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Resources on Addiction, Treatment, and Recovery

What can you find in the Library?

We’d like the Library to be a one-stop shop for information and resources on addiction, treatment, and recovery. We’ll be building sections for different types of media, topic areas, and audiences, just like a real-world library.

You can view the complete feed of all RecoverySI articles, resources, videos and more here.

Check out our first “New Addition”–the Bookshelf!

In the News: A Truly Costly Epidemic

December 11, 2017 by C. Scott McMillin

In this most recent example, the funds aren’t there. No new money attached.

Topics: In the news, policy

Relapse is Not Failure

June 22, 2017 by Parker Horveath

I felt detached from life and the people around me. I felt like a failure, but I had no other choice but to get back on my feet and try again.

Topics: maintaining sobriety, relapse

Crime- the Lifestyle

March 9, 2017 by C. Scott McMillin

That’s why drug treatment may reduce crime, but doesn’t always eliminate it.

Topics: antisocial, consequences, outcomes

Mandated vs. Voluntary Treatment

March 2, 2017 by C. Scott McMillin

I suspect that the methodology for measuring success was far too narrow. Focused entirely on crime, they missed a host of other gains from participation in treatment.

Topics: criminal courts, outcomes, research

My Life in Recovery

February 23, 2017 by Catherine Dold

They soon realize they need to learn how to stay sober, while also repairing relationships, restoring health, and picking up the pieces of a career.

Topics: book plug, tools for recovery

Don’t Forget Denial

February 20, 2017 by C. Scott McMillin

It seems to me that it’s entirely possible for one person to be lying, ambivalent, and in denial at the same time.

Topics: Clinician Skills, defense mechanisms

“S/he Did it AGAIN?” Repeat DUI Offenders

February 2, 2017 by C. Scott McMillin

A criminal defense attorney complained to me that his clients didn’t begin to take things seriously until the second or even third offense.

Topics: consequences, DUI/DWI, program development

Perception or Deception?

January 12, 2017 by C. Scott McMillin

The addicted brain is unable to accurately evaluate the situation.

Topics: communication, opioids, signs and symptoms

The View Depends on Where You Stand

December 26, 2016 by C. Scott McMillin

This isn’t a problem a physician can deal with comfortably in the context of a 12-15 minute office visit.

Topics: opioids, prescription medications, research, signs and symptoms

To Mom, With Love- Your Addict Son

December 15, 2016 by Andy M

It was as if he were speaking my story- different people, same ending.

Topics: consequences, family, recovery memoir, treatment