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If perfectionism, long-held resentments, or the unreasonable expectations we have of our wonderful selves get in the way, we’re still stuck.

None of us can change our past or exercise much control over what’s yet to come.

Building the group model around that common experience, and change-specific tasks or goals, may increase the chances for a successful outcome.

The same people whose “enabling” actions allow the disease to flourish— and who may feel helpless to confront it— are the ones who can be most effective as interveners.

When addicts and alcoholics are unprepared for the reality of sobriety, it’s all too easy to run back to the familiar hell of addiction.

Practically every form of group devised has been adapted and put to use at some facility.

There’s always someone who is convinced that with the right support, the right technique, they could once again drink socially.

They don’t realize how effectively their actions are undermining their own goal: getting the addict into treatment.

One benefit of gender-specific rehab is the reasons for initial substance-seeking can be appropriately addressed by the treatment team and can be processed with like-minded peers.

Even in remission, the client is still an addict. The challenge is to sustain the remission, going forward.