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Giving Booze to Alcoholics: Managed Alcohol Programs Work

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For people with severe alcohol addiction, providing alcohol isn’t controversial—it’s life-saving. In this powerful episode, we explore Managed Alcohol Programs (MAPs)—facilities that provide medically supervised alcohol to people with chronic alcoholism as part of a proven harm reduction strategy.

Joining us are Adrienne Sesiakin and Christal Brownlee from Shepherds of Good Hope in Ottawa, Canada, who share how these programs reduce hospital visits, save taxpayer money, and most importantly, restore dignity, stability, and health to people society has written off.

This is an honest, eye-opening conversation about harm reduction, addiction, homelessness, and the evidence-based approaches that work. Whether you’re familiar with harm reduction or hearing about MAPs for the first time, this episode will challenge common assumptions and reveal why this approach is a viable solution to alcohol addiction.

Listen with an open mind. To prevent and solve homelessness, we need recovery, harm reduction, and housing. It’s not one solution—it’s all of them working together.

👉 Watch, listen, and support at https://invisiblepeople.tv/donate

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For people with severe alcohol addiction, providing alcohol isn’t controversial—it’s life-saving. In this powerful episode, we explore Managed Alcohol Programs (MAPs)—facilities that provide medically supervised alcohol to people with chronic alcoholism as part of a proven harm reduction strategy.

Joining us are Adrienne Sesiakin and Christal Brownlee from Shepherds of Good Hope in Ottawa, Canada, who share how these programs reduce hospital visits, save taxpayer money, and most importantly, restore dignity, stability, and health to people society has written off.

This is an honest, eye-opening conversation about harm reduction, addiction, homelessness, and the evidence-based approaches that work. Whether you’re familiar with harm reduction or hearing about MAPs for the first time, this episode will challenge common assumptions and reveal why this approach is a viable solution to alcohol addiction.

Listen with an open mind. To prevent and solve homelessness, we need recovery, harm reduction, and housing. It’s not one solution—it’s all of them working together.

👉 Watch, listen, and support at https://invisiblepeople.tv/donate

  continue reading

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