coast Health Centre, discusses Dr. Nora Volkow’s belief that not only is addiction a disease, it is specifically a brain disease.
Geoff Thompson, Program Director for the Sunshine Coast Health Centre, discusses the ongoing debate on whether or not addiction is a disease. He refers to Dr. Vaillant’s argument that there are beneficial reasons for classifying addiction as a disease.
Cathy Patterson-Sterling, Director of Family Services for the Sunshine Coast Health Centre, talks about hanging onto resentments, and the role this plays in recovery and relapse.
Cathy Patterson-Sterling, Director of Family Services for the Sunshine Coast Health Centre, discusses the phrase “stinking-thinking” as it relates to the addiction and relapse cycle.
Cathy Patterson-Sterling, Director of Family Services for the Sunshine Coast Health Centre, discusses the role of self-pity as it relates to addiction and relapse.
Sunshine Coast Health Center is a provincially-approved drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility licensed by VCH