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Recovery From Alcohol and Drug Addiction: The Six Stages of Change HR Managers Need to Know

The six stages of recovery make the process easier to understand for employers, coworkers, family and friends who don’t have prior knowledge or experience with the process of recovery of substance use disorder.
By Carolyn McCabe Guglielmo
February 10, 2020
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by Carolyn McCabe Guglielmo
Carolyn McCabe Guglielmo, MSc, RYT, GSP, is a safety, public health and workforce management advocate, analyst and incident investigator who has served with several construction industry organizations. She draws on her firsthand knowledge and lifelong experience with alcoholism and addiction from being a survivor of family, friends and coworkers with substance use disorders. She uses her insight and education into the disease of addiction and recovery and has taught mindfulness, yoga and breathing to men in recovery homes and halfway houses and often shares her story of dealing with people with substance use disorders.

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