This blog addresses the fourth factor "social support," which is integral to anyone's addiction recovery. Whether your goal is abstinence or moderation and harm reduction, these five factors (structure, supervision, spirituality, social support and substitution) are essential components of successful and healthy drug and alcohol and other addiction recovery. What follows is Teddy Kradzinski's personal account [...]
This blog addresses the third factor "spirituality," which is integral to anyone's addiction recovery. Whether your goal is abstinence or moderation and harm reduction, these five factors (structure, supervision, spirituality, social support and substitution) are essential components of successful and healthy drug and alcohol and other addiction recovery. What follows is Teddy Kradzinski's personal account through [...]
Addiction psychiatrists and psychologists are often asked about successful recovery rates for addicts and alcoholics in their clinics and practice and until recently there have been few data to support most therapist's claims. Here is a local guest blog reposted from my own site at Jeremy Frank PhD CADC which discusses the more optimistic side of [...]
Previously published with permission by © Robert J. Chapman, PhD, Guest Blogger here for Jeremy Frank Associates Is a Rose by any Other Name Still a Rose?:A 21-Century Look at the Utility of Interventions in Addictions Treatment Interventions and Their Role in Addiction Treatment Addictions treatment has come a long way since Vern Johnson (1973) published his [...]
