By Dr. Stuart Gitlow | June 7, 2013 | Some over the years have wanted to envision addiction as being represented on a pyramid where mere use falls at the base of the pyramid, abuse falls partway up, and dependence lives at the peak. This type of approach suggests a continuum in which an individual…
Dr. Howard MarkelEditor’s note: Nearly 130 years ago, cocaine was the world’s newest wonder drug – touted as a cure for everything from morphine addiction to tuberculosis. And its biggest supporter was Sigmund Freud. Whenever Big Pharma unfurls its latest “blockbuster” drug, I am carried back to the era when the biggest wonder drug on the…
By GABRIELLE GLASER Women’s growing predilection for wine has a darker side—and the only way to deal with it is to acknowledge the profound differences between how women and men abuse alcohol. Author Gabrielle Glaser talks to WSJ’s Gary Rosen about the growing problem of alcohol abuse among upper middle-class women and why A.A. is…
by BOB VON STERNBERG There’s a growing realization that policy cannot be shaped from the shadows. A bunch of alcoholics and addicts mingled throughout the elegant galleries of the Walker Art Center on a recent evening. They were there for a sold-out screening of a new documentary called “The Anonymous People.” The film’s title is…
by Wallace J. Nichols, Sarah Kornfeld and Andy Myers It might begin like this: “Hello, my name is [your name here]. I am a petroleum addict. I’ve tried Valvoline, Vaseline, kerosene, gasoline, jet fuel, diesel, and natural gas. I’ve even tried plastics.” The first step to recovery, after all, is admitting you have a problem.…
By Jean S. This book offers a way forward for the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous. The unstated goal of The Little Book is to widen the gateway of AA so that all who suffer might pass through, regardless of belief or lack of belief. The book presents the 12 Step program of recovery in a…
By Dr. Sanjay GuptaCNN Chief Medical CorrespondentAugust 8, 2013 (CNN) — Over the last year, I have been working on a new documentary called “Weed.” The title “Weed” may sound cavalier, but the content is not. I traveled around the world to interview medical leaders, experts, growers and patients. I spoke candidly to them, asking…
by Bill W. If a mere code of morals or a better philosophy of life were sufficient to ovecome alcoholism, many of us would have recovered long ago…. We could wish to be moral, we could wish to be philosophically comforted, in fact, we could will these things with all our might, but the needed…
The Pagano Lab is an adolescent addiction recovery research lab located in Cleveland, Ohio at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Division of Child Psychiatry. Our mission is to improve the quality of life for youth, families, and communities by providing a continuum of scientific information, education, and personal experiences on…
by Hieromonk Damascene Reviewed by Gregory Ellison In the beginning was the Tao,And the Tao was with God,And the Tao was God.… And the Tao was made fleshAnd dwelt among us … — The Gospel of John,translated from Chinese For English readers, the familiar passage from the Gospel of John begins “In the beginning was…