Addiction Clinicians

The law can reflect professional ethics, but many times it does not. It’s quite possible for a certain type of conduct to be within the law and yet not meet ethical standards.

From the beginning, it was designed to be a program for living… a grass-roots approach based not on scientific research or professional practice but on the direct experience of recovering persons.

Something serious is wrong, and it’s not being handled at all well.

If we inadvertently activate the ‘fight-flight’ response, communication will come to a halt.

It presupposes a patient who agrees with the recommendations, which, particularly with addictions, may not be the case.

Many treatment programs moved away from medication precisely because it wasn’t helping.

What’s the difference? Maybe it’s in how confrontation is used.

The personal story that recovering folks tell at 12 Step meetings is a reconstruction of episodic memories.

Suppose you were in the audience listening to someone else deliver the talk. What would get your attention? What would you enjoy learning about?

In the early and middle stages of addiction, addicts may experience mild to moderate withdrawal symptoms without recognizing them.