{"podcast":{"title":"Living Healthy Together","slug":"living-healthy-together-7510477","podcast_index_feed_id":7510477,"rss_url":"https://feeds.cohostpodcasting.com/5qCIwAVY","website_url":"https://www.cohostpodcasting.com","image_url":"https://files.cohostpodcasting.com/quill-file-prod/1f4445cf-1cff-4f1c-a03b-9d39bd643f6f/shows/0eac6b7d-3796-4b56-af6e-71963f407536/cover-art/original_b66feb66c8f3d310e6f6d59b47171c4a.png","author":"UVM Health","episode_count":41,"summary":"Each week we share stories, advice and insights from those closest to care in Vermont and northern New York while exploring the local and national issues shaping health care. Catch \"Living Healthy Together\" live airing on Radio Vermont's WDEV Fridays at 1 pm. Have questions or ideas? Email us at HealthTalk@UVM Health.org. Join the conversation and discover the human side of health care. Living Health Together is a partnership of University of Vermont Health and Radio Vermont. WDEV-AM Waterbury 550 AM WDEV-FM Warren/Sugarbush 96.1 FM WDEV-FM Barre 96.5 FM WDEV-FM Montpelier 98.3 FM WDEV-FM Island Pond 101.9 FM","last_synced_at":"2026-07-11T06:19:16.019746+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/living-healthy-together-7510477"},"episode":{"title":"Elephant in the Room: Alcohol, Addiction and Recovery","slug":"elephant-in-the-room-alcohol-addiction-and-recovery","published_at":"2026-04-03T18:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/living-healthy-together-7510477/elephant-in-the-room-alcohol-addiction-and-recovery","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/living-healthy-together-7510477","url":"https://living-healthy-together.cohostpodcasting.com/episodes/elephant-in-the-room-alcohol-addiction-and-recovery","audio_url":"https://audio-delivery.cohostpodcasting.com/audio/1f4445cf-1cff-4f1c-a03b-9d39bd643f6f/episodes/b55794bd-56b4-4304-8e16-2936b032b412/episode.mp3","summary":"Alcohol is deeply woven into American culture and its health risks often go unrecognized or minimized. Join us as we explore alcohol use disorder as a major public health issue impacting our region.  You’ll hear from clinicians, public health experts, recovery professionals and a Vermonter who shares his lived experience on how alcohol affects individuals, families and communities across Vermont and northern New York.  Peter Jackson, MD , director of the Addiction Treatment Center at UVM Medical Center, and  Mallory Richardson , a certified recovery roach with Turning Point of Central Vermont who works in the emergency department at Central Vermont Medical Center (CVMC), explain why alcohol use disorder is uniquely challenging to treat, why alcohol withdrawal is among the most dangerous and potentially-lethal experiences, and why many people delay seeking help.  Eva Patrick , a public health specialist at CVMC and program manager of Central Vermont Prevention Coalition, and  Marissa Patrick, NP , a primary care nurse practitioner at CVMC and the architect of the hospital’s primary care treatment pathway for alcohol use disorder, discuss Vermont’s high rates of alcohol consumption, the underuse of medication-assisted treatment, and how strategies for treatment and support are shifting.  Chris Collins , a father and recovery advocate from Washington, Vermont, shares his powerful personal journey of addiction and recovery following a devastating motorcycle accident that left him with severe nerve damage. ","meta_description":"Alcohol is deeply woven into American culture and its health risks often go unrecognized or minimized. Join us as we explore alcohol use&nb…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3056,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/living-healthy-together-7510477/episodes/elephant-in-the-room-alcohol-addiction-and-recovery/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/living-healthy-together-7510477/elephant-in-the-room-alcohol-addiction-and-recovery.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}