Posts Tagged ‘addiction recovery’
Further Homage to Recovery Ancestors
When I remember the thousands who died, many whose stories were never recorded in history, I bow my head. And when my wailing is done, I get up and carry…
Read MoreThe Papers of Hossein Dezhakam: An Iranian Perspective on Addiction Treatment and Recovery
Mr. Hossein Dezhakam is the founder of Congress 60, a recovery community in the Islamic Republic of Iran that has more than 100,000 members. I first met Mr. Dezhakam at…
Read MoreThe Recovery Exchange Principle
The first real-life Sherlock Holmes may well have been French criminologist Dr. Edmond Locard (1877-1966), whose 1910 seven-volume treatise on forensics laid the foundation for modern criminal investigation. Locard postulated…
Read MoreThe Future of Secular Recovery
Addiction recovery unfolds within the larger context of personal beliefs—one’s view of self in relationship to the universe and the search for life meaning and purpose. Variations in personal beliefs…
Read MoreRecovery Song (Dragon’s Lullaby)
“I imagine a person battling a dragon, throwing pebbles at the beast to no avail, and then one day finding a melody that did not kill the dragon, but finally,…
Read MoreRecovery Achievements
The Recovery Research Institute’s National Recovery Study (Kelly et al., 2017) explored the experiences of a representative sample of 2,002 U.S. adults who self-reported resolution of an alcohol or other drug problem.…
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