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"Once a person learns how to develop healthy friendships, romantic relationships, then they no longer need chemicals the way they needed them in the past. In fact, I see substance use disorder as a pathological relationship with a chemical that's actually a substitute for true human intimacy."
Speaker, author and educator Mark Sanders explores his personal connection to the history of African American substance use treatment with host Livia Davis, and discusses the challenges facing the behavioral health workforce, from funding and collaboration to what emerging leaders need to know as they enter the field.
This episode is part of a series where we share the wisdom amassed by recovery leaders over the past 5 decades and reflect on the journeys that have laid groundwork for today's recovery movement.
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Learn More:
- On the Mark Consulting
- Online Museum of African American Addictions, Treatment and Recovery
- Treating the African American Male Substance Abuser
- Illinois Certification Board Presidential Award
- 2026 Dr. H. Westley Clark Award for Distinguished Service to the Addictions Treatment Profession from The Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC)
- Another Chance: Hope and Health for the Alcoholic Family
- Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse, MA
- William "Bill" L. White
- Slaying the Dragon: The History of Addiction Treatment and Recovery in America | William L. White 2014
- The Annapolis Coalition on the Behavioral Health Workforce
- Dr. Ijeoma Achara, PhD
- Southern Illinois Drug Awareness Conference
- Dr. David Best, PhD
- Carter G. Woodson
- Al-Anon Family Groups
- Dr. Claudia Black, PhD
- My Dad Loves Me, My Dad Has a Disease: A Child's View of Living with Addiction
- Seven Generation Principle
- Brené Brown
- Relationship Detox: A Counselor's Guide to Helping Clients Develop Healthy Relationships In Recovery
- Dr. Stephanie Brown, PhD
- Johann Hari: Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong
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