Prevention 365

This episode was hosted by Sahrang Han, and features guest Beatrice Lu. This episode was recorded during APAHM (May of 2023). We discuss how AADAP's Prevention and Intervention work is still relevant after 50 years, while comparing the organization's efforts to those being made by countries in other areas of the world. Follow AADAP on social media: Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn | YouTube

Once you start something positive and stay committed, have you noticed that the positive accomplishments continue to happen, and nothing can stop you? Jose R., AADAP’s Therapeutic Community client shares how running the full 26.2 miles LA Marathon with AADAP’s Team AMP has allowed Jose to progress forward to a sober life and leave his past of drug use behind. Twenty-two months sober, running has motivated Jose to be a better person and look at life a different way. If you feel lost or even know you want sobriety, this episode featuring Jose will expose the importance of finding meaning in your life on life’s terms and finding a positive passion. This can change your life forever just like it has for Jose. You, too, can find your passion, and run with it!

This podcast interview shared historical information on the initiation, process, and creation of the AADAP’s 50th Annual Gala Booklet, a total of 86pages and 47 separate stories. The booklet being a collective effort came to completion because of John Saito, Dean Nakanishi dedication long days and nights to the project. Several writers contributed their own personal histories to make the booklet in to a one-of-a-kind and valuable publication.

To cap the first season of Prevention 365 podcast series, host Carol Almeda engages in a synthesizing discussion with AADAP Prevention Director Jeanne Shimatsu. In this season finale, Jeanne and Carol converse on how the practice of preventing substance use/abuse has evolved into a multi-dimensional approach that shows how substance use/abuse is intertwined with the broader issues related to public health and social justice. Within this dynamic social landscape, there remains a constant in AADAP’s prevention work which is to focus on informing , organizing and mobilizing communities to keep them motivated in pursuing the goal of attaining drug-free and quality lives.

Both Jacki Jing and Joyce Lee grew up in the US as Asian American women and they share the many challenges and obstacles they experience and how they overcame them. They also share the struggles of dealing with mental health as they grew up with cultural differences. Please join us on this week's episode as we continue to bring awareness to mental health.

Take a personal and inspirational look at those who work daily to prevent substance use disorder in their communities and provide support to those who may be most vulnerable in our National Prevention Week podcast, "Creating Purpose-Driven Lives".

Theo Motzenbacker, Outreach Health Educator with AADAP Health Intervention Program (HIP) mentions that harm reduction is “baked into our lives”. People take risks all the time and we find ways to mitigate them. For instance, riding in a car gives one the risk of car accidents, so, wearing seatbelts is a form of harm reduction. Should one choose to drink at a bar one night and go home with a designated driver is a harm reduction practice. Join us in a conversation as he dispassionately explains harm reduction strategies when dealing with the reality that there are people who use drugs and not everyone is ready to take the step towards sobriety and some people will never be.

As underage drug use continues to be an issue especially for young people, we explore how peer-pressure and transparency are connected and how it can be the driving force for young people to make the right decisions when faced with stress. Join us as we dive into a conversation with Octavia Weathers, a Cal State Dominguez Hills - Community Health Science student, on the importance of the roles parents play in a young person's life and how it can directly influence the choices they make especially around using, abusing or misusing drugs. We cannot always anticipate the ways in which drugs are advertised in our communities but we can adjust to the change and embrace a new reality which we create an open space that is free of judgement for youth to be open, honest and receptive to prevention education around drugs and drug use!

For National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week, a college student will answer questions regarding substance use and then share experiences about how substance abuse is prevalent in our communities.

Drug abuse is at an all time high, but what can we do about it? Established in 2011, Team AMP (AADAP Marathon Program) is the official endurance event training team for AADAP. Over 200 individuals have participated with Team AMP, all together raising over $250,000 to support AADAP’s mission to help those recovering from drug abuse and to “Change Lives and Save Families.” You can learn more about our runners here: https://teamamp2022.causevox.com/

This is an episode in What It Means to Love series under Prevention 365 Podcast. The episode entitled “ How can Kindness Transform the Quality of Your Life?” featured a thoughtful and inspiring conversation between host, Carol Almeda and her guest, William Lazarte, who serves as a lay person at the United Methodist Church about how acts of kindness can build lasting relationships and change people’s lives for the better.

