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Continue reading →: The Family Afterwards…
Today we listen to the research wisdom of William White in relation to family recovery, especially long term. Family recovery is much overlooked and not adequately supported long term in terms of “after care” which is incredible when one considers that interpersonal factors such as family relationships contribute in a…
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Continue reading →: Recovered?
When does sobriety for today predict sobriety for a life time? When does the risk of relapse plummet? How long do you have to be in recovery before this risk falls below 15% which is a figure used with other diseases? According to William White it is constantly demonstrated to…
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Continue reading →: Recovering My Identity
We continue to mine the research wisdom of William L White on the next few blogs. William White is one of a growing number of researchers looking into recovery. This is an oft neglected part of research although we are beginning to see research into the neurobiology of recovery as…
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Continue reading →: Recovery: can you feel “Better than Well!”?
Degrees of Recovery? Better than Well – I love this concept and reality and relate to it myself. This is a reality for many recovery people who feel they had an amplified recovery or in simple terms, people who got better than well! This people did not simply have the…
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Continue reading →: Recovery – a need for change?
A need for change? Addiction is a chronic condition but is treated as if it was an acute disorder. Treatment has become disconnected from the longer processes of recovery. Hence is there a need to redesign “treatment” to address the reality that recovery is a long process, not something that…
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Continue reading →: Where did this Road to Recovery Start?
William L White is one of the foremost writers on the History of “recovery” from the 1730s up until the present day and the advent of the new recovery movement (in the US). The first two of ten short videos looks at the early history of mutual groups leading up…
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Continue reading →: The Road to Recovery
Following on from our recent blog on “So what is Recovery?” we now look at the process of recovery itself and important changes that contribute to successful recovery. Many recovering persons report quitting drugs because they are ‘sick and tired’ of the drug life. Recovery is the path to a…
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Continue reading →: So What is Recovery?
So, what does recovery mean? It is total abstinence? Is recovery strictly a question of substance use or is there more to it than that? This study (1) addressed two primary research questions: (1) Does recovery require total abstinence from all drugs and alcohol? and (2) Is recovery defined solely…
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Continue reading →: No more Raining in my Heart.
I watched this video in early recovery to help me relate to the progression of the disease of alcoholism concept. I could not get my crazy head around what the idea of “progression” was and how it could be possible? Now I have, after years of research, found conclusive proof…
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