I'm sorry, that's really frustrating. I used to work at programs like that and the volume is way too high for people to get adequate treatment a lot of the time.

Health Brigade has a needle exchange program. I know you're clean and have medicaid but they may be able to point you in the direction of other resources the general community doesn't know about.

Congrats on your clean time! I'm honestly not sure that you'd qualify for inpatient at this point. There's a manual that all the facilities use to make decisions on level of care. Have you looked into intensive outpatient programs? They're 9-19 hours a week so there would still be structure. Partial hospitalization programs are typically 20 hrs a week. RBHA should have at least linked you to case management or peer recovery support so they could help you with this process.

Fourth. They can have all my money for what a difference it made in thr hellian I adopted.

You do you, bro. Your examples are black and white and don't allow for any gray or nuance. No one is saying a white provider can't help a person of color. No one is saying rape survivors should only see rape survivors. I'm saying I have a preference and asking for recommendations. If you don't have any, cool, move along. I don't actually have to justify it to you bc you're not my provider. I had a provider recommend a major surgery when all I actually needed was an outpatient procedure. I had a patient who was diagnosed with schizophrenia bc she feels presences and can see her deceased family members. Does she have schizophrenia? No. So we've all had our share of hearing or knowing bad experiences. So I'm going to make my decisions based off scientific research and personal experience and you can do whatever you see fit with yours. Good day to you, sir.

That's not what I said and implicit bias means it's potentially automatic and unintentional. Working in healthcare, having had medical training, I'd hope that at some point you'd have been exposed to this information. It's well researched and documented and it's not an attack on white people.

They do all treat POCs but there are lots of examples and research that backs up that implicit bias affects medical care. I'm looking for people who may just be more aware due to their own experiences both personally and professionally. And bc I want to support bipoc businesses and providers. And bc when you're in the same in-group - be it race, hometown, favorite band - there are just some things you don't have to find the right words to explain or justify.