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Navigating Sexuality while in Recovery

Essay outlining my thoughts and work on drug prevention programs used for scholarship application. Prompt. Rehab programs traditionally use individual and group counseling to help clients overcome addiction. In recent years, treatment protocols have evolved to include more holistic therapy options to support the recovery process. What is one alternative treatment approach that you think more rehab facilities should include in their programs? Why do you think alternative treatment methods need to be included with traditional methods as a part of the recovery process? Essay As a scholar with specific subject matter expertise in harm reduction epidemiology and recovery program development, and as an individual living with HIV and queer man with history of substance abuse whose work and life are deeply intertwined, I have experienced- and benefited from- the values of traditional treatment models as much as I have yearned for more integrative, holistic methods that address the interconnect...