1. AODA Providers: Personal-vs-AODA Providers: Personal-vs-
Professional ValuesProfessional Values
Personal experience often influences interest in the field
Benefits
First hand experience
Understand treatment system
Drawbacks
“My way” is best
Refusal to support other approaches
Focus too much on own issues; self-disclosure
Having recovering and non-recovering providers
Key factor: maintaining professional values in the field,
supporting the client & ethics in the workplace
Key factor: scope of practice