GACA Professional Development

 Virtual Only

Healing Together: Growing Recovery Capital in Families Impacted by Opioids and/or Stimulants


 

Friday, August 21, 2026


8:45 AM Check-In  

9:00 PM Workshop Begins

4:15 PM Workshop Concludes

Location:  Online

3.0 CE Hours Approved by GACA and NAADAC.  

Applied for Approval with GSCSW. 

Approved for 3.0 Clock Hours with NBCC.

Description:

As the substance use crisis continues to devastate communities, families remain at the heart of both the struggle and the solution. This keynote presentation will explore the critical, yet often overlooked, role of families in sustaining long-term recovery from opioid and/or stimulant use disorder. Drawing from a unique blend of lived experience, clinical expertise, and global research leadership, Caroline Beidler, MSW will illuminate how family systems, peer support, and community connection serve as core components of Recovery Capital: the emotional, social, and relational assets that make recovery not only possible, but sustainable.

By centering the lived experiences of families impacted by opioid and/or stimulant use disorder, this session will challenge the treatment-only paradigm and call for a more holistic, inclusive, and strength-based approach. Attendees will gain evidence-informed insights and practical tools for reframing recovery as a relational journey, one that requires the collective engagement of families, professionals, and systems working toward healing and long-term wellness.

Learning objectives:  

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  1. Define "Recovery Capital" and explain how family, peer, and community support strengthens recovery from opioid and/or stimulant use disorder.
  2. Recognize the vital role of family stories and peer connections in fostering hope, belonging, and long-term healing.
  3. Identify real-world barriers like stigma and lack of family-centered resources that impact outcomes for families facing opioids and/or stimulant use disorder.
  4. Apply strengths-based, inclusive strategies to engage families and communities in recovery support, whether in clinical practice, research, or grassroots advocacy.


Presenter: Caroline Beidler, MSW


 

Caroline Beidler, MSW is an author, speaker, and the Managing Editor of Recovery.com, a company that combines independent research with expert guidance on addiction and mental health treatment. Our mission is to help everyone find the best path to recovery through the most comprehensive, helpful network of treatment providers worldwide. She is the author of three books, Downstairs Church, You Are Not Your Trauma, and When You Love Someone in Recovery: A Hopeful Guide for Understanding Addiction with Nelson Books, coming Spring 2026. Her own lived experience in addiction, mental health, and trauma recovery inspires her to help others find recovery in all its varying forms. In four short years, she has built a global network of recovery supporters through her storytelling platform and accompanying newsletter, Circle of Chairs, which reaches thousands weekly. She is a creative and visionary, founding the Women’s Recovery Leadership Foundation, along with co-leading a global research initiative on family recovery with leaders around the world. Her writing is described as funny, gritty, relatable, and insightful. When she isn’t writing, speaking, or building community, Caroline lives in Eastern Tennessee with her husband and seven-year-old twins where she enjoys hiking in the mountains and building up her community’s local recovery ministry.


Website & Blog: www.carolinebeidler.com


Substack/Circle of Chairs: Circle of Chairs | Caroline Beidler, MSW | Substack

Instagram: @carolinebeidler_official


Facebook: Caroline Beidler, MSW

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The Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC) represents the professional interests of more than 100,000 addiction counselors, educators, and other addiction-focused health care professionals.


Georgia Addiction Counselors Association has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7302.  Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Georgia Addiction Counselors Association is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.  


Registration

  • 3.0 CE Hours, Virtual Only

  • 3.0 CE Hours, Virtual Only

  • that Continuing Education is part of my professional and ethical responsibilities. This requirement is for my betterment and for the welfare of my clients. It is not simply a box to check, but for my professional growth and development as a clinician.

  • that I can not miss more than 15 minutes of a training/workshop in order to receive CE credit, as per the regulations governing CE approvals.

  • it is unethical and unprofessional to be working (engaged in work), shopping, at a restaurant, playing video games, watching tv, or engaged in any other activity that would cause me to be distracted from learning.

  • I may be required to have my camera turned on.

  • to type my name into the chat box at random times.

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