# Ep.159/Addiction and Recovery/Understanding the Recent Epidemic

An episode of [Beyond Well with Sheila Hamilton](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1456050183), 20 Sep 2021, 24 min.

Audio: https://anchor.fm/s/fd90ee28/podcast/play/94381258/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2024-10-13%2F389765916-44100-2-cde06cbe4cff3a52.mp3

The pandemic has been difficult for people in recovery. There has been a thirty percent increase in deaths by opioids and a sharp uptick in the number of people who are using substances to cope with the isolation, pain, and loneliness of quarantine. Dr. Amit Shah talks about the public response to the epidemic and why one person who believes in the person's recovery can make a difference.

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