by Ryan A. Schwantes | Nov 25, 2020 | Addiction Recovery, Addiction Solutions, Addictions, Articles, Non 12 Step Programs, Relapse Prevention, Research, Uncategorized
Finding My Way to Freedom from Addiction, Part 1 – By Michelle Dunbar Some years ago I can remember sitting all alone in my college apartment. Everyone had already gone home for Christmas, but I stayed. My semester had gone seriously awry. I wasn’t sure if I...
by Ryan A. Schwantes | Nov 17, 2020 | Addiction Recovery, Addiction Solutions, Addictions, Articles, Non 12 Step Programs, Relapse Prevention, Research, Uncategorized
We get the following question all the time: “How come I don’t stop drinking/getting high after I’ve crashed the car, lost my retirement, etc.?” Put another way, why don’t the consequences of heavy substance use stop someone from using? The answer lies directly in the...
by Ryan A. Schwantes | Nov 10, 2020 | Addiction Recovery, Addiction Solutions, Addictions, Articles, Non 12 Step Programs, Relapse Prevention, Research, Uncategorized
The Binge Construct Learning How to Move Past a Drug or Alcohol Binging Habit People drink and drug in all kinds of various ways. Some use infrequently like the lady who occasionally gets too drunk at the nightclub or at her dinner parties, or the guy who gets high...
by Steven Slate | Feb 15, 2019 | Addiction Recovery, Addiction Solutions, Addictions, Articles, Non 12 Step Programs, Relapse Prevention, Research, Uncategorized
Understanding The MAT Trap Here is an email I recently received that sums up the confusion and disillusion felt by so many people who’ve been led to believe that medications will solve their opioid use problems: “I want off suboxone. Now. It’s...
by Jerry Brown | Jan 28, 2019 | Addiction Recovery, Addiction Solutions, Articles, Drug Addiction, Research, Uncategorized
Drug and Alcohol Addicts, Drug and Alcohol Treatment, Drug and Alcohol Halfway Houses, Drug and Alcohol Sober Living Houses, Alcoholics Anonymous; what do these five items have in common? They all set the users’ expectation to be eternally powerless. Erickson’s...
by Jerry Brown | Dec 7, 2018 | Addictions, Alcohol Treatment, Alcoholics Anonymous, Alcoholism, Articles, Non 12 Step Programs
Do you believe that it is helpful to tell another person that they are powerless to solve their problem? Consider that oncologists typically don’t tell their cancer patients that they are powerless over their cancer. Cardiologists do not tell their patients that...
