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Continue reading →: My Interview/Podcast on Since Right Now
Here I am being interviewed at length by Chris Aguirre on his excellent Since Right Now podcast about my theories of addiction, and other research, my experience of addiction and recovery and how academic and so-called anecdotal or “experiential” evidence have been combined to shape my world view regarding what…
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Continue reading →: Can you be Sober and in Recovery while on Medication?
In a recent blog from the Recovery Research Institute http://www.recoveryanswers.org/blog/12-step-mutual-help-and-medication-assisted-treatment/ by Brandon G. Bergman, Ph.D. It was suggested that a survey of almost 300 long-term AA members (average time in recovery 13 years), more than half felt medication to resist alcohol cravings/urges was or might be a good idea, and 17% did not think…
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Continue reading →: Does Lack of “After Care” post Treatment Fail Recovering Individuals?
Directly From:- http://www.williamwhitepapers.com/blog/2015/05/a-different-kind-of-inventory.html A DIFFERENT KIND OF INVENTORY The death of a person undergoing medical treatment is cause for serious reflection on the part of caregivers. Historically, procedures have been developed to help understand the circumstances of such deaths. These procedures range from a focus on the person (e.g., such…
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Continue reading →: Alcohol and Drug Abuse Affects Everyone in the Family
The USA ‘s #1 health problem is alcoholism and drug dependence. For decades, NCADD and our National Network of Affiliates have seen how the disease of addiction not only affects the individual, but millions of family members. Fathers, mothers, single parents, couples straight or gay, regardless of ethnicity or social group,…
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Continue reading →: Police Helping Addicts Get Free not Imprisoned!
Now this is enlightened policing – I just pray other cities around the world follow suit – here’s to you Chief Campanello! GLOUCESTER, Mass. —Addicts in Gloucester who voluntarily surrender to police will not be charged as criminals, but sent for help, the police department announced in a Facebook…
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Continue reading →: The Heart of Recovery
How is low HRV related to longer term recovering alcoholics? We cited and use excerpts from a study (2) into short term and longer term (3) of up to six months which shows that alcoholics with years of recovery still have low HRV although it improves although this is dependent of…
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Continue reading →: Recovery is a Journey from the Head to the Heart (and back)!
PART 2 So what does this low HRV mean for the recovering alcoholic? I have explained this to show that HRV is directly connected to areas of the the brain implicated in stress and emotion regulation. If, via recovery practices, we can still our beating heart, become serene as well…
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Continue reading →: Journey from the Head to the Heart (and back)!
Part 1 Over this week leading up to my interview/podcast with sincerightnow http://www.sincerightnow.com/upcoming/ http://www.sincerightnow.com/pdcst/ I want to look at the “neuroscience of alcoholism and addiction from another angle. I want to look at the evident difficulties seen in alcoholics in terms of impaired self and emotion regulation by looking at the relationship…
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