AS A PART OF OUR CONTINUING EFFORTS TO PRESERVE THE HISTORY OF DAYTOP, TODAY WE ARE INTERVIEWING JIMMY CURTIN THE FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DAYTOP-NEW JERSEYAv ROACHE on RECOVERY

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SHOW TOPIC: We are 8 months in to the 30 day Residential experience. What are the preliminary results? The expectations versus reality. The unintended consequences. What must change. SHOW SEGMENTS: Updates / News / Sports / Show TopicAv ROACHE on RECOVERY

SHOW TOPIC: WE HAVE BEEN TASKED WITH FIGURING OUT HOW TO ADAPT THE THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY MODEL, WHICH HAS BEEN THE FOUNDATION OF DAYTOP/OCG PROGRAMMING SINCE 1963, INTO A 30 DAY PROGRAM DYNAMIC. WE'LL ALSO DISCUSS WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING PROGRAMMATICALLY DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC TO BE ABLE TO STILL PROVIDE CONGREGATE CARE AND TREATMENT…

SHOW TOPIC: The OCG programs have experienced and recovered from their own COVID related experiences since January 2021. We'll discuss the outbreak, what we did to mitigate it, some good luck that we had, and where we are today. SHOW SEGMENTS: NEWS / SPORTS / UPDATES / SHOW TOPICAv ROACHE on RECOVERY

SHOW TOPIC: Not everyone has a positive and life transforming experience when going through substance abuse treatment. Such is the case for today’s guest, who entered DAYTOP’s adolescent treatment program in Texas. He describes his experience in DAYTOP as negative and destructive which then caused him significant distress in his post treatment adul…

SHOW TOPIC: Today we interview the first 13 year old client for Daytop California to find out how her life went soon after Daytop and as she progressed through adulthood to present day. SHOW SEGMENTS: NEWS, SPORTS, SHOW TOPICAv ROACHE on RECOVERY

SHOW TOPIC: In the last 2 months we’ve had to adapt our residential and outpatient treatment to the realities of COVID-19. We were incorporating video conferencing over the last 2 years in our staff meetings and trainings, so it wasn’t a large leap for us to move our groups and and other services to ZOOM based services. We’ll discuss how we did it …

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Show Topic: 1. Where have we been and what have we been doing? CARF! 2. It is tradition in the Therapeutic Community that we take time this week to think about and discuss what we are thankful for. Show Segments: News / Sports / Recap / Show TopicAv ROACHE on RECOVERY

Show Topic: Inquiring Minds want to know: Is the opioid “crisis” the be all and end all? Has the basic makeup of the addict changed over the last 10 years? Is there any place for the recovering addict to live in the Bay Area Show Segments: News/Sports, Show TopicAv ROACHE on RECOVERY

SHOW TOPIC: If you have a personal story, directly or indirectly related to recovery, the human desire and instinct is to want to share it. However, as a professional in the field, regardless of your role, when is it appropriate to share your own story (in full or in part)? When is it inappropriate? What subject matter is or isn’t appropriate? Let’…

SHOW TOOIC: OCG as well as probably many treatment providers who’ve been around a long term, haven’t made a concerted effort to incorporate technology into the provision of treatment. We are now starting that effort. We’ll discuss what we’re doing and what other stakeholders should be doing SHOW SEGMENTS: News / Sports, Show Topic…

Show Topic: The recent video of the NFL player smoking weed and speaking to his choice to "use" marijuana as his means to deal with pain and other associated issues connected to life as a NFL player, sparked a conversation we'd like to continue here. Are the professional sports leagues drug policies out of step with reality? Are their drug policies…

Show Topic: It is not feasible to practice for every conceivable situation that may confront the former addict. It is feasible to practice for a few common situations that many if not most will face as they reintegrate themselves with their family, friends, and significant others. We call this the role plays. Show Segments: Recap / News / Sports / …

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Show Topic: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, or so they thought. Depending on which stage of the recovery spectrum you were or are at when the Holiday season comes upon you, will often determine which one of those phrases best applies. Neither are the be all and end all, as we must deal with both constructively. Show Segments: N…

Show Topic: We’ve been gone for 2 months. A number of things have transpired with OCG during that time that we want to talk about. We also have some gripes that we need to resolve. Show Segments: News / Sports / Updates / Show TopicAv ROACHE on RECOVERY

SHOW TOPIC: We interview Friend of OCG, Author (and much more) Kenya Aissa about her, and her book, Sacred Girl. The book was inspired by the girls on her Caseload while a Counselor at Daytop California. Sacred Girl is geared towards adolescents, teens, and young women. Howvever, after review, we believe this book is for EVERYONE! There are many co…

Show Topic: Who are the Johnny’s? We are referring to those clients who for many reasons do not receive the peer support and intervention needed during the treatment experience. Often times there may be a chorus developing for the Johnny’s to be discharged from treatment. What’s our responsibility and how should that responsibility manifest itself.…

Show Topic: Inquiring minds want to know the following: Can a sense of Entitlement be compatible with succeeding in Recovery? Can a sense of Entitlement co-exist with Gratitude? The prevailing attitudes, behaviors, and culture of the day now bring rise to these questions and the impact on ones Recovery process and the facilitation of treatment. Sho…

