MEDIA & WRITING
For interviews, background and commentary.
Norman Fox is an independent recovery coach based in Vancouver, British Columbia. His work draws on lived experience of recovery, experience in treatment and community settings, and training in recovery coaching and counselling skills.
He is available for interviews and conversations about recovery coaching, addiction, treatment, harm reduction, life after treatment, and the practical realities of making change.
ABOUT NORMAN FOX
Recovery from the inside — and in ordinary life.
Norman has been in recovery for more than twenty years. He has experienced treatment himself and later worked with people in treatment, youth resources, group homes and other community settings in British Columbia.
Today he works independently with people who want to change their relationship with alcohol or drugs, prepare for or return from treatment, or understand what kind of support might be useful.
His approach does not require abstinence as a predetermined goal.
AREAS FOR CONVERSATION
Subjects I can speak about.
Recovery coaching
What it is, where it fits, and how it differs from treatment, counselling and peer support.
Treatment and what comes afterward
The transition between structured treatment and ordinary life.
Different goals for change
Abstinence, reducing harm, cutting back and the importance of working with the goal a person actually has.
Recovery in everyday life
Work, relationships, routines, family, travel and the situations where change actually has to be lived.
Addiction, recovery and stigma
How language, assumptions and labels can affect whether people seek help.
MEDIA RESOURCES
Background and materials.
MEDIA INQUIRIES
Get in touch.
For interviews, commentary, podcasts, articles or other media inquiries, you’re welcome to contact me directly.