October’s Reading Club: Addiction and Recovery

Posted by liaison on October 2nd, 2023 Posted in: Blog

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The NNLM Reading Club brings awareness to Addiction and Recovery adding three new books this month:

• Come Home, Indio: A Memoir by Jim Terry
• The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth by Sam Quinones
• Scenes from My Life: A Memoir by Michael K. Williams and Jon Sternfeld

Additional information is available on NNLM’s Reading Club page.

We’re also excited to highlight an upcoming webinar at the end of the month:

• Tuesday, October 31 – Harm Reduction in Action: Language as Harm Reduction: This webinar will discuss Language as Harm Reduction, which views language as the first step to a positive interaction. Focusing on the importance of person-centered language as a gateway into harm reduction practices and technique to build trust with people who use drugs.

NNLM’s Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Guide is a collection of trusted, high quality resources on substance abuse from the National Library of Medicine, other government agencies and non-profit groups. The guide is broken down by audience and includes specific resources for a general audience, libraries, educators, community-based organizations, public health, as well as resources by age and population. The guide also includes recordings of SUD-focused webinars that were sponsored by the NNLM.