One Man’s Tale of Escaping the 12 Step Recovery Trap
I was a child who grew up in an AA household from as far back as I can remember. It was the...
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Category: Drug Addiction
Do Drug Addicts Have A Choice?
Can people diagnosed with the various addictions (or Substance Use Disorders, in modern parlance)...
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How Do Expectations Shape Our Outlook On Addiction?
Drug and Alcohol Addicts, Drug and Alcohol Treatment, Drug and Alcohol Halfway Houses, Drug and...
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What is the Most Addictive Drug?
Let me hit this head on – no drug is addictive, not even the poster child for this myth – heroin....
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What is Perpetual Recovery?
We’ve written about perpetual recovery throughout the years in various different ways and it...
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Addiction: The Catch All Term
The term addiction has developed into a term that has no meaning; not because it’s inherently...
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Why Labeling Addicts and Alcoholics is Harmful
I’m sure you’ve probably heard the phrase, “I’m so and so, and I’m an Alcoholic” or “ I’m so and...
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A Guide for Personal Change
Treatment for addiction (excluding medical detox) is completely unnecessary. That is a bold...
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Keeping the Holidays Happy with a Heavy Substance User in the Family
The holidays are here again and you realize that for your family not much has changed over the...
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1960’s Hippies Today – Do They Need Treatment? Are they Recovered?
This title is obviously loaded. It implies that all hippies from the sixties were in fact a...
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Is Living a Life Free of Addiction a Choice? Why the Answer Matters to the Fitness Community
Before we begin this report, it is important to understand that this survey was just that; a...
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FYI, ADHD is BS
To an increasing degree, people are having prescription drug issues. Nationwide, prescription drug...
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