1. Technology-Enhanced Recovery and advances in Public Health

2. RECOVERY IS ALL ABOUT CHANGE

3. Behaviour Changes Stopping Smoking Eating too much bad stuff (sugar addiction?) - obesity & type 2 diabetes Drinking too much alcohol (how much is ‘too much’?) Socially Isolating Taking exercise “Addiction” to alcohol and drugs

4. CHANGE = CHANGE! 4

5. Identifying and changing social networks In the real human world this means: Positive Pro- Recovery people IN Negative Anti- Recovery people OUT

6. 5 Ways to Well Being: 1. Connect 2. Keep Learning 3. Take Notice 4. Give 5. Be Active

7. Social relationships: Overall findings from this meta-analysis 00.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.8 Social relationships have big impact : comparative odds of decreased mortality Social relationships: High vs. low social support contrasted Social relationships: Complex measures of social integration Smoking <15 cigarettes daily Smoking cessation: Cease vs. continue in patients with CHD Alcohol consumption: Abstinence vs. excessive drinking Flu vaccine: Pneumococcal vaccination in adults Cardiac rehabilitation (exercise) for patients with CHD Physical activity (controlling for adiposty) BMI: Lean vs. obese Drug treatment for hypertension in populations > 59 years Air pollution: low vs. high Holt-Lunstad J et al. PLoS Med. 2010;7:e1000316 Social relationships have as great an impact on health outcomes as smoking cessation, and more than physical activity and issues to address obesity

8. CONNECT - On Line Meetings - 12 step - SMART - In The Rooms - Facebook Groups - Chat Rooms -Twitter

9. ON LINE MEETINGS

10. DISCUSSION GROUPS & CHAT ROOMS

11. FACEBOOK GROUPS

14. KEEP LEARNING

15. GIVE (ON LINE VOLUNTEERING)

16. TAKING NOTICE (ON LINE MINDFULNESS)

17. BE ACTIVE ??????

18. Get Started An Online Map… TOPICACTIONSCORE 5=High 1=Low 54321 Connect SMART RECOVERY AA, NA, CA, OA... Facebook Twitter Discussion Groups Chat Rooms Keep Learning Give Volunteering On Line Community Involvement Facebook Facilitator Moderator Taking NoticeMindfulness Online Spiritual groups Be Active???????????????? Presentation title - edit in Header and Footer