Gender Differences in Addiction and Recovery

Men and women are not identical. Their addiction and recovery are different. Listen in to this opiate recovery support group as they discuss gender differences.

Discussion Guide:

Who is quicker to develop an addiction, men or women?

Are doctors more apt to prescribe a pain killer to a man or a woman?

What concerns do pregnant women have in recovery?

What are barriers that women may face against getting help, that men don't face?

Many people abuse substances to cope with trauma. What traumas do women experience more often than men?

Would you be more comfortable in a gender specific recovery group rather than a co-ed group?

What are the pros and cons of a woman's recovery group and a men's recovery group?

Supplemental Resources:

Yale University, Opioid Epidemic Responses Overlook Gender, http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180705205146.htm

Wagner, Kultys, Callahan, Gender Differences in Drug Use Often a Barrier to Help, http://www.theintell.com/news/20180629/gender-differences-in-drug-use-often-barrier-to-help/1

Marie McCullough, In the Opioid Epidemic, Breastfeeding Emerges As a Possible Crime, http://popularcrime.com/2018/07/24/in-the-opioid-epidemic-breastfeeding-emerges-as-a-possible-crime/

Kristance Harlow, The Importance of Women's Recovery Spaces, http://www.thefix.com/importance-women-s-recovery-spaces