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Posts
- A one-year trial of naltrexone vs disulfiram in alcohol treatment
- AA’s Dominance in the US is Harmful
- Addiction and Youth
- Addiction as a Disease: Understanding the Disadvantages
- Addiction as Mismanaged Desire
- Addiction Impaired Professionals
- Addiction Treatment and Prevention in Middle School
- Adolescent Alcohol Use: The Effects on Our Youth’s Brains
- Alcohol Advertising Targets Youth
- Alcohol and Cancer: Treatment May Lower Risk
- Alcohol and Carcinogenesis
- Alcohol and Heart Disease: Rehab May Lower Risk
- Alcohol commercials on television affect drinking behavior and alcohol recovery
- Alcohol Recovery and Domestic Violence
- Alcohol rehab may decrease risk of diabetes, hypertension and heart problems
- Alcohol rehab may decrease risk of head injury
- Alcohol rehab may improve gastrointestinal problems
- Alcohol Treatment Advice from Providers in the US and UK
- Alcohol treatment and comorbid social anxiety disorder treatment
- Alcohol treatment for at-risk elderly adults
- Alcohol treatment for individuals with comorbid phobic disorders
- Alcohol treatment for rural female DUI offenders
- Alcohol treatment intervention for home detoxification programs
- Alcohol Use by Kids and the Link to Parenting Style
- Alcohol-Related Media and Adolescent Alcohol Use
- Antisocial Personality Disorder in Drug Treatment for Cannabis & Cocaine
- Are Non-12-Step Recovery Approaches Effective?
- Aripiprazole (Abilify) in Alcohol Treatment & Recovery
- Autobiographical memory problems in alcohol rehab
- Balancing Individual and Community Needs in Addiction
- Binge Drinking and Social Problems
- Biopsychosocial Model of Recovery Groups
- Bladder dysfunction in alcohol rehab
- Can brief alcohol treatment provide long-lasting results for at-risk drinkers?
- Can Drinking and Drugging Improve My Social Life?
- Can You Trust Your Own Judgment in Addiction Recovery?
- Cannabis Use May Reinstate Alcohol-Seeking Behavior in Recovery
- Celebrity DUIs – A Missed Opportunity?
- Choices in Addiction Treatment and Recovery
- Cognitive impairment after multiple alcohol rehab detoxifications
- Considering motives for marijuana use in drug rehab
- Considering Parental History of Alcohol Use and Anxiety as Risk Factors
- Coping with Craving
- Coping with Stress in Addiction Recovery
- Could an ‘Intervention’ Have Helped Michael Jackson?
- Court Ordered 12-Step Attendance is Illegal
- CRAFT: An Alternative to Addiction “Intervention”
- Criteria for alcohol dependence diagnosis in alcohol rehab
- Debunking the Myth about AA
- Depression and Obesity Among Young Women in Alcohol Recovery
- Detoxification From Addictive Substances
- Do Sober Living Houses Help in Addiction Recovery?
- Do Women Need Specialized Alcohol or Addiction Treatment?
- Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Moderate Drinking
- Does watching MTV increase likelihood of alcohol treatment for adolescents?
- Drug rehab for mothers: drugs are transferred to breast milk
- Drug Rehab May Soon Include Pharmacogenetics
- Drug Treatment & Drug Rehab for Individuals with Disabilities
- DWI, Depression & Motivation to Achieve Alcohol Recovery
- EEG Maps of Alcohol-Dependent Individuals
- Ending Recoveryism
- Ethnicity and Adolescent Alcohol Use
- Examining the Role of AA Sponsors in Alcohol Recovery
- Expectations of alcohol treatment among alcohol dependent individuals
- Exploring Personality Disorders And Alcohol Use
- External Rewards Promote Initial, Not Longer Term Drug Recovery
- Facing childhood trauma in alcohol rehab
- Family and Addiction: Two Attitudes That Promote Recovery
- From Adolescent Drug Experimentation to Addiction
- Guiding Principles of Recovery
- Health Realization Compared to 12-Step Programs in Drug Rehab
- Helping Your Troubled Teen Without Making Things Worse
- Herbal Remedies and Acupuncture for Addiction Recovery
- Heroin Addiction Treatment in Prison
- High-dose baclofen for alcohol treatment
- Hospital-based and health-based interventions for alcohol treatment
- How Do I Choose: Individual or Group Sessions for Addiction Treatment?
