My friend and I are looking to move in with one another. I have two cats and he has one cat, is there any rentals that allow three cats? Haven’t had any luck calling around.
My friend and I are both in school to be substance and alcohol abuse counselors. I am five and three years sober (five years from drugs, three from alcohol) and he has no experience with addiction. I was talking to him about AA and how (in some meetings I’ve been to) some people don’t see the use of MATs as being “truly sober” and that MAT is not needed as long as you are sticking to a program. I find this partially true as I have met heroin addicts and meth addicts who have worked a program and they don’t need MAT but I’ve also met people in the program who said that MAT like Suboxone has totally changed their life. Whats your take on it?
Edit: I just want to explain that I am not saying I am for or against MAT, I am strictly just asking the question of how others feel about it. I’m not expressing an opinion or my viewpoint.
I’m in a substance and alcohol abuse program. Its a two year program. Its important to note here, I am in recovery myself. Five years sober from drugs and three years sober from alcohol. I don’t do any drugs including marijuana. A lot of people in my program are heavy marijuana users, they smoke constantly. I am personally against this because I don’t think you should be doing any mind altering substances if you’re going to be counseling people to not do mind altering substances. Anyway, besides that, a lot of the people in the program are also in recovery. The amount of people that have relapsed is crazy and they flunk out of the program because of it. At what point are you “ready” to be in a program like this?
The reason I’m asking this question is because we have peer network group at the school for the program. Basically he have speakers from clinics and harm reduction places and former users come and speak to the people of the program. Its also a place for people to come to get advice for classes and what they can expect moving forward. I am the treasurer of the program and current vice president on top of that (our former vp relapsed). It is my responsibility to help keep students on the right track to ensure they graduate from the program. Any advice would be appreciated.