Our universal acceptance of the medical myth of addiction is deadly. This was live-blogged from my presentation at Galway, Ireland, including material from my forthcoming book with Zach Rhoads, Outgrowing Addiction: With Common Sense Instead of “Disease” Therapy.
Neuroimaging studies have delineated circuits of the brain that share a critical role in giving rise to compulsions, obsessions, and addictions alike.
We need the freedom to choose our own recovery methods, and we need support from people who treat us as individuals, not just “alcoholics” or “addicts.”
The Sackler family business, Purdue Pharma, earned billions promoting the opioid epidemic. Now they want to benefit further from efforts to contain it.
The 12 Step model is a direct descendant of the AA program, and this connection may force treatment professionals to navigate conflicting demands that expose clients/patients to harm.
In reviewing the film Beautiful Boy, we in many ways agree with the evolving views of David Sheff, but nonetheless feel he misses the fundamental point.
The Marchman and Baker acts need updating if Florida is going to meet the challenges of a raging opioid epidemic and deadly mass shootings.
In mid-June of this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared “gaming disorder” a clinically recognizable and significant syndrome.
This concludes my list of common observations among hundreds of long-term weight maintainers and individuals who have resolved serious drinking problems.
I decided it would be really interesting to step back and identify what both groups of people – the “masters of change” – had in common.
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