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MAT Reflection — Medication-Assisted Treatment
Name the shame that hangs around MAT and hold onto the facts
Medication-Assisted Treatment (buprenorphine, methadone, naltrexone, acamprosate, disulfiram) is real recovery — and the shame the culture attaches to it derails a lot of clients. This page names the shame and the facts.
My medication + dose + prescriber
What it does for me (cravings, protection, function)
What I've been told about MAT (by whom)
The facts I want to hold onto
Things I want my sponsor / meeting to know
Taking medication is not using
MAT triples long-term recovery rates for opioid use disorder. If a meeting shames you for it, the meeting is wrong — find another.