Unfit For Recovery: Fighting Addiction In An Unforgiving World

By Jake Nichols

Early in my journey, many told me that the process of achieving recovery was the easy part and that maintaining it would be far more challenging. I wouldn't truly understand the relevance of that warning until an unforeseen series of events severely compromised my foundations. Ten years into my recovery, I was faced with what seemed like the first insurmountable obstacle in my journey. It forced me to reflect deeply and to identify those key elements that I needed to revisit in order to get back on track. It led to a comprehensive self-evaluation that also sought answers to how exactly I arrived in this place. This is the story of my journey through substance use to my ultimate recovery. It has required me to perpetually evolve my approach to living life in order to survive in a world that truly seems unfit for recovery. Through his fifteen-year struggle with substance use, pharmacist Jake Nichols found his calling as a vocal advocate for stigma reduction and evidence-based addiction treatment. He regularly discusses his personal and professional journey, speaking at conferences and venues across the country, while sharing his experience, strength and hope. Jake has established himself as a key clinical resource within the field, and is regularly consulted for his opinions on how to optimize the delivery of medication for addiction treatment (MAT) and to facilitate the delivery of valuable harm reduction initiatives such as naloxone distribution. "Jake Nichols has spent years sharing the reality of the worst epidemic the United States has ever experienced with courage, grace, wisdom and most importantly HOPE in front of many audiences. I will always be particularly grateful for the support and hope he has given to our audience, the family members of those who have been affected by opioid addiction Jake Nicola tells a powerful story with honesty and integrity." Joanne Peterson, Founder and Executive Director of Learn to Cope "The hallmark of addictive disease is the repetition of an act guaranteed to be detrimental. Jake Nichols explores this straightforward yet complex fact in an insightful and compelling text which ultimately explains why addiction is disease, not behavior. The book captures the euphoria, fear, successes, and failures, all accompanied with the law enforcement overtones which always seem to be part of this particular illness to a greater extent than any other. And rather than ending at the start of recovery, we get to see what real recovery looks like, with all the associated uncertainties, wins, and losses that are part of real life. I'll have a pile of these books on hand for patients and their families - with one prescription, "Read repetitively." Stuart Gitlow MD MPH Past President, American Society of Addiction Medicine.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0BPVTVH6G
• ISBN13: 9798847222396
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"