Better rehab services through addiction research
Fact: Addiction treatment success rates are often lower than 20% ! Addiction research shows that quarterly follow-ups may help us improve success by offering continuous support and recognizing problems...
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Does a slip or relapse mean disaster?
Breaking news: When alcoholics who have gone through treatment have a drink after a certain length of sobriety, most don’t go off the deep end. Slip scares and abstinence violation The old AA adage:...
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Rubber-band addiction recovery – No shame
There’s a specific issue that keeps coming up with nearly every addiction client I work with who is in early recovery. Regardless of whether they’re trying to stop unhealthy alcohol or drug use, sex or...
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Calling bullshit on addiction treatment bullies
About three years ago, I was attending a national conference on public health (American Public Health Association) and presenting my posters on the relationship between drug use and violence, and...
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Overcoming drug use cravings and obsessions
When I first got sober, everything I thought about had something to do with drugs. It wasn’t just that I always thought of getting high, but everything in my life was tied to drugs, especially crystal...
View ArticlePartying or addictive behavior?
There is a fine line between ‘partying’ and being ‘addicted’. No one ever starts out wanting to become addicted. Addiction is always an accidental unintended by-product of having what appears to be a...
View ArticleRelapse Prevention Exercises
Relapse prevention refers to a systematic process of educating recovering addicts about relapse warning signs and how best to manage them if they show up. Relapse often begins with a mistaken belief...
View ArticleReaching for goals past addiction
For an addict, the prospect of no longer using whatever substance or behavior gets them through each day is daunting. There’s a comfort in knowing your routine even if all it entails is dragging...
View ArticleHow to stop giving up on yourself
When I was 25 I found myself facing 18 years in prison for a string of felonies long enough to make an organized crime boss proud. I had found myself in trouble before but this time I made a decision...
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