• Addiction Recovery Stigmas

    addiction recovery stigmas

    Stigmas – Barriers to Addiction Treatment The recovery industry is teeming with labels and stigmas.  How many slang terms for “drug addict” can you think of?  Webster’s defines stigma as “a mark of shame or discredit.”  Modern culture uses labels to denote devalued categories of people.  Labels are founded in fear and, unfortunately, they influence public perception.  They often rob people from the dignity they might otherwise receive.  Stigmas are a barrier to addiction treatment due to the shame around having a substance use disorder.  Most of us are generally unaware that our own biases perpetuate the labels we place…

  • addiction aftercare

    Non 12-step programs

    Do Non 12-Step Programs Work? How do programs that promote responsible drinking “in moderation” instead of the abstinance required by AA work? New Types of Recovery Support I know that many of us in the addiction aftercare…

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    Staying Sober

    Staying Sober The hardest part of sobriety comes after residential treatment Addiction aftercare can be defined as continued recovery support or services that generally follow completion of a residential inpatient treatment program for drug or alcohol use…

  • Support Animals and Addiction Recovery

    How Dogs Support Addiction Recovery

    Support Dogs and People in Recovery Support animals have been shown to help those dealing with recovery from addiction. Dogs can provide several benefits to people of all ages, even after only limited interactions. We are all…

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    “Recalculating” Amid COVID-19 Fears

    Move Toward Love; Away from Fear How do we move toward love (and away from fear)?  I was reading a blog post today sent to me by a dear colleague and I thought it warranted being re-published. …

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    The Journey to Happiness

    The Journey to Happiness   So many self-help books, so little time…  If I had a dollar for every “get happy” or “get rich” or “get organized” self-help book out there, I would be quite wealthy.  I…