- How does one develop a willingness to change in alcohol treatment?
- How Personality Disorders Might Affect Drug Rehab & Addiction Recovery
- How to Cope with Painful Feelings
- Impact of marijuana use on alcohol treatment for young adults?
- In AA Social Support is More Important Than a Higher Power
- Increasing Treatment Readiness for Drug Treatment
- Internet self-assessments as alcohol treatment
- Introducing Collaborative Addiction Care to the Client
- Introduction to Collaborative Addiction Treatment
- Is Collaborative Addiction Treatment Effective?
- Kudzu vine extract for alcohol treatment
- Leading Edge Psychotherapy: The Psychotherapy Team
- Let The Buyer Beware About Addiction Treatment
- Let’s Stop Insisting Addiction is a Disease
- Levels of Care in Addiction Treatment
- Link Between Gambling Addiction and the Brain’s Reward Systems
- Link Between Peer Delinquency and Juvenile Drinking Behavior
- Link Between Sweet Tooth and Alcohol Treatment
- Liver Disease is Caused by Binge Drinking OR Daily Drinking: Alcohol Recovery Requires both Low Consumption & Non-Drinking Days
- Melancholia and Stimulant Drug Recovery
- Mental Health Among Drug Court Participants in Drug Treatment
- Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction in Drug Rehab
- Modafinil with CBT May Improve Drug Rehab for Gay Men with HIV
- Motivational interviewing in alcohol treatment for underage college drinkers
- Naltrexone and acamprosate combination in alcohol treatment
- Observation Anxiety Influences Alcohol Recovery
- Olfactory Impairments in Alcohol Dependence and Alcohol Recovery
- Parenting 101: 28 Tips for Being a Better Parent
- Peers and Adolescent Drinking Behavior
- Peers Impact Drinking Behavior
- Pharmacotherapies for Alcohol Treatment: A Comparative Trial of Disulfiram, Naltrexone, and Acamprosate
- Predictors of drug addiction among individuals in alcohol rehab
- Predictors of response to naltrexone in alcohol rehab
- Pregnancy and Motivation for Drug Treatment
- Preventing Relapse to Addictive Behavior: The Role of Lifestyle Balance
- Quality Time vs. Quantity Time
- Relationship Between Negative Affect and Addiction
- Residential Addiction Treatment: Possibly Helpful, Probably Not Essential
- Resolving The Core of Drug Abuse
- Self-Empowering Recovery Groups for Support
- Self-empowering vs. Powerless Recovery
- Smoking May Interfere With Alcohol Recovery
- Social Learning and Alcohol Treatment Questionnaires
- Substance Abuse Evaluations in Child Custody Cases
- Subtypes of adolescent sedative and anxiolytic misusers in drug treatment
- Teach Teens About Alcohol Before it Kills Them
- The Effect of MDMA (Ecstasy) on Cognitive Performance in Drug Recovery
- The impact of craving on relapse during and after outpatient alcohol treatment
- The Relationship Between Addiction and Habit
- The Relationship Between Self-Regulation and Alcohol Use
- The Roots of Drug Abuse
- Treating Psychiatric and Addiction Comorbidity with a Cognitive-behavioral (non-12-step) Approach
- Understanding Synaptic Plasticity in Addiction Treatment
- Use of Alcohol for Pain Management
- What are The Advantages of Group Sessions for Addiction Recovery?
- What is Contingency Management in Drug Treatment?
- What is Denial?
- What Is the Best Alcohol Treatment?
- Why Do College Students Drink So Much? Why Does Anyone?
- Why Do Some Avoid 12-Step Groups During Addiction Recovery?
- Will an Anti-cocaine Vaccine Improve Drug Treatment?
- Will Insurance Cover Addiction if it’s Not a Disease?
