Caring Connections

Newsletter Vol. 23 Issue 2

• • • • • • • • • • Tools to Overcome Perfectionism
                  • Who Am I Really?
                  • Finding Gratitude
                  • A New Life
                  • I Have Found the Answer
                  • Are You Like Me?
                  • Acceptance
                  • A Life Worth Living

Newsletter Vol. 23 Issue 1

• • • • • • • • • • Perfectionism: Friend or Foe?
                  • New Changes for License Renewal in 2023
                  • New Changes from the DEA for 2023
                  • Recovery on the Road
                  • Recovery: Striving for Progress, Not Perfection
                  • Destination… Recovery. Next Stop… New Freedom

Newsletter Vol. 22 Issue 3

• • • • • • • • • • A Message of Gratitude
                  • Mind, Body, and Spirit
                  • My Life Line
                  • A Practice of Gratitude
                  • Bondage vs. Freedom
                  • I Am Grateful
                  • Opportunity In Recovery

Newsletter Vol. 22 Issue 2

• • • • • • • • • • Going From Yes to No
                  • Thank You, NCCDP
                  • Crash to Compassion
                  • One Day at a Time
                  • Is God to be Trusted?
                  • Recovery on a Bike
                  • Peace

Newsletter Vol. 22 Issue 1

• • • • • • • • • New NCCDP Administrative Director
                • The Help I Needed
                • Restoring Hope
                • Follow Your Art
                • A Grateful Recovering Hygienist
                • Gratitude, Forgiveness, and Kindness

Newsletter Vol. 21 Issue 3

• • • • • • • • • So Long, Farewell, Never Goodbye
                • 2021 C.V. Winter Advocacy Award
                • Living Life Abundantly
                • Eye of the Hurricane
                • Gratitude is the Key
                • Thorns and Thankfulness
                • A Season of Gratitude
                • Gifts of Gratitude

Newsletter Vol. 21 Issue 2

• • • • • • • • • News for Dentists and Dental Hygienist
                • Priest Steals Hot Dog From Poor Kid
                • It Appeared I Had it All
                • Part Two: Women in Dentistry: We Juggle Different Stuff from the Men
                • When the legend becomes fact, print the legend

Newsletter Vol. 21 Issue 1

• • • • • • • • • Connection Is Essential
                • NC Caring Dental Professionals Fundraising
                • 2020 North Carolina Burnout Survey Final Findings Dentists Results
                • 2020 North Carolina Burnout Survey Final Findings Dental Hygienists Results
                • Two-Part Series, Women in Dentistry: We Juggle Different Stuff from the Mens

Newsletter Vol. 20 Issue 3

• • • • • • • • • Holidays During This Pandemic
                • The Importance of Self-Care
                • Update: Dentistry & Covid-19
                • 2020 North Carolina Burnout Survey Preliminary Findings – Dentists Results
                • 2020 North Carolina Burnout Survey Preliminary Findings – Dental Hygiene Results

Newsletter Vol. 20 Issue 2

• • • • • • • • • Self-Care Awareness in Your New Normal
                • Am I Still Working My Program?
                • Safeguarding My Recovery During the COVID-19 Pandemic
                • The Perfect Storm: COVID-19 & Opioids
                • On Retirement

Newsletter Vol. 20 Issue 1

• • • • • • • • • Just Released
                • New NCCDP Volunteer Coordinator
                • Part-time Associate Director
                • My Recovery Journey
                • Toolbox for Surviving the COVID-19 Crisis
                • The Times They Are A-Changin’

Newsletter Vol.19 Issue 3

• • • • • • • • • Managing Holiday Expectations
                • What I Didn’t Like Was Me!
                • The STOP Act, e-Prescribing and You
                • Why Would I Return?
                • 2019 C.V. Winter Award

Newsletter Vol. 19 Issue 2

• • • • • • • • • Friends of Bill W.
                • Am I an Enabler? A Self-Inventor?
                • From Hiccups to Potholes
                • What is Success?
                • Warning Signs……….

Newsletter Vol.19 Issue 1

• • • • • • • • • Thank You – Volunteers
                • Online Meetings Save the Day
                • The Perfect Storm
                • Being a Peer Support Volunteer Enhances My Recovery
                • Things Will Be Different Then?

