Craig’s #WhenYouKnow Insights
“I became a Peer Specialist, which not only gave me the opportunity, but the training and the confidence that I needed to begin to recover out loud.”
“ I think we’re all well aware that people have a tendency to judge what they don’t understand in fear.”
Craig Pickos, Executive Director of Polk for Recovery, shares his experience with stigma both as a person in long-term recovery and as a Certified Peer Specialist who helps others through their own recovery.
The stigma surrounding recovery and behavioral health issues comes from not understanding, and Craig shares that Peer Specialists aid in reducing that stigma by sharing their own stories in a way that encourages confidence and strength in others to do the same.
Watch: Craig Pickos’s Insights
Craig Pickos shares his experience as a person in long-term recovery who has dedicated his career to helping others in recovery.
Watch below.
