As harm reduction has risen in prominence and influence in the addiction, treatment, and recovery spaces, one of its contributions to discussions about public policy related to drug use has been the suggestion that prohibition creates a drug supply with unpredictable potency that is vulnerable to contamination, and that these factors drive overdose. This leads … Continue reading Drug Innovation or Contamination?
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History Repeating – the “Opioid” Epidemic Supplanting the Recovery Movement: Pathology Over Resiliency and Healing
“The historical sense involves a perception, not only of the pastness of the past, but of its presence” ― T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets The New Recovery Advocacy Movement got off the ground in America roughly three decades ago, during a time when addiction recovery policy and practice had fundamentally lost its way. In that era, … Continue reading History Repeating – the “Opioid” Epidemic Supplanting the Recovery Movement: Pathology Over Resiliency and Healing
Question from the field: “Do ACT and the unconscious have any common ground?”
This week I was asked, “What common ground is there between Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and ‘the unconscious’? And if there is any common ground, how can it apply to addiction counseling and addiction recovery?” To me, the common ground is cognitive dissonance. In my opinion, that was an interesting question. Here’s why. Acceptance and … Continue reading Question from the field: “Do ACT and the unconscious have any common ground?”
Gratitude Friday – 9 5 25 National Recovery Month and the Giants Whose Shoulders We Stand On
Note to readers – as a practice of gratitude, for over five years I have posted a weekly gratitude musing at Billstauffer.net. This week, I decided to post it at Recovery Review as well given the content. Just in case anyone may not be aware, September is National Recovery Month. As this link explains, National … Continue reading Gratitude Friday – 9 5 25 National Recovery Month and the Giants Whose Shoulders We Stand On
Definitions and Measurement of Recovery, Where We Have Come from and Where We Need to Go – Jason Schwartz
Frontiers of Recovery Research Interview Series Interview – William Stauffer In April of 2024, William White asked me to present his keynote to the first annual Consortium on Addiction Recovery Science conference. It was titled Frontiers of Recovery Research and it articulates critical factors of investigation in respect to expanding recovery into the future across … Continue reading Definitions and Measurement of Recovery, Where We Have Come from and Where We Need to Go – Jason Schwartz
Social Transmission of Recovery as a Helix of Connectivity, not a Service Checklist: A Conversation with Dr David Best
The Frontiers of Recovery Research Interview Series – William Stauffer What is this series of interviews? In April of 2024, I had the distinct honor of being asked by William White author and thought leader of the new recovery advocacy movement to present his words as the keynote to open up the first annual NIDA … Continue reading Social Transmission of Recovery as a Helix of Connectivity, not a Service Checklist: A Conversation with Dr David Best
Tobacco-free and smoke-free addiction treatment: monograph introduction # 4
I've completed a monograph that calls for change in the addiction treatment arena. It focuses on our need to modify our settings and services to a tobacco-free and smoke-free model of care. This post is the fourth and final in a small series of excerpts from the monograph. The intent of posting these excerpts is … Continue reading Tobacco-free and smoke-free addiction treatment: monograph introduction # 4
Tobacco-free and smoke-free addiction treatment: monograph introduction # 3
I've completed a monograph that calls for change in the addiction treatment arena. It focuses on our need to modify our settings and services to a tobacco-free and smoke-free model of care. This post is the third in a small series of excerpts from the monograph. The intent of posting these excerpts is to build … Continue reading Tobacco-free and smoke-free addiction treatment: monograph introduction # 3
Tobacco-free and smoke-free addiction treatment: monograph introduction # 2
I've completed a monograph that calls for change in the addiction treatment arena. It focuses on our need to modify our settings and services to a tobacco-free and smoke-free model of care. This post is the second in a small series of excerpts from the monograph. The intent of posting these excerpts is to build … Continue reading Tobacco-free and smoke-free addiction treatment: monograph introduction # 2
Tobacco-free and smoke-free addiction treatment: monograph introduction
I've completed a monograph that calls for change in the addiction treatment arena. It focuses on our need to modify our settings and services to a tobacco-free and smoke-free model of care. This post will serve as the first in a small series of excerpts from the monograph. The intent of posting these excerpts is … Continue reading Tobacco-free and smoke-free addiction treatment: monograph introduction
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