PR Blog
- Why Choose a Non 12-Step Recovery Approach?
- “Recovery” vs. “Recovered”
- “You Need Help”
- “Low Barrier” Treatment Options
- #Dryuary
- #WhyIStayed: ‘Leaving Was a Process, Not an Event’
- 12 Helpful Parenting Tips
- 12 Myths of Drug and Alcohol Addiction
- 14 Addiction and Recovery Movies to Add to Your Queue Right Now!
- 14 Common Misperceptions About Non 12 Step Rehab
- 17 Suicide Warning Signs and What to Do About Them
- 2020 Cochrane Study Says AA is More Effective than CBT
- 3 Facts About Urges You Really Need to Know
- 3 Tips to Help You Through the Holidays
- 3 Trusty Tips for Finding New Friends
- 3 Useful Tips for Getting and Staying Motivated
- 4 Easy Tips for an Awesome Summer in Recovery
- 4 Tips for a Fun and Alcohol-free Memorial Day Weekend!
- 5 Common Myths About Treatment
- 5 Effective Tips for Problem Solving
- 5 Factors to Consider Before Staging an Addiction Intervention
- 5 Ideas for an Awesome Sober Halloween
- 5 Things You Should Tell Your Kids About Marijuana
- 5 Tips for Getting Used to Normal Life
- 5 Ways of Coping with Isolation
- 5 Ways to Have an Awesome NYE (Without Alcohol)
- 6 Exit Strategies for Uncomfortable Holiday Situations
- 7 Books About Addiction and Recovery You Need to Read!
- 7 Ways Unhealthy Relationships and Substance Abuse are Related
- 8 Tips for Better Sleep
- 9 Reasons Not to Drink or Use During the Holiday Season
- A 25-Year Retrospective Review:
- A Better Way to Promote Recovery
- A Closer Look at the Rat Park Experiment, Part 1
- A Closer Look at the Rat Park Experiment, Part 2
- A Closer Look at the Rat Park Experiment, Part 3
- A Collaborative Approach to Addiction Treatment
- A Courageous Statement from Dr. Volkow
- A Good Night’s Sleep
- A Guide to Finding Outside Assistance for Addictive Problems
- A Look at Irrational Beliefs
- A Mirror for The Language of Addiction
- A Move to Collaborative Addiction Care
- A Podcast about SMART Recovery
- A Realistic (and Practical!) Approach to Addiction Treatment and Recovery
- A Recipe for Success in Addiction Recovery
- A Review of “Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience”
- A Review: The Business of Recovery
- A Shout Out to New Horizons in Hawaii
- AA, SMART, LifeRing and WFS Found Comparably Effective
- AA: Who it Helps, Who it Harms, Who it Kills, & Why (Preface)
- Acupuncture and Addiction
- Adderall and Ritalin: The Rise of Study Drugs
- Addicted in Film: Movies We Love About the Habits We Hate (A Review)
- Addiction & The New Decade
- Addiction and Recovery: An Evolutionary Perspective
- Addiction and Relationships
- Addiction and Society: Snowflakes and a Culture of Outrage
- Addiction as a Brain Disease? Cherry-Picking the Surgeon General’s Report
- Addiction in Family and Social Systems
- Addiction is a Habit Not a Disease
- Addiction is a Natural Response to an Unnatural World
- Addiction is Learning, Not Disease
- Addiction Prevention is About the Same as Recovery
- Addiction recovery is a broader perspective than addiction treatment
- Addiction Treatment Can be Harmful
- Addiction Treatment is Sick, Not the People Treated
- Addiction Treatment Under the Gaslight
- Addiction Treatment: Motivational Enhancement Therapy
- Addiction Treatment: Why Individual Sessions are Important
- Addiction: Where Science Meets Fiction
- Addictive Behavior Unites Us
- Advanced Strategies for Coping with Urges
- Alcohol and GABA: Why You Stagger, Slur, and Forget Things When Drunk
- Alcohol and Sexual Performance: Too Much May Mean Not Enough
- America Celebrates the Drug War’s 50th Anniversary
- American Healthcare and Addiction Treatment
- Analysis Paralysis
- Anecdotal Account of MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy
- Anonymous People Screening
- APA Encourages Harm-Reduction & Telehealth During Pandemic
- Are You Addicted to Gambling?
