CAPPI Conversations is a casual and unstructured conversation between a person with lived experiences with addiction and/or pain and a professional from UAB. The goal of CAPPI Conversations is to educate the public about the experiences of people with histories of pain and/or addiction and their struggles and successes with overcoming their medical condition. CAPPI Conversations seeks to break down stereotypes and stigma around the medical conditions of addiction and/or pain.

Recent CAPPI Conversations

• Listen to Michael explain how pain following a high school sports injury led to his struggle with heroin addiction and how he found the road to recovery.
• Brent discusses how addressing cravings and emotional vulnerabilities, de-stigmatizing addiction, and being involved with the recovery community was critical to his recovery from heroin addiction.