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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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
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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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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Project MATCH Proves That Harm Reduction Works And 12 Step Programs Don’t
It is rather amazing that the US government spent 35 million dollars on a project as flawed and fraudulent as project MATCH. Project MATCH purported to compare 12 Step Treatment with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET), … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 step treatment, 12 steps, AA, addiction, addiction treatment, Alcohol, alcohol harm reduction, alcoholics anonymous, CBT, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, harm reduction, smart recovery, treatment
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Why Substance Use Should Never Be Called A Disease
There are three cases we can look at: 1) The case of recreational substance use where the only negative consequences are the result of the drug laws and not the result of drug use itself. In this case it is … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 steps, AA, addict, addiction, addiction treatment, Alcohol, alcohol harm reduction, alcoholics anonymous, alcoholism, bandura, disease, disease model, disease theory, harm reduction, self-efficacy
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Guidelines for HAMS Meetings
This is a draft of the HAMS guidelines which will be put before the board for finalization. We have found that the following guidelines are helpful for HAMS meetings, whether live, in a chat room, or by email: The tone … Continue reading
I Am…
It was recently pointed out to me that the statement “I am ___.” is the most powerful statement in the world. If you say “I am depressed”, I am powerless” or “I am an alcoholic” you are just setting up … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 steps, AA, Alcohol, alcohol harm reduction, alcoholics anonymous, empowerment, self-efficacy
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Leaving AA
New blog up for people considering leaving AA http://leavingaa.com/
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