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Certified Recovery Peer Advocates
Contact the certified recovery peer advocates at The Addiction Center of Broome County
A peer is someone with lived experience with substance abuse who uses their experiential knowledge to support the recovery goals of individuals who use drugs and/or alcohol. Peers are natural support experts, meaning that the relationships they establish can lead to increased feelings of support, safety, and well-being among the individuals they serve. Peers can meet with individuals in the community upon request.
Through a combination of lived experience and professional training, peers can provide services to participants including:
- Developing recovery plans
- Raising awareness of existing social and other support services
- Modeling coping skills
- Assisting with applying for benefits
- Accompanying patients to medical appointments
- Providing non-clinical crisis support, especially after periods of hospitalization or incarceration
- Accompanying patients to court appearances and other appointments
- Working with participants to identify strengths
- Linking participants to formal recovery supports
- Educating program participants about various modes of recovery
- Travel training; how to use public transportation independently
Peer services are not:
- A program model focused on diagnosis or deficits
- Helping in a hierarchical way
- Treatment compliance
- Medication compliance
- Monitoring individual behavior
- Care coordination or care management
