This article explores the internal and external factors of the stigma of drug use and how it relates to our social under ...
The Drug, Set, and Setting Model of Addiction (An Intro)
A look at the clinical importance of Drug, Set, and Setting and, more importantly, how it can be applied to reduce harm ...
Housing as Healthcare and Substance Use Treatment
Substance use is a substantial obstacle when drug users try to secure and maintain housing. Details about how housing ca ...
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. ...
How Marijuana Legalization Will Affect Substance Use Treatment: A Counselor’s Opinion
The legalization of marijuana makes many addiction treatment professionals uneasy. Here, we get an insider’s look into ...
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 ...
Racism and Substance Use: The Systematic Epidemic of Addiction
A fresh look into the responsibility that society plays in how people use drugs and, more importantly, how people find r ...
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 ...
Progressive Disease, Progressive Counselor: What it’s like for me being an addiction counselor
What does it mean to “be an addict” and work in the field of addiction treatment? Essential reading for anyone who u ...
