Let’s stop contradicting the anti-12-step/anti-disease-model message by recommending other avenues to perceived weakness, powerlessness, and dependency. It’s time for this movement to get self-critical, and find some consistency.
Tag: alternative
Review of a SMART Recovery Meeting
SMART is a great alternative to 12-step and conventional treatment programs for addiction, alcoholism, substance use, and substance abuse problems. Read my review of a recent meeting here.
Review of the Saint Jude Home Program
This is the best self-help book available for substance use problems, check out my review.
Huffpo Talks Sense on Email Addiction
The addiction term gets thrown around quite a bit, and what I’m starting to notice as I cull through google results, is that when people are talking about the non-substance-related addictions, they usually speak quite rationally. I think we can learn more helpful, genuinely useful ideas to apply to the problems of drug & alcohol… Continue reading Huffpo Talks Sense on Email Addiction
Opium Addiction Fuels Afghan Chaos (or is it the other way around?)
The title of this post links to a BBC article about opium use in Afghanistan. I think the article has a very telling and honest tone which I hear constantly when people talk about addiction. When people talk about addiction and why substance abuse happens they often list the dismal life circumstances of the abuser, the… Continue reading Opium Addiction Fuels Afghan Chaos (or is it the other way around?)