Ep2 Addiction Treatment that goes to the heart of being a human being

Addiction Podcast Guest: Alex Gutterman, MA, LPCC | Primary Counselor, ⁠Jaywalker Lodge⁠

Jaywalker Lodge is a rehab facility in Carbondale, Colorado, for men suffering from substance abuse and co-occurring disorders.

Addiction Podcast Host: Chris Langley, Co-Founder | ⁠Addiction Recovery Place
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Topics discussed in this episode

🟣 Alex shares his experience working at a rehab facility in Carbondale, Colorado, for men suffering from substance abuse and co-occurring disorders.

🟣 Stages of treatment from landing, stabilization, graduate, to alumni community

🟣 Atmosphere of friendliness and role of community

🟣 Jaywalker Support Gathering - family support for clients and alum families in long-term serious recovery.

🟣 Relapse Prevention with a Frankl Logotheraputic twist

🟣 Addiction treatment with an open community model

🟣 The ultimate driver of treatment

🟣 Legalization of cannabis in Colorado and the Skier Protection Act

🟣 Encourage clinicians to pursue their theoretical orientations, passions, and their excellence

🟣 Balancing boundaries and self-expression in group settings

🟣 Shifting from residential to sober living

🟣 Value of serious fun and service to the man next to you

🟣 Coping with personal sorrow as a professional when you are on the front lines of agony

🟣 Finding joy in the rehab experience

🟣 Offering access to cultural offerings, cross-country skiing, hiking, ice climbing, skiing in Aspen, volunteer work on Independence Pass to help the Forest Service build trails, rock climbing, mountain biking, running on tails Rockies

🟣 Explore life and sobriety, worlds of the heart, the inner world, worlds of the mind and culture, as well as worlds of the body and athletics