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Conclusions: Most individuals achieve an increasing number of achievements with time since AOD problem resolution, and these are associated with gains in measures of well-being that may support ongoing AOD problem remission, and recovery. For complete research

This happened to me last week when, after nearly two years of sobriety, I finally found myself an Alcoholics Anonymous home group… Upon further reflection, I was forced to acknowledge that I was sounding like an angry person claiming to no longer be angry — rather like an obviously wasted individual claiming to be sober. Within hours

Currently, 185 prisoners are receiving psychological treatment from psychologists or social workers to help them overcome their drug addiction.    https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/methadone-use-in-prison-has-almost-halved-in-one-year.859885 Sunset clauses on medical interventions for addiction are imperative if we are going to see addicted persons exit drug use. M.A.T (Medication Assisted Treatment) can be a useful initial circuit breaker, but without a clear

March 2021 The names sound similar, but these are two different approaches to recovery. Not too long ago, getting treatment for drug and alcohol addiction mostly meant walking into a 12-step meeting and relying on will-power, camaraderie, and a higher power to make a change. Today, there are more treatment options available than ever before.

Adverse Childhood Experiences are traumatic circumstances or events that occur during childhood. Research that has examined ACEs has pointed to the link between these traumatic events in childhood and the increased risk of negative physical and mental health outcomes throughout the life course. Additionally, there has been research to suggest that children who have been

How does ASAT support recovery? People get to a point where they think, okay so I stopped the coping behavior, now what? If just stopping substance use or stopping something that was causing negative effects in my life was adequate, I wouldn’t be thinking about what my New Year’s resolutions were going to be this year. So

Self-Medicating – Simon Pegg’s experience with self-medication is likely familiar to many other recovering addicts. It absolutely reflects my own life story. Like Pegg, I was diagnosed with depression as a teenager, and started “treating” it with alcohol from an early age. Alcohol made me feel better in the moment, while doing nothing whatsoever to

In opioid use disorder treatment, there’s been a persistent (though not always acknowledged) tension between what’s good for public health and what individuals and their families want from treatment. I’ve written about it before. For public health, there’s plenty of evidence that MAT (medication assisted treatment) reduces illicit drug use, improves health and reduces crude mortality

This popular claim lacks evidence and leads to poor policy. The notion that drug addiction is a brain disease has become axiomatic. Around the globe aspiring health professionals treating substance abuse are indoctrinated with this belief, especially after the idea became popular in the 1990s. Its popularity extends far beyond the hallowed halls of academia.