C. Scott McMillin | Recovery SI

Vaillant and the Long Term View of Relapse

He’s able to describe complex phenomena in terms that, with a little work at least, we can understand.

Posted by C. Scott McMillin | Aug 1, 2013 | Addiction | 0 |

The idea was that the drinker would admit his sins, beg forgiveness, accept punishment, and promise to abstain from that point on.

Sending somebody to meetings without some prep work is like making a referral for therapy without bothering to find a therapist.

Posted by C. Scott McMillin | Jul 25, 2013 | Addiction | 0 |

And there’s no reliable way to tell whether addictive personality traits represent a cause or a result of addiction.

Addiction has been described as a chronic problem that we’ve attempted to treat as an acute illness –a big reason for the revolving door of relapse.