Library
Surveys, Articles, and PRO•A Public Resource Pages.
Library
Surveys
- PRO•A CRS Survey overview
- PRO•A Counselor Survey overview (Overview of our 2013 Counselor Survey)
- PRO•A Warm Handoff Survey Report: Introduction and Executive Report
- PRO•A Warm Hand-Off Survey – Preliminary Report to DDAP
- Recovery Works! 2016 Summit Survey Summary
- Recovery Works! Recovery and Resiliency Grant Initiative Final Report and Recommendations
- System Under Stress PA Drug and Alcohol Service System Environmental Scan (This study assessed the landscape of the D&A service system across PA.)
Articles
- ALERT: Must Read Article on the Significant Risks of Exploitative Relationships
- An Addiction recovery Glossary of Terms (An Addiction Recovery Glossary: The Languages of American Communities of Recovery by: William L. White)
- ROSC White Paper
- Does initiating medication-assisted treatment in the emergency room result in better outcomes?
Quarterly Newsletters
PRO•A Public Resources
- CRS Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s) Sheet
- PRO•A Opiate Epidemic, Addiction and Recovery Fact Sheet (Read the numbers behind addiction. “Drug overdose deaths are now the leading cause of deaths from injury in the United States.”)
- PRO•A Recovery and Criminal History Fact Sheet 2017 (Criminal histories have long term consequences for people in recovery. However, opportunities are available to clear your record and move on with your life once you are in long term recovery!)
- PRO•A Recovery Fact Sheet (23.5 million american are living in recovery; recovery is a reality. Read the facts about recovery, treatment, pathways to recovery, and the value of peer-services.)
Miscellaneous
- Advocacy with Anonymity Pamphlet (View for more information on how can individuals in recovery speak out about their recovery while maintaining the principle of anonymity of 12-step fellowships.)
- Opioid Addiction Disease 2016 Facts & Figures (American Society of Addiction Medicine – ASAM)
- Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health
- Creating Recovery Ready Communities (Faces and Voices of Recovery presents this Creating Recovery Ready Communities: Guide to Recovery Support Services -RSS)
- The Value of Peers for Supporting Recovery From Substance Use (Presented by SAMHSA and BRSS TACS provides an overview on Recovery Support Services and an Info-graphic on the Effects of Recovery Coaching)
- Getting the Right Help for Opioid Dependence or Withdrawal (This one-page resource was developed to provide some quick tips to get people to real help – while helping them avoid products that promise help but can instead cost precious time and money, lead to relapse, and even be dangerous.)
- http://www.williamwhitepapers.com/ (This site contains the full text of more than 300 articles, 8 monographs, 30+ recovery tools, 9 book chapters, 3 books, and links to an additional 17 books written by William White and co-authors over the past four decades as well as more than 100 interviews with addiction treatment and recovery leaders.)
- A Basic Review of Pain Pathways and Analgesia: Pain and the Brain As we strive to reduce overreliance on opiods and use a diverse group of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic pain management modalities, a better understanding of the origin of pain and the mechanisms of the action employed is warrented.