Sam Huss is with RehabSpot, an organization that helps people struggling with addiction get back on the road to recovery.
Sam has an important message for those who are struggling with addiction. He wants you to know that it is possible to get help for your addiction. And just because one treatment option didn’t work for you in the past, doesn’t mean you should quit trying to find help. There are plenty of options available from inpatient, outpatient, 12 step programs, spiritual healing, and more.
Also, for family members and loved ones of those who are struggling with addiction, he has an important message for you too. It’s all too easy to start with accusations “we could have done this if you weren’t drinking so much”. But it doesn’t help. Actually, it will most likely cause the addicted to shut down and not seek help, even if they know they need it.
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Scott DeLuzio: 00:46 Hi everyone. Today my guest is Sam Huss. Sam is the community outreach specialist with Rehab Spot and Rehab Spot helps people who are struggling with addiction and their families to find the information in the support and resources that they need in order to get help. So, Sam, welcome to the show. Why don’t you tell us a little bit about yourself and what Rehab Spot does?
Sam Huss: 01:09 Sure, absolutely. As you said, my name is Sam. I do community outreach across the country and even further than that. The main goal of Rehab Spot is to offer information about a topic that generally people don’t discuss often or at least not often enough as people should. Our goal is to offer every single aspect of drug and alcohol use, addiction and treatment to as many people as possible. That’s the glory of the internet. Having an open access web guide is for anybody. Of course, with the nature of drug and alcohol addiction, it’s not necessarily something that’s always talked about and especially with the people that are affected by it. So that’s part of our premise that it is best to offer these things on the internet so that anybody can access them whenever they need.
Sam Huss: 02:04 It’s a guide and is meant for everybody but the main focus is particular demographics that are usually affected by addiction. This is a widespread, usually it’s people who have difficulty accessing treatment. This can be obviously from the stigma alone or financial difficulties. Some people are in positions that might be compromised by having an addiction issue. For example, like first responders, firefighters, police, EMS, all thos...
