Topic: communication

If the program leadership values good communication, then the program staff will follow along.

It’s the stigma that creates the distinction, not the distinction that creates the stigma.

“If you can’t measure something, you can’t do science with it, and in addictions, we just can’t measure things as well as we need to.”

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

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

Social networking speech is protected, in the United States at least, by the same Constitution that protects other forms of speech.

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.

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

Psychological theories that may be of great interest to professionals can seem like messages from Pluto to a rehab patient.

Simple truth: Nobody can watch over another human being 100% of the time.