Blogs
We have four blogs on our site, each with its own focus:
How to Talk so Someone With Addiction Will Listen (Families) is a question-and-answer format blog that provides help for families struggling with an addiction problem.
extra
extra
How to Talk so Someone With Addiction Will Listen (Clinicians) is a question-and answer format blog serving as a discussion forum for treatment clinicians & recovery pros.
extra
extra
Tips for Treatment Programs is a question-and-answer format blog that gives practical tips for people who want to run excellent treatment & recovery programs.
extra
extra
Thinking About Addiction is a more traditional “sharing our thoughts” blog that responds to news, information, and whatever’s happening for us right now. It’s too long a title to call it “Thinking About Addiction, Treatment, and Recovery” but that’s a better description.
Here’s a feed of all the posts to all of our blogs:
Rural Areas and ASAM Criteria
We keep running into situations where ASAM criteria don’t seem to apply.
Topics: ASAM, assessment, case management, clinical management, systems
How to Lower Inpatient Dropout Rates
Picture a boat with two holes in its bottom. Fix one and not the other and the second leaks a little worse than before.
Topics: administration, ASA Rate, client census, clinical management, systems
Will Spirituality Work for This Counselor?
I wasn’t trained in how to incorporate material about faith and God into counseling. Most of my graduate school education was on traditional social work practice.
Topics: client engagement and motivation, counseling, Recovery Tools, spirituality, tools for recovery
Can I Help My Boyfriend Stop Drinking?
Once someone with alcoholism acknowledges the need for professional help, even insincerely, the biggest obstacle is gone.
Topics: co dependency, communication, getting help, negotiation, promoting recovery, recognizing addiction, signs and symptoms
Helping Family Members Recover
He still isn’t willing to talk about me or my feelings. The kids and I went through three years of pain waiting for him to reach the point where he admitted he needed help
Topics: alanon and alateen, co dependency, early recovery, maintaining sobriety, promoting recovery, recovery support groups
Is Treatment “Successful”?
The goal of treatment is to maximize chances for a successful outcome. But ultimately, to drink or not to drink remains the alcoholic’s choice.
Topics: family involvement, finding the right treatment, identifying and measuring progress, outcomes, referral, relapse
Most Viewed
