Surviving Addiction Trailer

Surviving Addiction is an interview series that highlights the real people who are impacted by addiction and the lenses which they experience it through. Whether it's the healthcare professional, community leader, family member or the person who has lived with a substance use disorder, addiction impacts the lives of everyone it touches. In this series, we learn of the humanity of those that addiction has touched and the profound lessons learned through their experiences.
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Inspire By Example shares the stories of lived experience related to addiction with the goal of reducing stigma and providing hope to those in need.
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The Social Impact Hub at Durham College builds community collaborations needed to undertake socially innovative applied research activities informed by those with lived experience. A key activity is supporting knowledge mobilization within the walls of the college, our region, and beyond.

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Have you talked to people who are on safer supply in your channel? I have been injecting opioids for about 16 years, I live in Atlantic Canada and safer supply was a game changer for me. Not just the medication itself but the healthcare I got at the clinic was much more effective than OAT clinics that prescribe methadone and suboxone. I got treated like a human being. I could be honest, the stigma was gone. I hope you capture those perspectives too because we need to push back the negative narratives of safer supply