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It’s a spiritual program that addresses emotional growth alongside behavior change.

Insomnia is at the top of the list of common problems for both active addicts and the newly recovering, and sleeping meds can pose risks.

In most cases, the intrusive thoughts associated with addiction (cravings, disturbing images, etc) go away during the course of recovery.

We spend a great deal of time in treatment seeking to increase patient motivation, but these programs do not rely on a motivated patient.

Mike Golic, a former pro football player, was asked to recall his five best-ever performances. He couldn’t. “Ask me about my five worst games,” he countered.

It also suggests that the ‘return to heroin’ rate among former maintenance clients may be even higher.

The system here isn’t designed to help a sick addict get off (and stay off) alcohol and drugs. It’s designed to process people in accordance with the expectations of society.

A key trait of the addict is a weird ability to function despite the presence of high concentrations of a drug.

Experience tells us that almost all of the wide variety of treatment strategies and models are around because they work well for someone.

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