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a family disease
Guinevere Gets Sober has a great post unpacking some of her thoughts about the new ASAM definition of addiction and what it means for the common expression that addiction is “a family disease.” When I...
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Negotiating Recovery
boundaries by joiseyshawaa An Addict In Our Son’s Bedroom touches upon a very important issue for loved one’s of addicts: We’ve all done it. Seldom, if ever does it work. We make deals, we are...
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Family meals appear to be protective for girls
family dinner by Daniel Bachhuber Promoting family meals is a popular prevention strategy. A recently published study looks at its impact: Family meals were associated with reductions in alcohol and...
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Mark and Ryan’s story
UPDATE: Mark pulled the video. Hopefully it’s only temporary. My job allows me to meet some really wonderful people. Sadly, I meet some of them under really terrible circumstances. Mark Rudolph is one...
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Indescribable horror turned into advocacy
Bill White appears to have started blogging! His most recent post touches upon an issue that is close to my heart. People in recovery and their family members are leading what is rapidly becoming an...
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Gratitude
Happy Thanksgiving! Here are a few things I’m grateful for: Recovery – 23 years ago I was 4 weeks abstinent (not in recovery) and 1 week away from being coerced into a psych unit because my therapist...
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My Dad Will Never Stop Smoking Pot
sad girl by .indigo The Atlantic published an personal essay about the impact of her father’s marijuana addiction on herself and her siblings. Then there’s my sister, the baby, the one who struggled...
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Book Review: It Takes a Family
I just finished Debra Jay’s new book, It Takes a Family: A Cooperative Approach to Lasting Sobriety and wanted to share a few thoughts with you. Bill White was one of the first people I heard challenge...
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Opiate-addicted Parents in Methadone Treatment: Long-term Recovery, Health...
I recently came across this 10 year follow-up of parents in methadone treatment and their children from 2011. Here’s a review of their outcomes. First, here’s their definition of recovery: Recovery...
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Most popular posts of 2015 – #9 – Opiate-addicted Parents in Methadone...
I recently came across this 10 year follow-up of parents in methadone treatment and their children from 2011. Here’s a review of their outcomes. First, here’s their definition of recovery: Recovery...
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