VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Larry Brooks, a peer recovery “specialist” at SMA Healthcare in Volusia County, is often the first person and the best person to speak with addicts who are lucky enough to make it to the hospital after they overdose on opioids.
What makes him a specialist? “Someone who’s been where they’ve been,” Brooks said. “I’m a person in recovery myself and identify myself as that when I’m talking to the patients.” [TRENDING: Video shows officer slamming student | Man shoots at ex-girlfriend’s current boyfriend 94 times | These men are paying $55M to go to space station] Brooks spends half of his days stationed inside the emergency department at Halifax Health in Daytona Beach, on call and ready to counsel patients who’ve