Recovery can be especially difficult over the holidays due to family gatherings and stigma against medication assisted treatment. Listen in to this opioid support group as they discuss their handling of holidays.

Discussion Guide:

Is your family or social network supportive of your medication assisted treatment?

If not, how do you handle negative attitudes against your choice of recovery?

Do you have a prepared statement which can defuse a difficult situation?

If you have a supportive and warm family how did they come to accept you and your medication?

Supplemental Reading:

Promises Treatment Center, Tips to Support Recovery During the Holidays, http://www.promises.com/articles/addiction-recovery/tips-to-support-recovery-during-the-holidays/