112: Habilitat Creating Community with Jeff Nash

The Addicted Mind Podcast

Duane Osterlind, LMFT

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Mental Health

4.8 • 621 Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of The Addicted Mind Podcast, Duane sits down with Jeff Nash to talk about addiction, recovery, and the importance of finding and engaging in a recovery community. Jeff is the executive director at Habilitat in Hawaii.

Raised in Dallas, Jeff struggled with drug addiction for most of his adult life. By the time he was sixteen, Jeff was shooting heroin and other drugs. By 30, he finally was in the right spot to get on top of his addictions. While staying at Habilitat, he was trained under their philosophy and now runs many programs. He talks about having gone through fourteen different treatment facilities—mostly at the behest of his parents. It took being in jail at 29 and quitting methadone cold-turkey to see that he couldn’t continue to live this way as an addict.

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He saw a model for change at Habilitat, even though getting out of jail was the initial motivator. Its different approach than medical treatment centers attracted Jeff because they treat the individual. Their methods changed the way he thought and ultimately prepared him for life.

As far as how it looked different, they gave him a sense of belonging. The socialization perspective was not medical but rather behavioral. They have this element of treating the criminogenic needs, Jeff says. Habilitat addresses by teaching people how to interact with other people healthily. Habilitat is big on emotional intelligence, including how to respond and how to react in an emotionally mature way.

Jeff says, “for those of us that continue to struggle, we may need to look for long-term treatment options.” He urges the listeners to continue to work at it. He quotes his late father: “you’re going to quit using drugs one way or another.” It fell on deaf ears at the time, but he realized that it was ultimately up to him to prevent drug use from taking his life. He wants all the listeners to know that change is possible, and there is help available.

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Addicted Mind podcast. We are on to episode 112.
0:11.4	My guest today is Jeff Nash. And he is going to talk about his recovery story and the importance of finding a long-term community that can
0:26.0	support you through the process of establishing sobriety and gaining recovery and changing your
0:33.0	life. Jeff is the executive director at Habilitat in Hawaii, and he talks about how that treatment center embraces long-term care and a full community for people to overcome addiction.
0:52.1	Jeff's story is very compelling. He talks about his addiction, incarceration,
0:57.3	and really being at his bottom and how this recovery model saved his life. So a great story.
1:05.2	I really enjoyed having Jeff Nash on and enjoyed talking with him. It's awesome. Also, there may be a bit of background noise in
1:15.1	this episode. Please be patient with that. And I apologize for that. Just some things are out of our
1:22.1	control at times. So also, if you are enjoying the Addicted Mind podcast, please subscribe in iTunes and leave me a review.
1:31.5	I'd really appreciate it.
1:32.7	It helps get the word out and helps people find the addicted mind.
1:37.1	All right.
1:37.5	Let's go ahead and start this interview.
1:56.1	Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Addicted Mind podcast. Today, my guest is Jeff Nash, and he is going to talk about habilitat and their model for sustained recovery.
2:01.4	Jeff, thank you so much for coming on to the Addicted Mind podcast.
2:04.8	I am really interested to hear your story, but also to hear your model of addiction treatment.
2:11.6	Well, thank you.
2:12.2	Thanks for having me.
2:13.1	And it's a pleasure to be here this morning.
2:14.8	All right.
2:15.4	So tell us a little bit, where does it all start for you?
2:18.6	Oh, wow. Well, that's a long story. Like a lot of people, I ended up getting involved with drugs and alcohol at a very
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