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The best way we’ve found to teach clarity in documentation (and that’s really the goal) is to use real-life examples and ask the group for feedback on the quality of each student’s progress note.

You’re probably not thinking about the stuff you wrote about today’s middling-good group session as something that could be important when an insurance company reviews the case.

We’re often in the position of spending more time documenting what we do than in actually doing it.

The secret to improved verbal communication is awareness, so try using video or audio feedback.

Most programs already review open and closed records, so it’s not that difficult to add indicators about the quality of written information.

If the program leadership values good communication, then the program staff will follow along.

Insomnia is at the top of the list of common problems for both active addicts and the newly recovering, and sleeping meds can pose risks.

In most cases, the intrusive thoughts associated with addiction (cravings, disturbing images, etc) go away during the course of recovery.

But no matter how difficult a challenge or how great a triumph it is for us to get from there to here, life’s still going to keep throwing more problems at us.

Experience tells us that almost all of the wide variety of treatment strategies and models are around because they work well for someone.