Who is Dr.Chuck Smith
Dr. Chuck Smith works as an addictionologist in South Florida where he provides patient care including detox, residential, and outpatient management of addictive diseases. He is a graduate of Marshall University and the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Smith has completed an Addiction Medicine Fellowship at the University of Florida.
Dr. Chuck Smith understands on a personal level what his patients and and their families struggle with. In 2009 he lost the medical license and drivers license and was on food stamps.
He is grateful today to have been given the opportunity to find long term Recovery from alcohol and drugs.
Dr.Chuck Smith discloses his story of addiction and recovery openly in hopes if dispelling the Stigma associated with the disease of addiction.
Author of the Book: Understanding Addiction: Know Science, No Stigma.
This book a must-read for those suffering from the tragic effects of drugs and alcohol. In Understanding Addiction: Know Science, No Stigma, doctors Chuck Smith and Jason Hunt bring a unique and important perspective to the subject of addiction. Experts in the field. Smith and Hunt have personal, firsthand experience with the humiliation and shame that accompanies substance use disorder. But addiction, as they point out, is a disease, no less so than diabetes or heart disease, and it needs to be treated as such. If you, or a loved one, is struggling with addiction, you'll find help in Smith and Hunt's book. When one understands the science behind addiction, one can begin to move forward. Beyond the stigma lies hope. In this short but powerful book, Smith and Hunt discuss the science involved in substance use.
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