Show Topic: When in recovery, cravings are like your antagonist. Picking at you, bothering you, infiltratiing your dreams, and even traumatizing some to the brink of relapse. Cravings however are a part of the recovery process, that almost everyone has or will experience at some point to varying degrees. How they are dealth with is key to not being…

SHOW TOPIC: In honor of this years NFL draft coming up Friday we’re holding our own draft. Your humble hosts will each take turns drafting their favorite Unwritten Philosophies that they each deem integral to asuccessful recovery experience. SHOW SEGMENTS: Recap/News/Sports, Show Topic, Recovery Support Time…

Show Topic: After we settle in and adjust to the physical demands of treatment we are left with dealing with the man and woman in the mirror. Often times this requires examining traumatic experiences that have negatively impacted our lives. We’ll discuss some of the essential steps that one must take in order to successfully heal from the negative …

Show Topic: How essential is it to have positive Role Models throughout the Treatment and Recovery process? It is extremely essential! It is just as essential and like a Recovery “twin” to surrounding yourself with positive peers. We choose our Role Models versus them being assigned to us. Who we choose and why we choose them says a lot about us. L…

Show Topic: Why do so many addicts experience chronic relapse? Is it just the nature of the beast? Or, is it just their fault for not wanting recovery enough? Or, have we done a disservice to the Chronic Relapser? With the help of a great article by Andrew J. Moynihan, PhD, we’ll try to answer those questions. Show Segments: Recap, News, Sports, Sh…

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* HOLIDAY SPECIAL * Show Topic: The little ole pull-up. The most utilized, effective, but under appreciated tool in the Therapeutic Community, ones recovery process, AND life in general. We’ll discuss the sciencebehind it and the importance of the pull-up. In addition we’ll point out an amazing factoid about the Pull-up. Show Segments: Recap, News/…

Show Topic: On a few occassions one may be privy to the inside story of how a person in the early trimesters of recovery, experiences the decision to relapse while in treatment, is able to continue the recovery process, but ultimately decide to suspend their recovery experience by leaving treatment. We'll discuss one (or two) such story. We'll also…

SHOW TOPIC(s): We’ll review and discuss: 1. Our recent Graduation ceremony and what these ceremonies mean and who they’re really for, other than the Graduates of course. 2. OCG’s 10th anniversary and independence from DAYTOP. 3. Comments about the opioid crisis SHOW SEGMENTS: Recap, News/Sports, Show Topics, Recovery Support…

Show Topic: Over the last few years we have spent many shows discussing many concepts and theories regarding substance abuse, addiction, substance abuse treatment, and recovery. With the help of the National Institute of Health (NIH) we'll review what the prevailing science is on Drug Use and Addiction. We will offer our commentary on where we agre…

Show Topic: Early recovery (1st Trimester) is a time for adapting to life without drugs and or alcohol. Maintaining recovery requires both small, medium and large changes in all areas of ones life. These changes can seem and sometimes are in fact, overwhelming. This leads the early recovering addict to be in a state of vulnerability. We'll discuss …

WELCOME BACK MR. PRODUCER!! SHOW TOPIC: In the immortal words of Vince Lombardi, we ask the eternal question of " What the heck is going on here?' Recent events indicate a troubling trend of what we used to call "stinkin thinkin", bad decisions, and out an out intentional subversion of the theraputic recovery enviornment by those who have not yet d…

Show Topic: Two Dreams, an Illinois based substance abuse program came up with an extensive list of emotional, mental, and physical exercises for addictics to engage in during the recovery process. We will go over a number of those items on their list that we believe are essential exercises or tools for a successful recovery process. We thank Two D…

Show Topic: The concepts of the Therapeutic Community model of treatment, when broken down to itheir core, have a commonality. Practice. The methods or actions of the concept must be practiced daily by the recovering addict in order that those philosophies take hold. We'll discuss why Practice is essential to the method of what sometimes look likes…

Show Topic: Relationships. The number one cause of relapse for those in Recovery (NSE). Why is that? We'll discuss. There is old school industry dogma on when those in Recovery should pursue romantic relationships. We'll discuss that. Why do romantic relationships birthed within the recovery environment fail? We'll discuss that. Show Segments: Reca…

Show Topic: The experience of recovery at its various stages, for many, can be one of fear, and anxiety. This often leads to the recovering addict to concsiously and subconsiously sabotage their recovery process leading to pre-relapse behavior and eventually a full blown relapse. We'll discuss what (and sometimes who) leads to the sabotage of the r…

Topic: We are officially two months into the new world of substance abuse treatment in California. How's it going? What's new? What's working? What isn't? Is the vision as articulated being realized and actualized or is the vision and the reality worlds apart? How are staff adapting? Lots of questions, hopefully some answers Show Segments: Recap, S…

Show Topic: In Celebration of Womens's History Month we present: Women in Treatment. We'll interview three women who volunteered to teach, talk, and reminisce about their treatment experiences many moons ago. We'll touch on their experiences prior to, during, and post treatment, and where they are at today with life in a recovery context. Show Segm…

Show Topic: Emotional health is one of the most important tenets of a successful recovery. We spend 90% of our treatment experience focusing on identifying, exploring, analyzing, examining, issues that we then need to learn to emotionally cope with, live with, accept, and if possible resolve in a manner where moving forward, the issues no longer im…

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