In this episode of the OC Podcast Dr. Rob Tanguay (just Rob;) ) and I sit down and dig into the great divide between harm reduction and abstinence based recovery and building bridges, reaching the lost and my absolute personal favorite message-having HOPE.  We talk about truly optimizing recovery, all forms of recovery. We discuss the prejudice, shame and stigma associated with addiction and mental health- it's jam packed this episode! Rob's Bio:Dr. Tanguay is a Psychiatrist who completed two fellowships, one in Addiction Medicine and one in Pain Medicine. He is a clinical assistant professor with the departments of Psychiatry and Surgery at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary.   He is the Medical Lead for Alberta Opioid Dependency training program and Alberta Addiction Education Sessions for Alberta Health Services. Dr. Tanguay is the Regional Director for Alberta and North West Territories for the Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine (CSAM) and the President of the Pain Society of Alberta.  He is the founder of the Opioid Deprescribing Program with Alberta Health Services and the Transitional Outpatient Pain Program for Spine (TOPPS) clinic working with spinal surgeons to optimize spinal surgery outcomes. Dr. Tanguay is the incoming co-chair of the AHS Alberta Pain Strategy.   Dr. Tanguay is also the lead lecturer for Addiction for the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary. Academically, he is involved in research in addiction, chronic pain, opioids, and cannabis and is a member of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute and the Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research & Education at the University of Calgary.Links to Connect with Rob: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tanguay-253169140/?originalSubdomain=cahttps://www.albertahealthservices.ca/findhealth/service.aspx?id=1060378https://twitter.com/drrobbietee?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor