Yoga of 12-Step Recovery: Teacher TrainingLearn how to support those in addiction recovery (and their loved ones) with a valuable resource for relapse prevention. Integrating the wisdom of yoga with the practical tools of 12-step methodology, Yoga of 12 Step Recovery provides a rich and powerful framework for reintegration with the self and with the…
BUTLER CENTER FOR RESEARCH NOVEMBER 2017 – RESEARCH UPDATEResearch Update is published by the Butler Center for Research to share significant scientific findings from the field of addiction treatment research. With all of the recent attention focused on the opioid crisis, it is easy to overlook the fact that misuse of alcohol continues to be…
When we’re on autopilot, we’re not thinking about what we’re doing or why we’re doing it. We’re not paying attention. Research shows that when it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, living in autopilot mode can be a recipe for disaster. If you’re not tuned into why you’re doing what you’re doing, how can you…
Smart Recovery – A Different Step-based Recovery Program A secular recovery support group that uses evidence-based models. Self-management and recovery training (SMART) Recovery is a substance abuse rehabilitation program that serves as an alternative to traditional 12-step programs, such as Alcoholics Anonymous. 1 SMART Recovery is a program designed to help a person overcome self-defeating…
by Carol Wilke“I remember complaining to my first Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor that I didn’t get this “Cod thing.” I knew that step two of AA, “Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity,” was an important part of staying sober, but I had no idea how to incorporate…
By Jesse Singal March 17, 2015 In a story in the April issue of The Atlantic that was posted online earlier today, journalist Gabrielle Glaser harshly criticizes Alcoholics Anonymous. AA and similar 12-step programs, she argues, simply don’t offer the benefits they claim to for those struggling with addiction, and they have become entrenched in both our…
by Bill White Radical hope—a radiant vision of new possibilities in the face of personal or collective devastation—is the catalytic ingredient at the heart of personal transformations and successful social movements. Such hope has been spread contagiously by charismatic figures like Handsome Lake, Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, Mahatma Gandhi, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King,…
Q&A with Hazelden’s Dr. Marvin Seppala on Medication-Assisted Treatment Traditionally many addiction treatment programs have focused only on 12-step programs and avoided medication-assisted treatment, which is the use of medication, along with therapy and other supports, to help address issues related to opioid dependence. Join Together spoke with Marvin D. Seppala, MD, Chief Medical Officer…
By Bill White October 24, 2019 Considerable research has been done on the birth and early evolution of A.A. since Not-God: A History of Alcoholics Anonymousby Harvard-trained historian Ernie Kurtz was published in 1979. Ernie was subsequently encouraged and enthralled by each new historical discovery about A.A. but remained in the final years of his…
By Dr. Gregory Skipper, Medical Director at the Center for Professional RecoveryPOSTED ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 / BY SOBERLINK / IN ADDICTION RECOVERY How do we make recovery not just a possibility, but the expected outcome of addiction treatment This was a question thought leaders sought to answer at a 2013 symposium held at the…