- Are You Addicted to Social Media?
- Arthur’s Non 12 Step Journey
- Asserting Myself
- At the Interface of Clinical Services and Information Technology
- Atheist Barry Hazle Sues and Wins Over Mandatory 12-Step Treatment
- Avoidance is Addiction’s Best Friend
- Avoiding Rock Bottom is Good
- Baby Boomers and the Rise of Drug Use Among Older Adults
- Balance Points vs. Expanding Polarities
- Be Kind to Humankind
- Being Grateful for the Little Things
- Believing Addiction is a Disease May Be Bad for Your Recovery
- Benefits of Yoga
- Beware of Online Drug and Alcohol Assessments
- Book Review: Too Much of a Good Thing…
- Brain Surgery for Addiction
- Braves’ Tommy Hanson: Suspected Overdose
- Building Trust in Recovery
- Can a Single Episode of Extreme Binge Drinking Change the Brain?
- Can Cannabis Cure Cancer?
- Canada Legalizes Cannabis
- Cannabis and THC: Neurotoxic or Neuroprotective?
- Cannabis-Induced Psychosis is No Reason to Keep Pot Illegal
- CBD Helps Heroin Cravings
- CET: An Empowering Approach to Treatment
- Changing Addictive Behavior in a Culture of Convenience
- Changing Addictive Behavior: The Perils and Promise of Perfectionism
- Changing Habits: Learning to Cope with the Urges
- Changing Habits: Learning to Cope with the Urges
- Choriatiki Salad Recipe
- Client Relations at Its Finest
- Combat Your Worries
- Confidentiality and Addiction Treatment
- Conflict Resolution
- Coping in Times of Tragedy
- Coping with Boredom
- Coping With Craving: The Timer Technique
- Coping With Disaster
- Coping with Grief
- Coping with Regret
- Coping With Worry
- Couples Therapy as Treatment for Alcohol Dependent Women
- COVID Crisis Highlights Value of Long-Term Rewards
- CRAFT Training with Bob Meyers, Ph.D.
- Craving Happens, But You Choose Your Response
- Craving Is Not Dangerous
- Cultivating Gratitude for Thanksgiving 2020
- Cultivating Happiness
- Dating In Recovery: 4 Questions to Ask Yourself
- Dealing With Difficult People
- Decoding the Language of Depression & Anxiety in Social Media
- Defects of Character: A Defective Way of “Helping”
- Defend Your Recovery and Mental Health During Seasonal Changes
- Defining Recovery, pt 2
- Denver Decriminalizes Magic Mushrooms
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): A Brief Overview
- Dialectical Dilemmas
- Differences between AA and SMART Recovery
- Dirty Talk in Addiction
- Disputing Irrational Beliefs & The Power of the Question
- DIY Moderate Drinking
- Does AA do More Harm than Good?
- Does Alcohol Kill Brain Cells? Part One
- Does Alcohol Kill Brain Cells? Part Three
- Does Alcohol Kill Brain Cells? Part Two
- Don’t Toss Away the Serenity Prayer
- Dr. Chaudhri Takes You Behind the Scenes at PRI
- Dr. Dealer: America’s Prescription Drug Epidemic
- Drinking More During Fall and Winter Months
- Drug & Alcohol Cravings: 10 Useful Methods to Cope
- Drug Overdoses on the Rise Amidst Coronavirus Pandemic
- Drug Rehab for Young Adults: High Time for a New Paradigm
- Drug Use Rarely Leads to Addiction
- Drugs Are Good???
- Drugs Are Medicine
- Drugs Do Not Hijack The Brain
- Drugs Don’t Cause Addiction
- Drunk Driver Streams Live Video of Herself Driving Drunk on Periscope
- DUI$ for Dollar$, pt. II – The Cannabis Complications
- DUI$ for Dollar$: Washington’s E-DUI Law
- Emotionally Focused Therapy
- Ending Drug Prohibition Could Unite Left & Right
- Ending Stigma
- Ethics and Boundaries in Addiction Treatment
- Family Communication: Be PIUS This Holiday Season
- FBI Raids of Florida and So. California Rehabs
- Fentanyl Overdose and the Opioid Epidemic
- Finding Personal Space During Shelter-in-Place
- Fortune Favors Adaptation Over Control, in Life & Addiction
- Four Tips for Getting Sober During Coronavirus Pandemic
- From AA to AfA: What Works?
- From the Kitchen, with Love
- Gaining Strength from Our Successes
- Gambling: Fun & Games or Dangerous Addiction?
- Gauging Success in Recovery
- Get Out of Your Head
- Getting a Fresh Start in the New Year
- God’s Place: Is A Higher Power in Recovery Necessary?
- Gradualism: A New Term For Harm Reduction?
- Harm Reduction Tips from the Experts
- HBO’s Euphoria TV Show Goes 0/2 on Addiction
- HBO’s Euphoria TV Show Misses Mark on Addiction
- High Sobriety: An Interview with Joe Schrank
- Higher Satisfactions
- Highlights from The Surgeon General’s Report
- Holiday Tips: Seven Secrets for Successful Holidays
- Hollywood Scandals Remind Us of Addiction’s Roots
- Home from College: Drugs, Alcohol and Parenting the Adult Child
- How “Triggers” Steal Your Freedom in Recovery
- How Absorbing Activities Can Help Addictive Problems
- How Alcohol Treatment Became Divorced from Alcohol Science: The Rise of the Minnesota Model
- How S.M.A.R.T. Are Your Goals?
- How Should We Spend Any Opiate Settlement Funds?
- How Society Should View Addiction
- How Stress Makes You Sick… And What You Can Do About It
- How the Mind Works
- How to Be Unpopular in the Addiction Treatment Industry
- How to Cope When You Feel Like Giving Up
- How to Forgive
- How to Help a Loved One Who Drinks Too Much
- How to Improve Your Self-Esteem: 6 Empowering Tips
- How to Pick a Good Therapist
- How to Provide Basic Addiction Treatment
- How to Quit Drinking Through Self-Guided Change
- How to Quit Drinking: 5 Tangible Steps
- I Can’t Help It, I Was Triggered: How the Language of Powerlessness Can Inhibit Recovery from Addiction
- Ibogaine Treatment for Addiction: What To Expect
- Identifying and Answering Big Life Questions
- If We Have Our Own Why
- Improving Our Language About Addictive Problems, Part 2
- Improving Our Language About Addictive Problems, Pt. I
- In Memoriam of David H. Jacobs, Ph.D.
- Independence Day
- Infantilizing Addiction
- Inside Rehab Paperback Edition
- Instant Gratification: This Thanksgiving Don’t Have the P.I.G.
- Internal vs. External Mood Regulation
- International Bipolar Foundation Event
- Internet Addiction in an Attention Economy
- Introducing AiME to the Team!
- Is “Vitamin No” the Best Self-Care Supplement?
- Is AA Harmful?
- Is Addiction a Disease?
- Is Alcohol a Depressant? The Biphasic Effects of Alcohol
- Is Binge Drinking a Problem for You?
- Is Pro Football More Dangerous Than Substance Use?
- Is Someone You Care About Getting Drunk?
- Is Sugar Addictive?
- Is Walmart to Blame For The Opioid Epidemic?
- Is Your College Student Drinking or Using Drugs?
- Jails, Institutions, and Death, pt. II
- Jails, Institutions, and Death: Did 12-Step Programs Get it Wrong?
- JCAHO Certification Press Release
- Jessica Yaffa Responds to Ray Rice’s Abusive Behavior
- Johns Hopkins Opens Psychedelic Research Center
- Journey Drummer Deen Castronovo
- Karla Mendez Brada
- Ketamine Reduces Harmful Drinking, New Study Shows
- Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy for Addiction
- Labels in Addiction and Recovery
- Lamar Odom Overdose
- Lasagna Bolognese with Kale and Spinach
- Last Call Blog: Recovery Blogger Interview
- Laughter and Addiction Therapy
- Life and Values: Thinking Back After Thinking Ahead
- Linda Lewis: “I Swore it Would Not Happen to Me.”
