Safe and stable housing is critical to recovery from alcohol and drug use disorders. By providing housing and other support to individuals, recovery residences represent a vital component of a comprehensive and recovery-oriented system of ...
According to a recent report on drug use published by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), nearly 20 million adults in the United States have a substance use disorder (SUD). However, less ...
As we travel through life, many of us navigate a series of shifts concerning our beliefs in a higher power (or lack thereof), together with our sense of alignment with that power. I suspect this ...
How does Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) tackle the problem of memory and relapse, that mysterious inability to learn from experience? There are a number of ways, which I will discuss in this article. The Casual Relapse ...
Parents of individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs) must have a high tolerance for aberrant behavior. My two sons struggled for decades with addiction to heroin and are both now in long-term recovery. This is ...
Professionalism is as defined “the skill, good judgment, and polite behavior that is expected from a person who is trained to do a job well” (Merriam-Webster, 2020). This quality is not restricted to what we ...
In the changing substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and recovery landscape, it can be unclear to individuals and family members just how to navigate within our currently siloed systems. It seems that prevention, harm reduction, ...
In these precarious times it appears that the only constants are uncertainty and constant change.
Combat veterans get wounded, disabled, or suffer from PTSD, and/or substance use disorders (SUDs). Some struggle when they return to civilian life and need professional help for these or other conditions.
What does it mean to actually have “the power of choice”? George DuWors examines the loss of choice in Alcoholics Anonymous and relapse.
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