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AA and NA weren’t designed by professionals and they do not operate like professionally-developed behavioral therapy programs.

A shorter stay is cheaper and less disruptive to your life, but 90 day programs give you more time to master the skills of recovery.

The experience of addicts and alcoholics, particularly at the lower end of the socioeconomic scale, makes it clear that we could use more inpatient resources, not fewer.

Busy professionals, though, may rely on “taking notes,” and doing the more formal documentation “later, when there’s time.”

Clinicians who improve their skills produce better outcomes for the client.

Complex behaviors often require complex explanations.

12 Step literature suggests that sponsors stick with advice on how to work the Steps, rather than stray into realms better left to trained professionals.

Of course a blog has one big down side: You have to keep feeding it, like Moloch, with new content.

At the end of each day, make a list of what went right. Focus on that rather than the things that didn’t.

Many addicts think they can control their drinking. While they may be able to stop, simply quitting is different from a lasting, internal change.