- Listening at Thanksgiving (or any time)
- Looking for some inspiration?
- Making Amends
- Managing External Boundaries
- Managing Interpersonal Boundaries, pt. I
- Managing Interpersonal Boundaries, pt. II
- Mark Goodson: An Interview with a Recovery Blogger
- MAT for Meth: Overlooking Meth in the Opioid Epidemic
- MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy Reduces Alcohol Relapse, New Study Shows
- Men and the Stigma of Addiction
- Mental Health Diagnosis: History, Validity and Implications
- Mindful Breathing for Reduced Stress
- Mindfulness: The power of being in the moment
- Mocktail Recipes for Summer Parties
- Moderation: Recovery’s Best Kept Secret
- Most Effective Ways to Prevent Teenage Substance Abuse
- Motivational Interviewing and Harm Reduction
- Mouthwatering Pesto Salmon
- Mushroom Therapy for Addiction Treatment
- Mushroom Therapy Sublingual Strips: A Trip on a Strip
- Naloxone Guide: Everything You Need to Know
- National Report says MAT is Frontline Defense in Opioid Epidemic
- Netflix Miniseries Mentions Rational Recovery
- New Review of SDG&C is Reminder of its Greatness
- New Year’s Resolutions
- New Year’s Resolutions & The Abstinence Violation Effect
- New Year’s Resolutions – The Successful Way
- NFL Painkiller Sweep
- NIAAA’s Core Resource on Alcohol
- Nixon, Reagan, and the War on Drugs
- NJ Hospital Reducing Use of Opioids to Treat Pain
- On being a SEN Master, Part 1
- On Being a SEN Master, Part 2
- On Robin Williams, Addiction and Suicide
- Opiate-Related Celebrity Deaths
- Oregon Decriminalizes Drugs & Legalizes Psilocybin Treatment
- Oregon Sets Stage to Legalize Mushroom Therapy for Addiction Treatment
- Outpatient Addiction Treatment for Executives
- Over Stimulation: The Cultural Doublethink of Amphetamines
- Overcoming the Stigma of Addiction
- Overdose Inaction
- Parental Addiction to Technology
- Parents Drinking More When Kids Go Back to School
- Party-Time: Enjoying the Holiday Party Season… Sober
- Persistence in Life and Recovery
- Person-First Language in Addiction Treatment is Long Overdue
- Practical Recovery Announces the Opening of The Restoration Inn
- Practical Recovery to Celebrate 40th Anniversary January, 2025
- Practical Recovery: Celebrating a 30-Year Journey
- Practicing Psychological Skills: What is Effective Practice?
- Preaddiction – A Helpful Term?
- Prescription Drug Take-Back Day in California
- Preventing Addiction in Teens
- Preventing Relapse: The Role of Lifestyle Balance
- Prince and the Opioid Epidemic
- Principles for Improving US Addiction Treatment
- Procrastination: Avoid Additional Stress by Getting Things Done Now
- Progressive Muscle Relaxation
- Psychedelic Diaries – Interview with Dr. Horvath
- Psychiatric pharmacogenetics for drug and alcohol treatment
- Pulse on the Pandemic: Addiction & Treatment
- Questioning Dr. Peele
- Questioning the ‘Substance Abuse’ Label
- Radical Acceptance
- Radical Acceptance in Addiction, Recovery, and Parenting
- Rat Park Revisited
- Real Recovery vs. Ideal Recovery
- Rebound Relationships in Recovery
- Rebuilding Your Life After Addiction, Pt. 2
- Rebuilding Your Life in Recovery: Part 1
- Recognizing and Changing Self-Defeating Behavior
- Recognizing Your “Using and…” Connections
- Recovering from Recovery: An Interview with a Recovery Blogger
- Recovery and The Slow Death of Prohibition
- Recovery from Addiction: Confronting Complacency
- Recovery from Addiction: Forgiving Yourself
- Recovery from Addiction: Self-Control
- Recovery Organizations You Might Not Even Know About
- Recovery Q&A With Jean from Unpickled Blog
- Recovery Stories: Dave’s Non 12 Step Journey
- Recovery-a-la-Frank Sinatra: I Did It My Way
- Recovery: Separating Using from the Stuff of Life
- Remembering Your Successes
- Research Chemicals May Accelerate Psychedelic Treatment
- Responsibility Lies Within the Hands of Us All
- Rethinking Responsibility in Recovery
- Rethinking Treatment Goals, “Successful” Outcomes and Reduced Alcohol Use
- Robin Williams’ Death, Celebrity Depression and Addiction
- Sage Money Podcast – Interview with Dr. Horvath
- SAMHSA Stance on Fentanyl Strips Merits Discussion
- Scientists Say James Bond is a Drunk… They’re Wrong.
