This article explores the internal and external factors of the stigma of drug use and how it relates to our social under ...
The Importance of Considering Culture (and Questioning ‘Truth’) in Addiction Treatment
An academic look at how assumptions about the “truth” about addiction and its treatment can inadvertently disempower ...
Health Insurance and its Influence on the Opioid Epidemic
Greed is keeping Americans sick. More on what the health insurance industry is doing in the face of the Opioid Epidemic ...
Addiction Treatment Barriers in the LGBT Community
The LGBT community faces some unique barriers to getting treatment for drug and alcohol addiction. If these barriers are ...
What is Harm Reduction? How is it Different from Traditional Addiction Treatment?
A look at Harm Reduction and the possibilities that this philosophy opens up in addiction treatment. ...
Are We Diseased? The Inconsistencies and Implications of the Disease Model of Addiction
I have spent the last ten years of my life considering what it means to be an addict and what it means to have the disea ...
Problem gambling: Help and healing for the family
What can you do if you’ve uncovered a gambling problem in the family? Advice from someone who knows. Syndey Smith is a ...
Unmanageability: A.A.’s Greatest Contribution to Addiction Treatment
A call to treat people where they are at. Are you ready to look at addiction from another angle? How Step 1 can influenc ...
Does addiction affect women differently than men?
Yes, addiction affects women differently than men. An exploration of the ways that men and women differ in active addict ...
How to recover from drug abuse? INTERVIEW with Allan Kehler
How can addicts or their loved ones understand addiction and start the path to recovery? Tips and pointers from motivati ...