From 1974 - 1979 -through execution, starvation, disease, and forced labor, Communist Dictator Pol Pot and The Khmer Rouge were behind the driving force of Cambodia’s labor camps. Also known as The Killing Fields, an estimated 2 million Cambodians were killed at the hands of the Khmer Rouge. Learn about Cambodia’s history and hear my mom and her family’s stories of war, genocide, and their saamnang “luck” to survive during Khmer Rouge Regime. Inspired by 2 Khmerican Sisters, this special episode is dedicated to Cambodia and the millions of souls who were killed.

How Can You Love Without Anything in Return? is the first episode in What It Means To Love podcast series under Prevention 365. Host Carol Almeda and her guest, Rahimah Shah Fiddmont, AADAP’s Development Associate and Editor of its publication The Rice Paper engaged in insightful conversation on the topic of unconditional love. Rahimah, as a woman of this age and time, shared how her life experiences gave her lessons in unconditional love.

What It Means to Love is a new series under Prevention 365 podcast. The series will attempt at discussing love from various perspectives and how the power of love can bring about change in people’s lives. Carol Almeda of the Prevention 365 podcast crew will host the series of What It Means to Love. Listen and watch the series trailer of What it Means to Love launching in January 2022 on The Prevention 365 podcast airing on Wednesdays on the BLEAV network , Spotify and Apple. We are also on Youtube.com/AADAP Inc. that is AADAP People Need People.

Every household celebrates the new year in their own way. In this episode of Prevention 365, several of our AADAP ‘ohana sit down to talk about how they celebrate at home, and how some cultures unknowingly share similar traditions. How does your family celebrate the new year?

In today's episode, Mary, a nurse, shares with us all her difficult yet successful journey of overcoming substance abuse while she was pregnant with her son. She opens up about the different obstacles she had to overcome and how AADAP was able to guide her into the right direction. Mark, our project manager, also speaks about the Olympia Academy and its purpose in helping pregnant women and women with children while sharing with us its construction progress.

In this conversation, we explore the different ways community members can participate in substance abuse prevention in our own communities. We learn how substances affect different parts and different populations in our community and how we can use a collective voice to empower community members to make change. This candid conversation features two substance abuse prevention community organizers who share their perspective as parents. Join us every Wednesday on the Prevention 365 podcast on Bleav, Spotify, and Apple. You can also find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @aadapinc for more. People Need People.

A candid and vulnerable conversation by parents, who are also Public Health Providers, about their experiences parenting their “Alpha Generation” children through pandemic conditions. Join us every Wednesday on the Prevention 365 podcast on Bleav, Spotify, and Apple. You can also find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @aadapinc for more. People Need People.

A light-hearted conversation between colleagues is featured in this Wednesday’s Prevention 365 podcast edition. Host Carol Almeda asked her colleague Richard Bis to share with their viewers and listeners his gardening skills that made him earned the monicker “The Green Thumb of AADAP”. Find out from Richard how he started with gardening by finding space in his new environment when he moved to Carson. For him growing a garden has a special meaning that ties into cultivating healthy and drug-free relationships with family, friends and neighbors; looking back at his class origin of being farmers in the Philippines and looking forward to a new beginning. Join us every Wednesday on the Prevention 365 podcast on Bleav, Spotify, and Apple. You can also find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @aadapinc for more. People Need People. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Nancy Sekizawa does a deep dive into life at AADAP’s Outpatient unit and how COVID-19 has affected operations and the clients. 24/7 Meetings Narcotics Anonymous: https://virtual-na.org/marathons/ Alcoholics Anonymous: https://flying-sober.com/24-7-meetings/ Alanon: https://al-anon.org/al-anon-meetings/electronic-meetings/ Daily Meetings Crystal Meth Anonymous: https://www.crystalmeth.org/meetings/ Cocaine Anonymous: https://www.ca-online.org/ Marijuana Anonymous: https://marijuana-anonymous.org/find-a-meeting/ LGBTQ: https://www.gayandsober.org/onlinemeetings See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.