The Road To Recovery

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“Our enthusiasm for recovery is infectious. If someone comes in, they’ll see a place where people are invested in them.” — Dr. Casey Green

There are two parts to helping others recover from addiction — connect with them, and help them work towards wellness. These two steps are also in the name of Connections Wellness Group. That’s why Dr. Casey Green is proud to be working with them.

A board-certified psychiatrist and director of addiction services, Dr. Green has been treating patients with addiction for over 12 years. Originally an anesthesiologist, Dr. Green entered the addiction field once he realized how many people needed help.

“The majority of those struggling with substance use have other issues playing into it,” Dr. Green says. “Roughly 60-80% of people struggling with an addictive disorder will have some co-occurring mental health issue alongside it, including anxiety, trauma or depression. That impacts their recovery journey quite a bit.”

Luckily, Dr. Green and the Connections Wellness team can help. Working alongside a talented team that includes nurses, therapists and addiction specialists, Dr. Green and his colleagues work to develop a robust treatment plan that includes evidence-based approaches but is also individualized to each person.

In many cases, Dr. Green says people are stigmatized by society but also often by themselves and feel intense shame or powerless around their use. That’s why empathizing and understanding their journey is critical to their treatment. Helping them understand that they are struggling with a medical rather than a moral problem is a relief to many patients.

“Recovery itself is really relational at its heart, regardless of whether it’s an addictive disorder or a mental health crisis,” Dr. Green explains. “It’s about reconnecting with each other, ourselves and our peers.”

At Connections Wellness Group, Dr. Green is proud of the work he and his team put in day in and day out — especially when they see the positive results in their patients.

“It’s an awesome journey to see someone come in really struggling, not seeing a way out, and then a year later see them be different, empowered, successful and really embracing their lives,” Dr. Green expresses. “It doesn’t take too many of those experiences that make you want to keep getting up in the morning to come to work and do it all over again.”