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Quitting vs. Thriving: Flipping the Script on Alcohol Reduction Education

Room: Paradise A

Speaker(s):

Fred Rottnek, MD

Presentation: Flipping the Script on Alcohol Reduction Education is an interactive session that reframes alcohol counseling around health gains rather than deprivation. Participants will explore concrete health benefits of cutting back, learn how even small reductions in drinking improve well-being, and practice asking patients about their own goals for change. The session will also highlight practical strategies and medications that clinicians can implement to support patients reduce alcohol use in a patient-centered, collaborative way.

Objectives:

  • Identify specific health benefits of reducing alcohol consumption
  • Discuss that any reduction in drinking provides health benefits
  • Ask individuals about their goals in changing their alcohol
  • Implement or support medications to reduce alcohol use

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Fred Rottnek, MD, MAHCM

Dr. Rottnek is a Professor and the Director of Community Medicine at Saint Louis University School of Medicine and the Program Director of the SSM Health Saint Louis University Addiction Medicine Fellowship.. His clinical practices include family medicine, addiction medicine, and correctional healthcare. He teaches in the School of Medicine and the School of Law. Board-Certified in Family Medicine and Addiction Medicine, he is the Medical Director for the Assisted Recovery Centers of American (ARCA) and Juvenile Detention in Family Court for the City of St. Louis. He consults with SAMHSA’s Opioid Response Network and the GAINS Center.

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Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable: Conversational Approaches to Changing Alcohol Behavior

Room: Paradise A

Speaker(s):

Fred Rottnek, MD

Presentation: Changing alcohol behaviors is not easy. These conversations can be uncomfortable, but they are where real progress begins. In Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable: Conversational Approaches to Changing Alcohol Behavior, an addiction medicine physician and a certified peer specialist will demonstrate practical, compassionate strategies for engaging individuals in meaningful discussions about alcohol use. Participants will explore evidence-based tools for supporting alcohol reduction, practice motivational interviewing and screening techniques, and learn how to collaborate across professional roles to promote healthy choices. The session will also highlight community and policy-level interventions that make lasting impact possible.

Objectives:

  • Review evidence-based and best-practice approaches to support alcohol reduction
  • Apply screening and motivational techniques effectively
  • Utilize the talents of professional team members in promoting healthy habits
  • Identify community and policy strategies that work

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