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FYI..NPR & "Drug Peer Counselor" this pm on All Things Considered" (Original Post) irisblue Dec 2016 OP
so the difference tween NA Sponsor & "Drug Peer Counselor" irisblue Dec 2016 #1
People recover in many ways... Stuart G Jan 2017 #2

irisblue

(32,794 posts)
1. so the difference tween NA Sponsor & "Drug Peer Counselor"
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 06:43 PM
Dec 2016

seems to be pay. The DCP from the radio article is getting paid from grants, & will be getting paid from Medicaid money come summer. The article was from Lima Ohio up the road ~75 miles. It was pretty good, but said nothing about NA or 12 step groups.

Stuart G

(38,328 posts)
2. People recover in many ways...
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 09:26 PM
Jan 2017

If the "Drug Peer Counselor" works for some..ok..I have heard over and over.......

Whatever works....eventually most need the 12 step groups, but some could do it with a single counselor.. didn't work for me. But..what works, works...

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