APC Recovery Cafe
Welcome to APC Recovery Cafe, where we discuss topics and trends around substance use, provide resources and education, offer recovery support, and discuss prevention tactics all through the lens of the stories of people who have been there.
Substance use disorder touches all of our lives and often we feel frustrated or hopeless in our pursuit to understand why and how it happens.We invite you to grab your favorite coffee or tea and join us for a variety of guests that will bring understanding, information, connection and HOPE.
Together we can break the stigma and pave a brighter future for each other.
APC Recovery Cafe is also available to watch on YouTube.
APC Recovery Cafe
Celebrating Success: A Conversation with the Honorable Shanta Owens
The Honorable Shanta Owens is a Circuit Court judge for the 10th Judicial Circuit of Alabama. She previously presided over the Jefferson County Drug Court program. Judge Owens tells us about her journey from Selma, Alabama to her experience as a drug court judge.
Judge Owens shares with us how she became the Chairperson of the Addiction Prevention Coalition’s Executive Board. She also shares with us the lasting impact that presiding over the Jefferson County Drug Court program has left on her and her career. Judge Owens discusses what it was like to see people at their worst and watch them transform into their best.