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It was never really about the job, or an article in Time, or anything except his own fervent desire to keep drinking and prove everyone else wrong.

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

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.

Their targets often know or strongly suspect they’re being manipulated, but give in anyway because they can’t figure out how to avoid it.

If Project MATCH had it right, and all three work but none works significantly better than the others– then what’s all the argument about?

Many clinicians don’t view addiction as a disease, which they believe relieves them of the need to learn much about its pathophysiology.

Look what’s happened to the public image of rehab as a result of those awful high-profile celeb incidents.

One characteristic of Delta FosB is its unusual stability. It’s capable of persisting in the brain for a very long time.

You find yourself burdened with unfamiliar doubts and worries about the mechanics of living without alcohol and drugs. You wonder how you will ever adapt.