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s se

nsiti

vity

to

the

cultu

ral n

eeds

of

both

the

in

divi

dual

s w

e tr

eat,

as

wel

l as

thos

e w

ho w

ork

here

. Q

: W

hat d

o yo

u fin

d m

ost c

halle

ngin

g ab

out

wor

king

at A

CCA

? A

: Pr

ovid

ing

qual

ity c

are

whi

le t

ryin

g to

dea

l w

ith t

he l

ack

of

reso

urce

s/fu

ndin

g fo

r cr

itica

l ser

vice

s an

d pr

ogra

ms.

Q

: W

hat d

o yo

u fin

d m

ost s

atisf

ying

abo

ut w

orki

ng a

t A

CCA

? A

: I a

m a

ble

to w

ork

with

col

leag

ues

who

sha

re t

he s

ame

desi

re

and

pass

ion

for

trea

ting

chem

ical

dep

ende

ncy.

The

fac

t th

at

I ca

n he

lp p

eopl

e ev

ery

day—

and

then

the

se s

ame

peop

le

com

e ba

ck a

nd v

isit

me

year

s la

ter

with

suc

h gr

atitu

de.

Q:

Wha

t do

you

wis

h ot

her

peop

le k

new

abo

ut A

CCA

? A

: Th

at t

his

is a

n or

gani

zatio

n th

at w

ants

to

keep

impr

ovin

g an

d gr

owin

g. I

t ha

s a

poig

nant

his

tory

bor

n ou

t of

a lo

t of

peo

ple

cari

ng a

bout

the

heal

th o

f tho

se in

our

com

mun

ity.

Q

: W

hen

your

fri

ends

/fam

ily l

earn

tha

t yo

u w

ork

for

ACC

A,

how

do

they

rea

ct?

A:

They

kno

w it

’s a

gre

at fi

t for

me—

ACC

A is

par

t of m

e, a

nd I’

m

part

of i

t.

Q:

Wha

t do

you

do w

hen

you’

re n

ot w

orki

ng?

A:

Firs

t an

d fo

rem

ost,

I e

njoy

spe

ndin

g tim

e w

ith m

y tw

o da

ught

ers,

who

are

9 a

nd 1

2. I

als

o lik

e to

run

and

exe

rcis

e,

and

I rea

lly e

njoy

the

gam

e of

gol

f.

Q:

Wha

t is

you

r pe

rson

al p

hilo

soph

y on

wha

t sh

ould

be

done

ab

out t

reati

ng a

ddicti

on?

A:

Vigi

lanc

e.

I

belie

ve

that

re

cove

ry

is

not

easy

, bu

t it’

s po

ssib

le.

It’

s a

lifel

ong

com

mitm

ent

that

is

revi

site

d ev

ery

mor

ning

whe

n yo

u w

ake

up.

I’ve

been

in r

ecov

ery

for

mor

e th

an 2

5 ye

ars

and

I’m a

true

test

amen

t to

this

.

ACC

A C

LIEN

T W

INS

NAT

ION

AL

ESSA

Y CO

NTE

ST

In

reco

gniti

on

of

Reco

very

Mon

th 2

013,

th

e A

ddictio

n Te

chno

logy

Tr

ansf

er

Cent

er

(ATT

C),

in

part

ners

hip

with

Fac

es

& V

oice

s of

Rec

over

y,

the

Har

m

Redu

ction

Co

aliti

on,

Hep

atitis

C

Ass

ociatio

n an

d H

elp4

Hel

p sp

onso

red

a na

tiona

l ess

ay c

onte

st.

The

cont

est

invi

ted

indi

vidu

als

in

reco

very

fr

om

subs

tanc

e ab

use

and/

or m

enta

l he

alth

dis

orde

rs

who

ar

e al

so

copi

ng

with

or

ha

ve

over

com

e H

epati

tis

C to

su

bmit

thei

r st

orie

s.

A

CCA

co

ngra

tula

tes

clie

nt J

ason

“J.

Mac

” M

., w

ho w

on

seco

nd p

rize

, ou

t of

mor

e th

an 5

00 s

ubm

issi

ons

with

his

ent

ry b

elow

:

My

reco

very

has

not

bee

n an

eas

y pr

oces

s an

d ha

s ha

d m

any

chal

leng

es.

The

firs

t ch

alle

nge

was

ac

cepti

ng t

hat

I am

an

addi

ct.

I ca

n ne

ver

use

in

mod

erati

on o

r so

cial

ly a

gain

. An

othe

r ch

alle

nge

was

ac

cepti

ng

my

men

tal

heal

th

diag

nosi

s of

bi

pola

r di

sord

er. I

cam

e to

rea

lize

it pl

ays

a m

ajor

ro

le i

n m

y ad

dicti

on.

If left

unt

reat

ed,

I co

uld

rela

pse.

The

big

gest

str

uggl

e I

have

fac

ed w

as

findi

ng o

ut I

have

Hep

atitis

C. I

tol

d m

ysel

f I w

ould

go

bac

k to

usi

ng d

rugs

if I

had

it,

but

I did

not

. It

prev

ents

me

from

con

tinui

ng m

y bo

xing

car

eer,

w

hich

is m

y pa

ssio

n in

life

.

I hav

e ga

ined

muc

h st

reng

th in

reco

very

to h

elp

me

cope

. A

new

str

engt

h is

my

abili

ty t

o ex

pres

s m

y fe

elin

gs

whi

ch

I co

uld

not

do

my

who

le

life.

An

othe

r st

reng

th I

hav

e le

arne

d is

to

love

mys

elf.

By d

oing

so,

I a

m l

earn

ing

to t

ake

care

of

mys

elf

and

ask

for

help

. Le

arni

ng t

hese

str

engt

hs h

ave

prov

en t

o be

mor

e be

nefic

ial t

han

I eve

r im

agin

ed.

Lear

ning

to

expr

ess

my

feel

ings

hel

ps to

rel

ieve

my

stre

ss a

nd g

ives

me

a se

nse

of f

reed

om.

It al

low

s m

e to

rec

eive

fee

dbac

k an

d ad

vice

fro

m o

ther

s w

ho s

uffer

ed w

ith th

e sa

me

diag

nosi

s. T

heir

stor

ies

give

me

hope

. I s

tart

tre

atm

ent

for

my

Hep

atitis

C

soon

. Fai

th is

a n

ew s

tren

gth

and

I hav

e fa

ith th

at if

I s

tay

absti

nent

from

dru

gs a

nd a

lcoh

ol, m

anag

e m

y m

enta

l he

alth

, an

d co

mpl

y w

ith

the

gast

roen

tero

logi

st, I

can

ove

rcom

e H

epati

tis C

.