“People are social creatures who need human interaction to drive and sustain their physical, intellectual and emotional development. The determination of who they interact with from the time of birth throughout their lifetimes is critical to who they become, how they behave, and how they are perceived (or misperceived) by others outside their immediate social … Continue reading Fostering Recovery Community: Mutual Support with Broad Societal Benefit
She is still part of my support system today
I spent the first decades of my career at Dawn Farm, and I continue to stay involved. Our north star was to extend recovery support to 5 years through treatment, peer support, housing, and linkage to recovery-informed primary care. The vision was to be by the client's side through those early hours, days, weeks, and … Continue reading She is still part of my support system today
Research Article Review: Medical Cannabis for Addiction Treatment in a Residential SUD Setting
What was the study? Imagine a study examining the benefits of patients using cannabis as a part of their residential addiction treatment. In this post I’ll share some of my thoughts about the following paper: Fehr, F. C., Lo, L. A., Nelson, C. N., Diehl, L. & Walsh, Z. (2025). Medical Cannabis Use Adjunct to Standard of Care … Continue reading Research Article Review: Medical Cannabis for Addiction Treatment in a Residential SUD Setting
Shattering Stigma and Narcotics Anonymous
Why do professionals insist that NA change to meet the needs of their patients? Why not help create something else to meet the needs of their patients?
What is recovery, anyways?
This graphic to promote recovery month has been on my mind since September. Is recovery the foundation to a healthy and happy home? It kinda depends on how you define recovery, doesn't it? If recovery is akin to flourishing, yes. If it's "a voluntarily maintained lifestyle characterized by sobriety, personal health, and citizenship", probably. If … Continue reading What is recovery, anyways?
How important are conceptual boundaries?
Recently, a couple of interesting items about autism were posted. One was a NYT podcast, and the other was an opinion piece in STAT. Specifically, the unintended consequences of the movement from a categorical diagnostic model (Autistic Disorder and Asperger's Disorder) to a spectrum model (Autism Spectrum Disorder, aka ASD). https://youtu.be/eSwJmsHGrns?si=osfA8RHxkJ38lf2X In the NY Times … Continue reading How important are conceptual boundaries?
Nonabstinence in recovery(?) from what?
Several months ago, The Journal of Addiction Medicine published an article on the prevalence of alcohol and other drug use among adults "in recovery." It drew from the 2022 National Survey on Drug Use and Health and looked at the prevalence of alcohol and other drug use among people who answered yes to the following … Continue reading Nonabstinence in recovery(?) from what?
Gratitude and Addiction Recovery: Validating Experiential Ways of Knowing – William Stauffer
Gratitude is an example of a recovery tool that is grounded in experiential knowledge. A tool used across history in a myriad of mutual support communities. It evolved from indigenous recovery community trial and error practices. That is to say that people in recovery for a very long time have been practicing gratitude as a … Continue reading Gratitude and Addiction Recovery: Validating Experiential Ways of Knowing – William Stauffer
Article at WRD News in Australia: “Revolutionary Tobacco-Free Addiction Treatment Shows 25% Higher Recovery Rates, New Research Reveals”
I'm grateful for WRD News, who are in Australia, covering my recent tobacco-free addiction treatment monograph. They did a full article about it. The article is very accessible in its writing style, only takes a few minutes to read, and covers all the main points. Their article is a great read. For your convenience, here's … Continue reading Article at WRD News in Australia: “Revolutionary Tobacco-Free Addiction Treatment Shows 25% Higher Recovery Rates, New Research Reveals”
The Coproduction of a Recovery Evidence Base on the Frontiers of Future Recovery Research
Frontiers of Recovery Research Series – William White Interview with Bill Stauffer What an honor it is in my life to do this interview. I think the first time I ever heard the name William White was when I read the book Pathways from the Culture of Addiction to the Culture of Recovery: A … Continue reading The Coproduction of a Recovery Evidence Base on the Frontiers of Future Recovery Research
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