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MinnPost
Aug 11, 2020
Roots Recovery recognized the community’s need for healing and created culturally responsive addiction treatment that addresses racism and historical trauma.
In 2018, when Katy Armendariz decided she needed residential treatment to recover from her alcohol addiction, she went. But from the beginning she never felt that she belonged in the program. As far as she could tell, she was the only person of color there, and that fact left her feeling alone and isolated. Plus, she wasn’t certain that the program’s 12-step-based approach aligned with her worldview.
Later, in 2019, when she heard the news of a racially motivated mass shooting in an El Paso, Texas, Walmart, Armendariz came to her recovery group fired up and ready to talk about how the incident made her feel. She said it triggered her racial trauma.
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