- SDSU Greek Outreach: Sex, Alcohol, Fun, Abuse
- Seeking Out and Managing Discomfort
- Self-Care in Recovery: H.A.L.T. at the Crossroads
- Self-Confidence vs. Self-Esteem
- Self-Defeating Thoughts: The Weight of the Word
- Setting Boundaries During the Holidays
- Should You Drug Test Your Teen?
- Simple Truths Still Not Accepted About Addiction: People Who Use Drugs Are Not Bad People
- Sleep, Exercise and Nutrition
- SMART Recovery at 30
- SMART Recovery Celebrates 25th Anniversary
- SMART Recovery vs. AA
- SMART Recovery’s First Systematic Scientific Review
- SMART Recovery® at 25: An Overview
- Sober Holiday Activities in San Diego
- Sober Julie…An Interview with a Recovery Influencer
- Sober Senorita: Interview with a Recovery Blogger
- Sober Things to Do in San Diego
- SobrieTea Party: An Interview with a Recovery Blogger
- Social Constructionism and the Roots of Addiction
- Social Fitness
- Social Media as a Recovery Tool
- Sources of Pleasure
- Sparks of Hope for the Holidays
- Stand By Family No Matter What
- Stanton Peele Book Review by Dr. Tom Horvath
- Stanton Peele interviews Tom Horvath
- State of the Addiction Treatment Field: Where We Are and Where We Need to Go
- State-of-the-Art Technology (from the 70’s!)
- Staying Friends with Using Buddies
- Staying Positive After a Slip
- Staying Safe: Sexual Violence, Substance Misuse & The Restoration Inn
- Staying Sober During the Summer Holidays
- Staying Sober in a “Let’s Grab Drinks” Culture
- Staying Sober on Labor Day
- Substance Abuse and Your Spouse
- Substance Use Evaluations in Family Court
- Suicide and Addiction
- Suicide and Addiction: The Quiet U.S. Epidemic
- Summer Vacations: Dealing with Triggers to Drink or Use
- Tackling Boredom
- Technology Addiction: ‘Likes’ Are the New ‘It’ Drug
- Technology Addiction: Put Down the Device & Get Into Life
- Teen Boot Camps: America’s Legacy of Torturing Children
- The Abstinence Violation Approach
- The After Party: Building a New Life in Recovery, Part I
- The After Party: Building a New Life in Recovery, Part II
- The After Party: Building a New Life in Recovery, Part III
- The Alcenas Hospital and Lakeside Milam
- The Antidote to Depression
- The Beauty of Basic
- The Benefits of Forgiveness
- The Best College Recovery Programs for Students in Every State
- The Best Cures for Addiction are Desire and Purpose
- The Biggest Lies in Recovery, pt. 1
- The Biggest Lies in Recovery, pt. II: Recovery Failure
- The Biggest Lies in Recovery, pt. III: All Addicts Are the Same
- The Biggest Lies in Recovery, pt. IV: Shaming Inspires Change
- The Biggest Lies in Recovery, Pt. V: Labeling
- The Biggest Lies in Recovery, Pt. VI: Addiction as a Disease
- The Cost of Rehab: Why Is Rehab So Expensive?
