Your Employee Just Told You They Have SUD: What Now?
So your employee just told you they have a substance abuse problem. Now what do you do? It’s a scenario all managers and HR departments should prepare for, given the fact somewhere between 5 and 17 percent of your employees suffer from substance abuse disorders…
Breaking the Stigma of SUD at Work
While a staggering 20.7 million Americans (roughly 8 percent of the U.S. population) need substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, only 4 million people (or 19 percent of those with SUD) receive treatment. Why is that? In large part it has to do with the stigma…
From the Podcast: Renée Siegel – Married to a Gay Man and Then a Gambling Addict, She Found a Way Out Through the Enneagram
In Episode 42 of The Courage to Change: A Recovery Podcast, Ashley sits down with Renée Siegel, a drug and alcohol counselor originally educated as a Marriage and Family Therapist. Renée is both the daughter and ex-wife to someone affected by addiction. She understands firsthand…
September 22 is National Online Recovery Day
As Lionrock celebrates its 10 year anniversary as the leading telehealth provider of substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and recovery services in the United States, we are excited to announce National Online Recovery Day: September 22, 2020. We created National Online Recovery Day to raise…
3 Mistakes HR Pros Make About SUD Benefits
Does your company understand substance abuse disorder (SUD)? Do you have a company policy on addiction? Despite the fact substance use disorder is common in the workplace – up to 17 percent of your employees have SUDs – many companies are ill-prepared to handle it….
How Employers Can Add Critical Benefits and Lower Costs
Several months ago we wrote about the importance of having a telehealth or virtual care component to your health benefits package. We’ve been proponents of telehealth since we founded Lionrock as a telehealth provider of substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and recovery services 10 years…
Reminder: Substance Use Disorder is Not a Weakness
Substance use disorder (SUD) is an illness. This is a fact. At Lionrock, we’ve known this all along. In 2016, then Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, M.D. stated it publicly, saying of SUD, “It is not a moral failing, or evidence of a character flaw, but…
From the Podcast: Bambi Brown – Getting Sober at 26, Then Being Brought to Her Knees in Sobriety by Motherhood
Bambi Brown never imagined herself as an alcoholic or drug addict. Dependent on drugs and alcohol while in an abusive relationship, she realized she couldn’t stop. At the age of 18 she was introduced to what a sober life could be. After eight relapses, she…
What You Should Know About Women and SUD
Women, generally speaking, face and deal with substance use differently than men do. The National Institute on Drug Abuse points out: “Women use drugs in smaller amounts than men, but they can experience the effects more strongly. Substance use in women tends to develop into…
Lionrock Adds Special Interest Support Groups
Lionrock recently introduced several special interest support groups with plans to bring more online this year. The new groups include gender-specific groups, a first responder group and a group focused on anxiety related to the global pandemic. Data from the National Institute on Drug Abuse…