Understanding An Opioid Addiction [Video]

posted on June 17, 2020

We have previously talked about the opioid crisis and even taken this conversation to pastors to keep an eye out for substance misuse because they may be the one person to lead someone to healing through the Church and counseling.

I believe that people need to be educated to better serve (we already shared education to youth pastors about marijuana as well as vaping) and so the video below is an excellent video on opioid addiction, the opioid epidemic, and possible treatment. It’s thick with clinical terms so this is just a beginning point to understand, but it is literally a video I plan to show for clients I have who struggle with an opioid use disorder.

Share in the comments below what questions and thoughts do you have about this video.

About Jeremy Smith

Jeremy Smith is a licensed professional clinical counselor, supervisor, and Co-occurring program coordinator at an Ohio community mental health center for seven years. Before this, he worked in Colorado as a Co-Occurring counselor for three years as well as helped create an inpatient treatment center specifically for those who struggle with opioid dependency. Before clinical counseling, Jeremy was a staff person for Youth for Christ for 8 years in Ohio's Campus Life and in Colorado with YFCMilitary at the Air Force Academy. He has his Masters in Clinical Mental Health from Denver Seminary and Masters in Family Ministry from Winebrenner Theological Seminary. In his free time, he helps at his church with their mental health ministry, spends time with his wife and three children, and loves to write for his website ChurchAndMentalHealth.com.

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