Newsletter Vol.18 Issue 3

• • • • • • • • •  Food For Thought
                •  Looking for “Highs” In All The Wrong Places
                •  A Culture of Acceptance
                •  2018 C.V. Winter Award

Newsletter Vol.18 Issue 2

• • • • • • • • • Beware of False Guarantees
                • I Have Compassion Fatigue?
                • Abu Dhabi
                • A Trip of Many Steps

Newsletter Vol.18 Issue 1

• • • • • • • • 2018 NC Dental Opioid Prescribing Course
              • Schedule of Courses and Locations with Registration Form
              • Vaping: Is It Dangerous Or Just Cool?
              • What Is The NC Caring Dental Professionals Program?

Newsletter Vol.17 Issue 3

• • • • • • • Avoiding Holiday Blues
            • Marijuana Isn’t Addictive…Right?
            • Worth A Read
            • In Memory of Dr. Pattishall
            • 2017 C.V. Winter Advocacy Award

Newsletter Vol.17 Issue 2

• • • • • • • Alcoholism and Women
            • Relapse’s First Cousin
            • NCCDP Was My Lifeline
            • Bill Claytor Receives Lifelong Learning and Service Award
            • Recovery Support on the Grand Cayman Island

Newsletter Vol.17 Issue 1

• • • • • • • • New State Law Requirement for Opioid Prescribing
              • Our Responsibility As Practitioners
              • Schedule of Courses and Locations
              • Opiate Addiction and the Family

Newsletter Vol.16 Issue 3

• • • • • • • • Handling Holidays in Recovery
              • NCCDP + Gratitude = Recovery
              • ASAM Applauds Release of Historic Surgeon General Report on Substance Use and Addiction
              • Welcome New Board Members
              • 2016 C.V. Winter Advocacy Award
              • Opioid Prescribing CEU Will Be Offered

Newsletter Vol.16 Issue 2

• • • • • • • • National Recovery Month
              • Recovery When Traveling
              • The Opioid Epidemic
              • CAGE Questions
              • United States Surgeon General

Newsletter Vol.16 Issue 1

• • • • • • • • Crisis
              • Humble Beginnings
              • Compliance vs. Surrender
              • Heroin Epidemic in the United States
              • Heroin Epidemic in North Carolina

Newsletter Vol.15 Issue 3

• • • • • • • • Appreciation: The Most Meaningful Gift of All
              • Welcome New Members to the NCCDP Board of Directors
              • Amazon Makes Donating to the NCCDP Easy….
              • Burnout
              • 2015 C.V. Winter Advocacy Award
              • NCCDP Book Recommendation

Newsletter Volume 15 Issue 2

• • • • • • • • • • Process Addictions
                  • Amazon Makes Donating to the NCCDP Easy….
                  • America’s Costly Epidemic:  From Prescription Painkillers to Heroin
                  • Are You Addicted to Your Cell Phone?

Volume 15, Issue 1

• • • • • • • • • • The Bedroom Project
                  • Dental Wellness Advisory Committee Update
                  • Preventing Relapse When Surgery is Needed
                  • Stress Management
                  • Aging Baby Boomers

Volume 14, Issue 3

• • • • • • • • • • Time for Gratitude
                  • Why Practice Gratitude?
                  • Remembering Jacob Thorpe
                  • The Value of a Life
                  • Introducing Susan Wilson
                  • “If” by Rudyard Kipling
                  • “A Message of Gratitude….from 2006”
                  • 2014 CV Winter Advocacy Award

 Volume 14, Issue 2

• • • • • • • • • • Looking at Addiction as a Disease
                  • Do You Have An Addiction?
                  • Message from the Volunteer Coordinator
                  • “Save This Newsletter….I Did!”
                  • Designer Drugs are Flooding the Market
                  • “Thank You, Dr. LeMaster”
                  • Historical Facts of AA

Volume 14, Issue 1

• • • • • • • • • • Teenage Drug Use, Abuse and Addiction
                  • What Can Parents Do?
                  • Parents in the Dark
                  • I Think My Teenager Has a Drug Problem….Now What?
                  • ….When You Have To…..
                  • National Drug IQ Challenge

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