The point here is not that I was unique, but that we are all simultaneously unique and the same. None of us are perfectly equipped to facilitate the process of addiction recovery. We will all…
Toward a New Recovery Advocacy Movement 2000 Redux
I was invited in 2000 to do a presentation for the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment Recovery Community Support Program grantees meeting. I chose for my topic “Toward a New Recovery Advocacy Movement” and prepared…
Recovery Contagion within the Family
Addiction runs in families, but far less known is the fact that recovery also runs in families. Both of these phenomena have captured my attention in recent decades and been the focus of numerous articles.…
A Lesson from Recent Vaping Deaths
Federal officials have tentatively identified the potential source of recently reported vaping-related respiratory illnesses and deaths. The culprit appears to be vitamin E acetate, a substance long used as a nutritional supplement and topical skin…
Recovery/Remission of Substance Use Disorders: Recent U.S. Data…
In 2012, I authored a monograph reviewing the results of 415 studies published over more than a century that reported rates of addiction recovery. Major findings of that review included 5.3% to 15.3% (25-40 million…
Recovery Community Organization Leadership
For more than a decade, I have regularly corresponded with Mr. Hossein Dezhakam (HD), founder of the Congress 60 recovery community within the Islamic Republic of Iran, on the subject of addiction recovery and the…
Prescription Opioid Recovery: New Data
A recent study led by Dr. Roger Weiss provides optimism about recovery from prescription opioid addiction. Weiss and colleagues followed 375 patients admitted to buprenorphine-naloxone treatment with different intensities of counseling. Patients were formally evaluated…
Recurrent Headaches in Children: What to Know and…
Headaches are very common in children. By the time they reach 18, essentially all kids will have had at least one. Most children get them rarely, usually with an illness. But some children get recurrent…
The Ultimate Guide to Cooking with CBD
I was feeling creaky after a transatlantic flight, limbs having been shoved into 90-degree angles for more than nine hours. Despite compression socks, my ankles were swollen, and my mind was foggy thanks to the…
Kid-Approved Vegan Eats
You know that eating a good mix of foods from the plant kingdom ensures kids get plenty of vitamins, minerals, fiber, and phytonutrients. You’re probably aware that children who are raised on a variety of…
Why Collaboration and Innovation Are Key to Improving…
Behind any landmark cure is years of medical research. But the old goal of research — to find a one-size-fits-all treatment for a disease, based on a set of standard protocols — must radically change…
When Great Ideas Become Lead Weights
Here are five ways to help preserve the life and growth of a good idea when circumstances mean we can’t follow it up right now, ways to stop it becoming just another weighty addition on…
What Will We Leave Behind?
How much of you do the people closest to you really know? What do they understand of the person that you are, as something distinct from the things you do? And when the time comes,…
Do You Fear Your Prejudices?
How we deal with prejudice in our own lives, at an individual level, makes all the difference to the impact we have on society at large. In terms of their public visibility and their impact…