By Damian McElrath Foreword by Richard Solly: In The Essence of Twelve Step Recovery, Damian McElrath defines spirituality as “relational.” That is, spirituality is not found alone in the desert, isolated on the snowy peak of a mountain top, or even in solitude on the shore of the Aegean Sea, but surprisingly, it can be found at…
By Jessica Gregg Washington Post March 18 Jessica Gregg is medical director for substance use disorders at Central City Concern in Portland, Ore., and an associate professor of medicine at Oregon Health and Science University. Addiction has long been medicine’s unwanted stepchild. Doctors didn’t understand it, didn’t know how to treat it and felt helpless…
Marc Galanter MDa*, Zoran Josipovic PhDb, Helen Dermatis PhDa, Jochen Weberc & Mary Alice Millarda The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse: Encompassing All Addictive Disorders ABSTRACTBackground: Many individuals with alcohol-use disorders who had experienced alcohol craving before joining Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) report little or no craving after becoming long-term members. Their use of…
AboutAddiction.com The transgender community faces extraordinary challenges. Struggling with the internal gender identity battle seems challenging enough, but after you’ve come to terms with your gender identity and decided to live as your authentic self, you may face discrimination, judgment, and even violence. According to the Center for American Progress, “It is estimated that between…
by Jigme Lingpa, translated by Cortland Dahl The mind-training practices contained in the Dzogchen tradition of Tibetan Buddhism have never before been presented in the English language. The main text translated here, The Steps to Liberation, will be of great interest to Western practitioners, since its instructions are pithy and direct, and experiential rather than…
By Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D. Naysayers say only 2% of the people find recovery by 12 Step Programs yet a 16-year research study shows different results. The research split addicts into three groups:1 Addicts who chose 12 steps with no treatment2 Addicts who chose treatment with no 12 step programs3 Addicts who chose treatment and 12…
A Literary Companion to Recovery By Neil Steinberg and Sara Bader “There’s still time to change things.”—Siri Hustvedt, The Blazing World Addiction is easy to fall into and hard to escape. It destroys the lives of individuals, and has a devastating cost to society. The National Institute of Health estimates seventeen million adults in the…
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 44 (2013) 46–51 John M. Majer, Ph.D. a,?, Leonard A. Jason, Ph.D. b, Darrin M. Aase, Ph.D. b, Jocelyn R. Droege, M.S. c, Joseph R. Ferrari, Ph.D. Social Sciences Department, Harry S. Truman College, Chicago, IL 60640, USA Center for Community Research, DePaul University, Chicago, IL 60614 USA Psychology Department,…
‘Out Of The Wreck I Rise’ Supports Addiction Recovery With Literary Hero CompanionsDecember 3, 20168:39 AM ETHeard on Weekend Edition Saturday SCOTT SIMON, HOST:Holidays can be hell. The rounds of parties with toasts of warm white wine or spiked red wine punch, people saying oh, come on now, just a sip and even simple friendly…
These prayers from around the world were read by audience members during the opening ceremony of the First International Congress of the World Fellowship of Faiths in 1936. Buddhist:All praise be to the Lord, the Holy One, per-fect in wisdom. I go to the Enlightened One for refuge. I goto the Law for refuge. I go…