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Talking Therapies: Still a Key to Better Emotional, Psychological and Social Health  Therapy may have its roots in treating severe mental disorders, but it has since gone mainstream. You don’t have to have a mental illness to benefit from therapy — and seeking therapy does not mean you are mentally ill. Nor is it a […]

“Sustained abstinence from alcohol after treatment for alcohol use disorder is associated with substantial recovery of neural and non-neural tissue that contributes to the thickness of the human cortex.” A recent scientific study has unveiled promising news for individuals recovering from alcohol abuse. Researchers discovered that the brains of those who abstained from alcohol for

I’ll speak generally here, because the lessons I’ve learned from my near 35 years of experience are mainly universal, and not necessarily from within the confines of my own family. Some have been observed through other close relationships in my personal life , which is to say, they aren’t my stories to tell. However, if I

Abstinence From Drugs of Abuse in Community-Based Members of Narcotics Anonymous Results: Respondents were 71.5% male; the mean age was 38.1 years; 68.2% were White; and the principal drug problems comprised cocaine (28.5%), heroin (27.5%), other opiates (13.4%), methamphetamine (12.9%), alcohol (8.6%), marijuana (6.6%), and other stimulants (2.5%). Eighty-seven percent had prior treatment for a substance use disorder. On

Portraying Abstinence Recovery as Puritanical Is in the Interest of Those Who Sell Addictive Drugs: Abstinence has long been a central facet in recovery as defined by people with severe SUDs as their lived experience. Abstinence is critical for people on the far end of this spectrum for whom use often leads to suffering and death.

The Longer You Abstain from Alcohol the Lower the Risk – After 20 years of alcohol abstention, the increased mortality risk disappeared. Best health practices should always be on the table – always. The continual couching of abstinence as a ‘bridge to far’ is not only disingenuous to those self-harming with alcohol, but also disempowering. One thing best-health care

How the former ‘heroin capital of Europe’ decriminalised drugs (Winning the War on Drugs?)| SBS DatelineThe How is not the issue – that’s easy. What has it achieved and why are key public figures wanting things to change? Portugal Mayor Supports Recriminalizing Public Drug UseSome points one may miss in the ‘showcase of progress’ that isn’t? Treatment

The aim of this study was to better understand the role of social networks in maintaining recovery from opioid use disorder (OUD). Researchers completed longitudinal surveys (2 surveys, 3 months apart) with 106 adults receiving medications for OUD in Delaware who planned to disclose their substance use, treatment, or recovery to a person in their

It is against this backdrop that two further (linked) debates continue to haunt drug policy and in particular the implementation of recovery models: 1.       harm reduction versus recovery2.       professional versus peer roles in supporting recovery pathways. The two debates overlap and are laid out here as choices or dichotomies although there is no reason that