Both Chronic, But Different: Addiction and Diabetes

March 9, 2015 by C. Scott McMillin

We haven’t corrected any identified physical deficiency. We’ve simply substituted a medical opioid for an illicit one.

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Balancing Act

March 5, 2015 by C. Scott McMillin

It’s just an extremely effective way to establish a reasoned, rational sense of self that is unaffected by crisis and conflict.

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Groups That Don’t Work pt 2

February 16, 2015 by C. Scott McMillin

We’ve never seen a group that works, right from its inception. Progress toward work usually involves struggle through one or more of these modes.

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Groups That Don’t Work pt 1

January 29, 2015 by C. Scott McMillin

When a group adopts one of these operating modes permanently, as a primary form of interaction, they end up actively resisting any responsibility for achieving individual and group goals.

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Beyond the Jargon

January 22, 2015 by C. Scott McMillin

What’s behind those fine-sounding terms on the website? Which provide useful information, and which are bells and whistles to enhance attractiveness?

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Taking Action: Know the Enemy

January 19, 2015 by C. Scott McMillin

The behaviors of alcoholics and addicts are so predictable because the disease follows a certain progression.

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Sobriety: A Graphic Novel

December 8, 2014 by Daniel Maurer

And I needed that gift of desperation to allow the rest of the Steps to work in my life, as I worked them.

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Hedging His Bet

November 27, 2014 by C. Scott McMillin

He burned through more than a few sponsors before settling with an older gentlemen who’d gotten clean and sober following a career as a Baltimore drug thug and a stretch in state prison.

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The Five Percent Meme

November 3, 2014 by C. Scott McMillin

People attend AA for a variety of reasons, in different stages of readiness, and with diverse objectives in mind.

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Why They Quit

October 30, 2014 by C. Scott McMillin

By the time the family gets around to taking action, conditions in the addict’s life have already reached the point where there’s a certain incentive to change.

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