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LiveSmart: Maintaining Your Sobriety During the Holiday Season

December 7, 2023 Robert Webster Jr.

If you are planning to attend a holiday gathering with family, friends, or colleagues from work, make a plan now to stay sober. Knowing in advance how you are going to manage thoughts of substance abuse is important to your success. […]

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WNYT: Getting Back to Traditional Care

May 20, 2021 Courtney Weisberg

WNYT interviewed Jason Kirby, DO, medical director of addition services for St. Peter’s Health Partners, for its special series on addiction during the COVID-19 pandemic.. […]

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WRGB: Head of Addiction Services at St. Peter’s Focused on Providing Help

December 27, 2019 Courtney Weisberg

WRGB/CBS6 interviewed Jason Kirby, DO, MBA, medical director of addiction services at St. Peter’s Health Partners, for the latest in its series of stories focusing on the opioid crisis in the Capital Region. […]

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LiveSmart: Alcohol Use and the Tolerance Connection – How Much is Too Much?

April 11, 2019 Robert Webster Jr.

April is Alcohol Awareness Month to increase awareness and understanding to those who struggle with alcoholism. It’s a good time to examine your own use and ask the question: How much is too much? […]

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LiveSmart: Addiction – Don’t Let the Holidays Derail Your Recovery Efforts

December 18, 2018 Robert Webster Jr.

The holiday season can be a difficult one for individuals recovering from an addiction or struggling with an active addiction. You don’t have to fight the battle alone; St. Peter’s Health Partners can help. […]

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Times Union: The Connection Between Addiction and Careers

August 10, 2017 Robert Webster Jr.

The Times Union spoke recently with several local experts about addiction in an article focusing on the announcement from Senate Republican Majority Leader John Flanagan that he was seeking help for alcohol dependency. […]

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LiveSmart: Think Smart at Post-Graduation Parties

June 7, 2017 Robert Webster Jr.

June in the Capital Region means high school graduation time, with weekends full of ceremony, laughter and even a few tears. For students and parents alike it is an emotional, memorable time. However, after-parties marred by alcohol and drug use can make the occasion memorable for the wrong reasons. […]

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LiveSmart: Graduation Safety – Think Smart at Post-Event Parties

June 22, 2016 Robert Webster Jr.

After-parties are often part of the graduation ritual, but exercise caution — they have the potential to be marred by alcohol and drug use, violence and other negative outcomes.
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