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Share, Support, Prevent and Recover
September marks both Suicide Prevention and Recovery Awareness Month. Leslie Hagin on why the two belong together for lawyers.
I Wish I’d had Access to Peer Support When I was in Law School
Sober for a decade, then law school. One lawyer on what running gave him, what it could not, and the support missing.
Peer Support Saved My Life
“I am an alcoholic, a drug addict, and a lawyer.” A functional attorney on when bullet-proof stopped working.
Keeping Legal Minds Intact
Free one-hour WSBA ethics CLE. Andy Benjamin on the stress pathway leading lawyers to depression, addiction and heart disease.
Why Is Peer Counseling So Important In My Ongoing Recovery?
A volunteer peer counselor on why helping other lawyers recover keeps strengthening his own recovery.
Relapse or Not?
Thirty years of practice, 24 years sober, one THC gummy taken by mistake. David Huber on what happened next.
Reflections on Marijuana and Cardiovascular Risks
“Marijuana is safer than alcohol, right?” A lawyer in recovery on the research that changed his mind.