ADDICTION TREATMENT AND RECOVERY PATHWAYS

When it comes to addiction the never-ending debate about “disease model” or brain disease, moral failing or trauma reaction causes a lot of confusion. The continued disagreements around the “causes”of addiction and the efficacy of addiction treatment, 12 Step programs, faith based solutions, medication and therapy models just add to Continue Reading

Defining Recovery (What Are We Talking Here?)

I like knowing what things mean. That can get quite difficult when you start talking addiction and Recovery. Whilst definitions of any word or phrase vary, it is generally accepted, by most dictionaries that Recovery is: re·cov·er·y (rĭ-kŭv′ə-rē)pl. re·cov·er·ies The act, process, duration, or an instance of recovering. A return to a normal or healthy condition.The act of obtaining usable substances from unusable sources. Despite the similarity in all the dictionary definitions those involved in Continue Reading