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We strive to deliver information and resources that will help you to provide high-quality, cutting edge treatment services, prevention programming, recovery support, maintenance, and other behavioral health-related services.

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CASAT Conversations Podcast

The CASAT Conversations podcast is a resource for exploring behavioral health topics. These topics explore the complex connection between how our environment, behaviors and actions impact our health and wellbeing. With a wide-range of timely topics, CASAT Conversations is geared towards having meaningful conversations with people sharing their capacity for personal growth and change, along with expert educational insights.

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Learning Labs

Our Learning Labs are collections of curated references for each behavioral health topic to help increase subject literacy, knowledge, skills, and overall competence in providing high-quality, cutting-edge services.

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Recent Posts

Meditation.

More Than Just Saying “No”: Building a Life You Don’t Want to Escape From

This post explores a major shift in how we understand addiction: moving away from the “moral failure” and “rock bottom” mentalities of the past toward a model called Recovery Capital (RC).
Rather than focusing on what is “wrong” with a person, RC focuses on the strengths and resources they can build to sustain sobriety. The blog highlights three key takeaways from recent research. Ultimately, recovery is viewed not just as the absence of drugs or alcohol, but as the active presence of a healthy, supported, and purposeful life.

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New year.

The Anti-Resolution: Why We’re Ditching the “New Year, New Me” Checklist

This blog proposes the “Anti-Resolution” approach, a gentler alternative to the toxic “New Year, New Me” pressure that often harms those in recovery or navigating mental health challenges. Instead of setting rigid, binary goals that invite shame and failure, the post advocates for choosing broad “intentions” or themes that act as a compassionate compass rather than a strict map. It introduces the concept of the “Un-Resolution”—improving life by subtracting stressors and bad habits rather than adding overwhelming new tasks—and emphasizes applying the “One Day at a Time” principle to avoid the anxiety of year-long commitments. Ultimately, the piece encourages readers to prioritize protecting their peace over “fixing” themselves, reminding them that the version of themselves that survived the last year is already worthy.

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Human Rights Day Dec 10.

The Unseen Overlap: How Recovery Embraces Human Rights

The blog post argues that the journey of recovery from substance use and other addictions is intrinsically linked to fundamental National Human Rights, including the right to health (access to effective treatment), liberty (autonomy over one’s life), and an adequate standard of living (stable housing and employment). The primary barrier to individuals realizing these rights is stigma, which perpetuates discrimination and marginalization, effectively violating their rights to dignity and equality by viewing their condition as a moral failing rather than a health issue. Consequently, achieving successful, rights-affirming recovery requires actively dismantling this stigma and emphasizing the importance of community and shared struggle, which fosters collective empowerment, hope, and the advocacy necessary to ensure that everyone in recovery is afforded their full human rights.

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