Lindsay’s own words in an upcoming Vanity Fair interview may prove me right. Last week, in my second post on Lindsay Lohan, I wrote about the fact that doctors at her most recent treatment program have concluded that she was misdiagnosed, and that she had no physical dependence to alcohol. Furthermore, I concluded that she… Continue reading I Was Right About Lindsay, Maybe…
Author: Steven Slate
Steven Slate has personally taught hundreds of people how to change their substance use habits through choice - while avoiding the harmful recovery culture and disease model of addiction.
Loaded Words: Addiction
Addiction is a tricky term, if you can stop thinking in this term, you may cease to behave according to it.
OASAS Misses The Point on Heterosexism
This post has little to do with addiction itself, and more to do with an ironic interesting thing I found on an addiction website. In the early 70’s, Martin Rochlin wrote a subversive and humorous psychological essay called “The Heterosexual Questionnaire”. It asks the reader questions normally directed at GLBT people, such as: What do… Continue reading OASAS Misses The Point on Heterosexism
Review of the Saint Jude Home Program
This is the best self-help book available for substance use problems, check out my review.
A Sober Look At The Lohan Situation – Part 2
Lindsay Lohan is very likely to quit any substance use problem she may have, if she can successfully escape the court system first.
A Sober Look At The Lohan Situation – Part 1
I realize that at first glance, this may appear to contradict much of what I say on this blog, but if you bear with me you’ll see that it doesn’t: Lindsay Lohan is a victim. Now I don’t think she’s a victim of the disease of addiction, and I’m not saying that her choices aren’t… Continue reading A Sober Look At The Lohan Situation – Part 1
No Free Market For Addicts
Markets get clogged with this. We live in a wonderful country in which the free market system has provided us with increasingly cheaper and more effective technology. Just looking at the options we have in cell phones and how quickly they became affordable for all, and the many options we have in choosing a phone… Continue reading No Free Market For Addicts
Neuroskeptic: The Acting Brain!
Sometimes I feel alone when I look at the “case” for the brain disease model of addiction and cry “bullshit!”. Can anyone else see how ridiculous this is? Does anyone realize they’re just showing us a very normal phenomenon? Does anyone else see these brain scans and say “so what?”. Yes, yes they do. While… Continue reading Neuroskeptic: The Acting Brain!
Fake Recovery Alternatives: Passages Malibu
Learn why many alternative drug rehab programs are not an alternative at all. Passages Malibu is used as an example. They reject the disease model of addiction, but then they claim that addicts are self-medicating because of vitamin deficiencies.
Alcoholics Anonymous doesn’t work for everyone – and that’s OK
In a recent issue of the Los Angeles Times, Amy Lee Coy told her story of struggling in AA for TWENTY YEARS before finally quitting drinking for good by leaving the program, casting aside the disease concept & addict label, and taking control of her life. Miss Coy’s story is a great example of both… Continue reading Alcoholics Anonymous doesn’t work for everyone – and that’s OK