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Beyond the Jargon
What’s behind those fine-sounding terms on the website? Which provide useful information, and which are bells and whistles to enhance attractiveness?
Taking Action: Know the Enemy
The behaviors of alcoholics and addicts are so predictable because the disease follows a certain progression.
Do-It-Yourself Repairs
By focusing on the welfare of someone else, James had gotten the full benefit of the Ninth Step.
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Families Blogs
Tell Us What You Think, Part 1
We hope you’ll take a moment to help us out! It’s easy, and completely anonymous.
Resolution or Resolve?
What I like about resolve is that it has no sell-by date. Resolve focuses on progress, not perfection.
Recidivism Trap
As if he were proud of it — as if his list of treatment ‘failures’ represented a weird sort of achievement.
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Lifestyle Balance Model for Recovery
This is where ‘recovery work’ comes in, in the form of acquiring healthy strategies to successfully handle (i.e., without resorting to substance use) stressful situations and resulting emotions.
Predicting Success in Groups
We don’t need to ‘cure’ social anxiety, only to increase the individual’s level of control over his or her emotions…
Collegiate Recovery Program Study: Recovering Students Face Multiple Addictions
Close to 20% reported being in recovery from one or more behavioral addictions – especially disordered eating, sex and love addiction, and self harm…
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Clinician Blogs
Tell Us What You Think, Part 1
We hope you’ll take a moment to help us out! It’s easy, and completely anonymous.
Recidivism Trap
As if he were proud of it — as if his list of treatment ‘failures’ represented a weird sort of achievement.
Understanding Objections to 12 Step Groups
This is also an opportunity to work on an all-important issue in early recovery: personal boundaries.
Resources
Lifestyle Balance Model for Recovery
This is where ‘recovery work’ comes in, in the form of acquiring healthy strategies to successfully handle (i.e., without resorting to substance use) stressful situations and resulting emotions.
Ten Steps to a Strategic Plan
“I don’t know why we bother. Hardly any of the stuff we predict ever comes to pass.”
How Come Outcomes?
Yet because the information is compiled by an outside firm, the program can trumpet ‘independently verified’ outcomes.
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Programs Blogs
Tell Us What You Think, Part 1
We hope you’ll take a moment to help us out! It’s easy, and completely anonymous.
What Makes a Successful Treatment Program
Lose the community’s confidence in our ability to provide a safe, secure environment for their loved ones, and it’s over.
To Maintain or Not to Maintain?
You know what would help put an end to the debate? A protocol and procedures for a successful transition off maintenance for those patients who would prefer not to remain dependent.
Newest Resources
Lifestyle Balance Model for Recovery
This is where ‘recovery work’ comes in, in the form of acquiring healthy strategies to successfully handle (i.e., without resorting to substance use) stressful situations and resulting emotions.
Beyond the Jargon
What’s behind those fine-sounding terms on the website? Which provide useful information, and which are bells and whistles to enhance attractiveness?
Taking Action: Know the Enemy
The behaviors of alcoholics and addicts are so predictable because the disease follows a certain progression.
