No Two Addictions Are the Same
By David B. Bohl Originally published on his website, David B. Bohl, on February 4, 2019 Addictions, like snowflakes, have one thing in common – they are all absolutely unique. The intricacies of a...
Category: Research / Many Paths
Your First SMART Recovery Meeting
By Sam29 First posted on SMART Recovery So, you’re considering attending a SMART Recovery meeting. We applaud you for reaching this point in your recovery! Your consideration might come with one or a mix...
Refuge Recovery
Published on January 2, 2019 on Recovery Ways What’s a Refuge Recovery Meeting Like? After leaving treatment, attending mutual aid meetings are a great way to continue your recovery. You meet other people who...
Buddhist Precept: Intoxicants Cloud the Mind
One Buddhist’s take on the precepts and recovery By Arthur S I’d like to first clarify that I’m no authority on Buddhism, Recovery or AA. I’m going to try my best not to preach...
Recovery – What’s Buddhism Got To Do With It?
Published on the Buddhist Recovery Network The Buddhist Recovery Network (BRN) will be hosting its next summit in Lacey, Washington September 5-8, 2019. The title of this year’s summit is: Recovery: What’s Buddhism Got...
The Opposite of Addiction – Connection
By Steve K. I’ve often heard it said in AA meetings that “the opposite of addiction is connection.” Thinking about my own experience of addiction I wholeheartedly agree. I felt very disconnected and unloved...
The Sad Tale of the Founder of Moderation Management
by bob k According to its website, Moderation Management “is a behavioral change program and national support group network for people concerned with their drinking and who desire to make positive lifestyle changes. MM...
Recovery Capital Conference of Canada
By Joe C. “Having been at addiction-oriented events across the USA and Canada I have found that we are creating addiction experts; that’s great. But I go to these things and I ask myself,...
Recovery Capital
Recovery Capital is a concept that’s changing the recovery landscape across Canada. Until now, research in the field of substance abuse has been mostly focused on the pathology of addiction, with the aim to understand...
The Talking Cure in Recovery
Originally published in DARA, a Drug and Alcohol Rehab in Thailand A Problem Shared is a Problem Halved A popular proverb claims that a problem shared is a problem halved. There is good evidence...
Can Mindfulness Meditation Prevent Relapse?
By Elizabeth Brico Published in The Fix on February 21, 2018 Mindfulness meditation teaches people how to accept suffering as a normal, cohesive experience, and then move on from it. Relapse has always been...
Addiction, Recovery, and Personal Character
By Bill White This article was published on February 16, 2018, in the William L. White Papers. The devastating effects of addiction on physical/emotional health and social functioning have been meticulously catalogued, but far...
Why Isn’t The Sinclair Method Used More Often?
By Michael D. Originally published on June 3, 2015 I was really sorry to read that Dr. David Sinclair, who did so much research in the area of treating alcoholism, passed away at the...
Recovery Pathways are not always a Pathway
By Bill White Originally posted on June 3, 2016 on the William White Papers The addiction recovery experience has been sliced and diced in all manner of categories: secular, spiritual, and religious; natural recovery,...
