Pathways to Recovery and Desistance
Scientific study from a book about Recovery Pathways: Measurable factors that can improve or impede our outcome rates Review by Joe C. David Best’s Pathways to Recovery and Desistance: The role of the social...
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The Science of Addiction and Recovery
By Rand T. Our human response to food and sex both involve survival issues. If you don’t eat you will die. You won’t die if you don’t have sex (you might think you will...
We the North: Rethinking Addiction & Recovery in Canada
By Erik Haines Last year, I wrote a short essay inspired by the recovery advocate and UK-based writer Stephen Bamber. The general purpose of my article was to distinguish and contrast some of the...
ICSAA 2020: The Science of Alcoholism and Recovery
The Conference was rescheduled for 2021. By Gregg O. What causes some of us to become alcoholics? Can it be predicted? Can anything be done about it? What should I tell my family? Are...
Bill Wilson, Always A Seeker
Our book is meant to be suggestive only. We realize we know only a little. Big Book, page 164 Research has already come up with significant and helpful findings. And research will do far...
Science may one day accomplish this…
By life-j. AA seems to work by a combination of mutual self help and a spiritual practice however you wish to define that. Several million people have gotten sober in AA in this way....
Substance Abuse Treatment Begins With Research
Foreword by Chris G: This article describes Dr. Willenbring’s history of research, and the clinic he has set up to provide treatment based on the best scientific evidence available – something typically ignored by...
A Rose By Any Other Name
By Adam N. Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol, in which Ebenezer Scrooge experiences a radical personality transformation, moved me to tears last year. Like most of the men I know, this is not a...
SMART Recovery
By Jim Braastad Smart Recovery Distance Training Coordinator A couple of years ago, I had the opportunity to represent SMART Recovery® in a panel discussion “Alternative Recovery Models” at the Hazelden Graduate School of...
Twelve Steps to Psychological Good Health and Serenity
Reviewed by bob k There is a tendency for those of us in the “non-believer” camp to throw out the baby with the bathwater in regard to the dark blue prayer book. What is personally...
All Paths to Recovery are Cause for Celebration
By John M. This past February at AA Agnostica, I wrote about my ten favourite recovery websites. The William White Papers was included among them not only for the wide range of material one...
