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The principle behind most ASAM-based systems is to treat clients at the “least restrictive” level at which they can benefit.

By the time a client lands in treatment, it may be hard to tell whether their family relationships offer a potential asset or a problem set to address.

Your goal is always to use the extra time to measurably increase the chances of a good outcome for that patient.

There’s a big difference between “knowing” that something is a disease, and actually treating it as one.

Focusing on the areas most likely to challenge sobriety can help the person in recovery prepare positive responses.

The trick is to sustain the gains made in rehab in the vast uncontrolled experiment that is everyday life.

If we have been or are in the addict’s path, we have dealt with having to compromise.

What underlies these defenses is anxiety. We’re afraid of what we might find out.

Informed client choice means accurate information about the likely outcome of decisions made early in treatment.

An Interventionist will be trying to make sure they have all of the ‘pieces of the puzzle’