CAT Relational Recovery

Thanks for all your Twitter input over the years @oldagepsych - will miss them!

Excluding people from mental health services for alcohol use! Alcohol use represents a complex form of safety behaviour – relieving distress temporarily but maintaining it in the long-term. Are safety behaviours grounds for exclusion from treatment now?! Read more .... @psychmag

It’s been a year since the release of #bbchooked most emotional episode. This meant the most and took the most out of us; it was worth it. The friends/families voices’ are often overlooked, #addiction has a ripple effect but so does #recovery. All eps still available (pls RT) ❤️

Interesting article on social networks, recovery capital and sustained change - refers/links to recent @CochraneUK systematic review on 12 step programme affiliation & problem drinking #ConnectingToConnected recoveryreview.blog/2020/11/12/vac…

@LiverpoolYMCA @Strava impressed! #TeamYMCA #TeamRISE

Interesting read from @NHS_APA on shifts to online working at @CNWLNHS through #COVID19 Technology's not for everyone (or accessible to all) but can play a part in staying #ConnectingToConnected nhsapa.org/post/covid-dig…

Good point by @jadewye Peer support groups can be crucial for many on a recovery journey, especially in such trying times #RelativePriorities

@steve_jefferis @CATScotland1 @Assoc_CAT looking forward to this

Gearing up for the @Assoc_CAT AGM CPD day on Friday, mostly by spending too much time fiddling around with lesser spotted PowerPoint templates #CovidStrugglesList

Hi Twitter Peeps 😁There are so many changes in the world these days, how do they & other life changes affect who we are? A warm welcome to all for a chilled convo 😁 #identity #change @CafePsychologie @CafeCATalyse @MSH_Liverpool @LiverpoolAPG @DClinPsyLiv @LivEchonews

How generous of Hannah to share her story & reflections on her recovery journey HT @profhrs @PhoenixFutures1 "Listen to the story of anyone in addiction and you will understand that addiction isn’t a lifestyle choice for people to be nudged away from through shaming"

Huge loss for #Liverpool. The Brink provided a safe, accessible platform for so many people to access support, share ideas and connect. Also a great venue for music and community events. It’ll be missed.

Really sad to hear this

The Brink is vital for Liverpool’s community, a supportive Hub for so many including myself - please sign & share, we can’t lose it! ❤️❤️❤️ @BrinkLiverpool @CafeLvp @SteWeatherhead @MSH_Liverpool @GoodNewsLpool @LivEchonews @RadioCity967 #savethebrink chng.it/2j4xKZxS

Perhaps smaller scale qualitative studies can help pull out the specifics of who is most at risk and relational processes - an example here? mobile.twitter.com/DrEmilyNicholl…

another perspective - mobile.twitter.com/JHolmesSheff/s…

Interesting blog by @ian_hamilton_ - sparks thoughts on how alcohol is a familiar & reliable 'exit' from stresses for many - in absence of access to other exits (including connectedness( during #lockdown, no surprise re potential tipping point into more problematic drinking

Not sure exactly when this moment took place but it was at least one year ago! #MyTwitterAnniversary

New government guidance on #COVID19 testing for frontline workers who are self-isolating includes voluntary sector organisations providing substance misuse treatment gov.uk/guidance/coron…