Emergency Room Recovery Coach Reaches Out to Overdose Patients

"On Christmas Eve, Brittany Silva will keep her cellphone close. She never knows when a hospital will text her about a drug overdose.

"No matter what the hour, the 23-year-old college student who wears a nose stud and a warm smile will show up at the emergency room.

"'I get the feelings,' Silva says she tells her clients. 'I get the hatred you have towards yourself. I'm not better than you…'

"Silva is a certified recovery coach. She is also in long-term recovery."

 

A recent Providence Journal report profiled Ms. Silva and her ministry as an emergency room recovery coach.

To access the complete Providence Journal report:

 

Providence Journal: Recovery coach seizes vulnerable moment, steers overdose patients in ER to addiction treatment (24 DEC 14)

 

Background information:

 

Anchor Recovery Community Center