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A Little About Me by Bill W. Health Maven

Since this is going to be a blog about the place where recovery meets the road, as it were, and since that -- as far as I'm concerned -- is in the rooms and halls of the 12-St ... Read on »

Denial Ain't A River In Africa by Bill W. Health Maven

One of the most interesting–and potentially deadly–things about addictive disease is the denial. There’s a saying around the 12-step rooms (and around treatm ... Read on »

Some Thoughts About Mood-Altering Chemicals by Bill W. Health Maven

People use alcohol and drugs for only one reason, to alter their brain chemistry so that they feel "better" than they did previously. Therefore, without exception, a ... Read on »

Is It OK To Be Angry? by Bill W. Health Maven

A friend asks if it is OK to be angry about a relative having "chosen" behavior that has led to his imminent death and a lot of grief for those around him. You have ... Read on »

Rats, cocaine, memory and volition by Jason Schwartz, LMSW Healthy Living Professional

1 Comment From Scientific American: Scientists know that addictive drugs can mess with the brain’s circuitry and hijack its reward systems, but a July 31 rat study in the journal ... Read on »

Brain scan skepticism by Jason Schwartz, LMSW Healthy Living Professional

I've had a gnawing fear that the brain scan research of the last two decades that has been used to support the disease model will be discredited by some new innovation in tech ... Read on »

Sentencing sense by Jason Schwartz, LMSW Healthy Living Professional

The Washington Post reports that the U.S. Sentencing Commission is considering recommending some common sense on drug crime sentencing. Astonishingly, the article fails to pu ... Read on »

The future of treatment spending by Jason Schwartz, LMSW Healthy Living Professional

Health Affairs looks at the future of substance abuse treatment spending. The future looks pretty grim: Growth in SA spending is forecasted to average 5.0 percent between 2003 ... Read on »

Insite saves two to 12 lives a year, study says by Jason Schwartz, LMSW Healthy Living Professional

Saving lives is important. How many more lives would be saved adding recovery-oriented treatment on demand? How many more lives would be restored? Is Insite lobbying for the ... Read on »

Rhythms of despair by Jason Schwartz, LMSW Healthy Living Professional

Provide poor/inadequate abstinence-oriented treatment ==> Poor prognosis: client fails ==> Conclusion: these people can't recover ==> Organize treatment system and ... Read on »

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