Harm Reduction Radio – HAMS- SAFE RECOVERY
- The Lies in the AA Big Book disected, discussed, debated.
- What happens when you're in AA, leave and now you have no friends?
- Steven Slate author of Freedom Model
- The 13th Step- A film exposing the dark side of Alcoholics Anonymous
- AA 's entry into Hollywood, The Lost Weekend, The Days of Wine and Roses
- The stupid things AA sponsors say- are there any "good " sponsors?
- More about Alcoholism, Chapter 3 of the Big Book, tearing it up again
- Working with Others tearing up just one more chapter of The Big Book
- Into Action What kind of lies are in the Big Book of AA
- Tearing up the AA Big Book just one more time - where are the lies
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Author Archives: Kenneth Anderson
Two AA Members Walk Into This Cafe…
An example of how the AA sponsor system inflates egos and encourages sociopathy and just plain bad manners. I was eating dinner in one of my favorite Park Slope cafes the other night when two guys walked in and asked … Continue reading
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On harm reduction radio Carl Hart on science, addiction, and the drug war
Our guest this evening is Carl Hart Ph. D., professor of neuropsychopharmacology at Columbia University and author of High Price: A Neuroscientist’s Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/harm-reduction/2014/09/18/carl-hart-on-the-high-price-of-the-drug-war
So-Called Moderate Drinking Study Actually Studies Severely Heavy Drinking
A recent article in Neuroscience titled “Moderate drinking? Alcohol consumption significantly decreases neurogenesis in the adult hippocampus” purports to study moderate drinking and prove that even moderate drinking may have a severely negative impact on the formation of brain cells. … Continue reading
Harm Reduction Therapy Center’s Fundraiser with Ethan Nadelmann
Get your tickets for Harm Reduction Therapy Center’s fundraiser with Ethan Nadelmann http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/273529
Project MATCH Gets an F in Psych 101
If I made a wiener out of fifty percent pork and fifty percent beef and labeled it and sold it to you as a 100% all beef kosher hot dog would I be committing fraud? Of course I would! But … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 step treatment, 12 steps, AA, addiction, addiction treatment, Alcohol, alcohol harm reduction, alcoholics anonymous, alcoholism, CBT, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, harm reduction, Project MATCH, therapy, treatment
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The Difference Between A Moderate Drinking Program And An Alcohol Harm Reduction Program
Moderate drinking programs are aimed primarily at early stage problem drinkers who wish to stay within moderate drinking limits, such as the NIAAA limits of 4 standard drinks daily and 14 weekly for men and 3 daily and 7 weekly … Continue reading
The Stages of Change Model Vs. the “Hitting Bottom” Model
When Prochaska et al did their extensive research on the change process they did not find evidence that a dramatic and traumatic event such as AA’s notion of “hitting bottom” caused people to change their behaviors. What they found instead … Continue reading
Drinking Again
If you have successfully resolved your problems with alcohol via long term (6 months or more) abstinence from alcohol then HAMS urges you to use great caution before you consider drinking again. Studies (NIAAA 2009) show that about half of … Continue reading
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Tagged Alcohol, alcohol harm reduction, drinking again, harm reduction
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To Abstain, or Not To Abstain
Choosing your goal: The main choice is between an abstinence goal and a non-abstinence goal. Goals of safer drinking and reduced drinking are not really at odds with each other very much. You will have to be honest with yourself … Continue reading
The Way to Stop DUI Is to Stop People from Driving
The way to prevent fatalities due to impaired driving is to stop people from driving. This means building workable public transportation in every city in the US and penalizing people for driving instead of using public transportation in all ways … Continue reading
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