The Local Lens is a public health podcast going inside one community's experience with the drug epidemic. Everyone in the town of Stanton, KY sees this drug issue differently from each other, either because of their personal lives or professional roles. This show aims to showcase those different perspectives through having honest, in-depth interviews with a new guest each episode.
We are joined today by Bill Helton, for the second time. In his first appearance on the show, he shared his long and winding personal history of dealing with addiction. This time around, he dives into what his experience as a peer support specialist has been like so far.
He sought out a job in the recovery world in order to stay invested in that community full-time, as a means of keeping himself accountable. The result is continued sobriety for himself, as well as plenty of benefit to other people going through their own recoveries. In essence, this interview shows that paying for a peer support specialist may have exponential returns in bringing people to recovery.
These are our people, using our voices, telling our stories, because no one sees it like we do.
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The Local Lens is sponsored by Kentucky Opioid Community Healing (from the Kentucky Rural Health Information Organization) and Powell County CARES (from the Powell County Health Department).