Follow the Yellow Brick Road
This pathway to recovery that was started by two American gentlemen in the 1930's has a goal of abstinence which is achieved through Unity, Service, & Recovery
What is Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)?
This Employee is responsible for starting Beyond Brink and works to keep the doors open in many ways, not limited to finding grant funding.
Who is Brandy Brink?
What is Recovery (and transitional) Housing?
Symptoms vary but may include anxiety, fatigue, sweating, vomiting, depression, seizures, and hallucinations. These can be deadly depending on the situation.
What are signs of substance withdrawal?
This is either an annual or every other year responsibility for a peer recovery specialist to maintain their certification. This involves updating information, agreeing to our code of ethics, and paying a fee.
What is recertification for a CPRS?
This path often involves giving your will, time, and much of your life over to a higher power. Sometimes expressed by weekly group gatherings in a sacred location.
What is Religion and/ or spirituality?
This foodie employee is not only a past resident of our housing program, but they now oversee all of the WEcovery Beyond Brink program.
Who is Molly Fuller?
This awesome event brings together people from around the area to celebrate recovery, show support, generate hope, reduce stigma, and bring awareness that recovery is real and it works. This will be the 7th year this event will be held.
What is the Mankato Area Walk for Recovery?
Some examples include Suboxone, Anabuse, and Naltrexone.
What is Medication for Substance Use Disorder (MAT, MOUD, MSUD)?
This is where a majority of information around getting and maintaining your PRS certification can be found
What is the Minnesota Certification Board (MCB, MCBoard.org)?
This path promotes an active lifestyle through fitness, connection to nature through outdoor activities, creative projects and more, in coordination with community-building to help people on their path to sustained Recovery.
What is the Active Lifestyle/ Community?
This staff is known for his tough, biker style and awesome beard. One of his hobbies includes making weapons.
Who is Cole Corbett?
This is the year that Beyond Brink started.
What is 2016?
This is what it's called when people experience both Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders at the same time.
What is a Co-Occurring Disorder?
(True or False) The title Certified Peer Recovery Specialist is consistent around the country.
What is False?
Another abstinence- based program, this one focuses on teaching scientifically validated methods designed to empower you to change and to develop a more positive lifestyle.
What is SMART recovery?
These names are pretty popular for staff at WEcovery Beyond Brink.
Who are the Coles, Mollys, & Tiffanys?
Officially, this is stated as: To empower individuals who desire to maintain long-term recovery by creating avenues to support recovery.
What is our PURPOSE at WEcovery Beyond Brink?
This was declared “a national emergency”, that drug abuse was now “public enemy number one.” and contributed to a systemically unequal prison system that continues to oppress Black and Brown people today through strict criminalization of substance related crimes.
What is the "War on Drugs"?
As of 2024 a CPRS needs one hour of this for every twenty hours of peer services provided in Minnesota.
What is (face to face) Supervision?
All pathways to recovery are technically under this sometimes controversial umbrella term meaning to make any positive change.
What is Harm Reduction?
Though they are not technically employed at WEcovery Beyond Brink, people often compliment their welcoming demeanor, cozy cuddles, and adorable way of cheering a person up.
Who is Winter?
This is a nonprofit organization founded and led by people with direct lived experience with substance use challenges and recovery. They promote public education, peer-based and other recovery support services, advocate for fair and equitable laws and policies for people in recovery, and serve as key employers of peer recovery support professionals.
What is a Recovery Community Organization (RCO)?
When opioids attach (bind) to this part of the Central Nervous System, this triggers a series of chemical changes within and between neurons that lead to feelings of pleasure and pain relief, and when in excess, leads to an Overdose.
What are opioid receptors?
This has been called "the breadth and depth of internal and external resources that can be drawn upon to initiate and sustain recovery"
What is Recovery Capital?