- The Courage of the Harm Reduction Therapist
- The Differences Between Moderate Drinking Programs and Harm Reduction Programs, pt 2
- The Differences Between Moderate Drinking Programs and Harm Reduction Programs, Pt. 1
- The Fatigue Principle
- The Future of Addiction Treatment
- The Genetics of Alcohol Withdrawal
- The Goal of Addiction Treatment Completely Misses the Mark
- The Holiday Season Begins
- The Homemade High: A Guide for Parents
- The Individualized Intensive Outpatient Program
- The Keys to Self-Regulation
- The Language of Using Again
- The Languages of Love
- The National Recovery Study
- The New SEATA Site
- The Non-Science of the Wegscheider-Cruse Family Roles Theory
- The Opiate Epidemic: Solving the Crisis
- The Recovery Maintenance Plan: Much Bigger Than Relapse Prevention
- The Science Behind “The Restoration Inn”
- The Self-Empowering Approach
- The Sober Truth
- The Stigma of Addiction and the Inadvertent Contribution of the Recovery Community
- The Streets Are No Place for Addicts
- The Tipsy Mom: Coping Our Way Through Motherhood
- The Urgency of Drug Policy Reform
- The Varieties of SMART Recovery Experience
- The War on Drugs: History and Implications
- The Worst Advice We’ve Ever Heard About Quitting Drinking
- The Year of the Dog – Movie Review
- Then and Now: Integrating Two Pieces of a Dichotomous Self
- There is No Such Thing as an Addictive Personality
- Think the Drink (or Drug) Through
- THIQs Revisited
- This Naked Mind: Interview with Annie Grace
- To Moderate or to Abstain? That is the Question!
- Tolerating Discomfort
- Tom Petty’s Death Highlights Addiction Stigma
- Toward Better Theories of Addiction and Recovery
- Transforming the US Addiction Treatment Workforce, Part 1
- Transforming the US Addiction Treatment Workforce, Part 2
- Understanding Addiction: An Interview w/ Dr. Marc Lewis
- Understanding Shame
- Understanding the SMART Recovery USA Position on Goals
- Undoing Drugs – a Review by Tom Horvath, Ph.D.
- Unhealthy Relationships Cause Unhealthy Bodies
- Using Marijuana to Treat Addiction
- Valley of the RUN 5k/10k
- Vaping: The Latest Moral Panic
- Video Game Addiction
- Watching Porn is a Bad Adaptation to Marital Dissatisfaction
- We Are Disturbed Not By Events
- We Can Get Addicted to Anything
- We Can’t Feel Safe All The Time
- What Experts Are Saying About Outpatient Rehab
- What if the insurance companies are right?
- What is “Recovery?”
- What is Considered Binge Drinking? (Hint: It’s Not Just a College Fad)
- What Is Recovery, Really?
- What Will Drug Rehab Be Like in 100 Years?
- When Substance Abuse Affects the Family
- WHO Report on Global Suicide
- Why Choose a Non 12-Step Recovery Approach?
- Why Do People Use Drugs? The Relationship Between Emotions and Addiction, pt. 1
- Why Do People Use Drugs? The Relationship Between Emotions and Addiction, pt. 2: Anger
- Why Do People Use Drugs? The Relationship Between Emotions and Addiction, pt. 3: Sadness
- Why Do People Use Drugs? The Relationship Between Emotions and Addiction, pt. 4: Disgust
- Why Do People Use Drugs? The Relationship Between Emotions and Addiction, pt. 5: Fear
- Why Do People Use Drugs? The Relationship Between Emotions and Addiction, pt. 6: Happiness
- Why People Choose Drugs and Alcohol Over Family
- Why You Should Get a Substance Use Assessment in a DUI Case
- Will the concept of “preaddiction” improve care for addictive problems?
- Witnessing Brilliance: Justice Department Cannabis Crackdown
- Witnessing Brilliance: Justice Department Cannabis Crackdown
- Women and the Stigma of Addiction
- Your Child and Drugs