Father Bill explores recovery as experienced by African Americans coming into AA. His guest is Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC founder of the Online Museum of African American Addictions, Treatment and Recovery. Mark has nearly 40 years in the addiction treatment field teaching at the University of Chicago, Illinois State University, and Loyola University School of Social Work. In this lively discussion Mark shares his experience in working effectively with African Americans both in treatment and in a 12-Step recovery.

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Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC, is an international speaker, trainer, and consultant in the behavioral health field whose work has reached thousands throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, Caribbean and British Islands.

Mark is the author of five books, which focus on behavioral health. Recent writings include Slipping through the Cracks: Intervention Strategies for Clients Multiple Addictions and Disorders, Recovery Management: and Relationship Detox: Helping Clients Develop Healthy Relationships in Recovery. He has had two stories published in the New York Times best-selling books series, Chicken Soup for the Soul. Mark has been a certified addictions counselor for 34 years. He has received numerous awards including a Life-Time Achievement Award from the Illinois Addiction Counselor Certification Board and the Barbara Bacon Award for outstanding contributions to the Social Work profession as a Loyola University of Chicago Alumni.

Mark is co-founder of Serenity Academy of Chicago, the only recovery high school in Illinois. He is past president of the board of the Illinois Chapter of NAADAC. He has had a 30-year career as a university educator having taught at the University of Chicago, Illinois State University, Illinois School of Professional Psychology, and Loyola University of Chicago, School of Social Work.

The Online Museum of African American Addictions, Treatment and Recovery: http://www.museumofafricanamericanaddictionsrecovery.org/

Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse: author and developer of family systems therapy:  https://www.amazon.com/Another-Chance-Health-Alcoholic-Family/dp/0831400722/

William White: Historian of addiction treatment. See his book Slaying the Dragon: https://www.amazon.com/Slaying-Dragon-Addiction-Treatment-Recovery/dp/093847507X/

My Grandmother’s Hand:  https://www.amazon.com/My-Grandmothers-Hands-Racialized-Pathway/dp/1942094477/

The Body Keeps the Score By Bessel van der Kolk, M.D. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=the+body+keeps+the+score&i=stripbooks&crid=35TZEEDH97I0N&sprefix=body%2Cstripbooks%2C88&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_4/

Frederick Douglas and Malcolm X: African Americans in recovery: https://facesandvoicesofrecovery.org/resource/addiction-in-the-african-american-community-the-recovery-legacies-of-frederick-douglass-and-malcolm-x/

Rites of Passage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rite_of_passage/

What Ever Happened to Daddy's Little Girl: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/254931.Whatever_Happened_to_Daddy_s_Little_Girl_

Motivational Interviewing: rb.gy/ic5kun