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- 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
Posted in 12 steps, AA, addiction, addiction treatment, Alcohol, alcohol harm reduction, alcoholics anonymous, CBT, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, effectiveness, harm reduction, rehab
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
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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12 Step Programs Are The Opposite Of CBT
Not long ago there was a blog post in Psychology Today titled “Does Alcoholics Anonymous Work Because it’s a Form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?” (Lazarus, 2010). This is an odd title because it assumes that AA is more effective than … Continue reading
Posted in 12 steps, AA, aa deprogramming, addiction, Alcohol, alcohol abuse, alcohol harm reduction, alcoholics anonymous, CBT, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, effectiveness, harm reduction
Tagged 12 step treatment, 12 steps, AA, aa alternatives, aa deprogramming, addiction, Alcohol, alcohol harm reduction, alcoholics anonymous, alcoholics anonymous alternatives, alcoholism, CBT, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, harm reduction
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Is AA Wrong For You?
Although many people find that 12 step groups such as AA or NA are helpful for their drug or alcohol problems, a growing body of evidence suggests that just as many people may be harmed by 12 step programs as … Continue reading
Posted in 12 steps, AA, addiction, Alcohol, alcohol harm reduction, alcoholics anonymous, CBT, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Therapy, drug abuse, effectiveness, hams harm reduction network, harm reduction
Tagged 12 step treatment, 12 steps, AA, aa alternatives, Alcohol, alcohol harm reduction, alcoholic, alcoholics anonymous, alcoholism, choice, hams, hams harm reduction network, harm reduction, smart recovery
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Alcohol Harm Reduction Book
Harm reduction programs such as seat belts to reduce the damage from automobile accidents, clean needles to prevent the spread of HIV among injection drug user, and condoms distribution to prevent the spread of STDs and unwanted pregnancies have been … Continue reading
“Alcoholism” Antisocial Personality Disorder, and Homelessness
In my experience it seems that the people who engage in highly destructive behaviors related to substance use always have a dual diagnosis of substance abuse AND antisocial personality disorder. When these people fall into the hands of the chemical … Continue reading
Why Do Doctors Want To Punish Us For Trying To Get Better?
Why is it that if we go to a Doctor to try and get a medication to help with a drinking problem that this can screw us up in trying to get insurance and even employment for the rest of … Continue reading
Addiction Genetics and Nazi Race “Science”
The politics of genetics has been used throughout history to create scapegoats and to oppress various segments of humanity. Tremendous efforts were made in Nazi Germany to establish Rassenwissenschaft–race science–as a legitimate science. Tremendous efforts were made to prove that … Continue reading
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Tagged addict, addiction, addiction gene, addiction genetics, alcoholic, alcoholism, alcoholism gene, alcoholism genetics, bill of rights, constitution, disease, disease of addiction, disease of alcoholism, disease theory, drug addict, drug addiction, eighth amendment, emancipation proclamation, fascist, first amendment, genetics, human rights, nazi, politics, race science, rassenwissenschaft, scapegoat, underclass
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The Social Cost Of Television Viewing – a tongue in cheek view
Doom sayers are oft warning us of the social costs of drug or alcohol use–but what about the horror of television addiction?? The average American spends over 4 hours a day watching TV (Nielsen Media Research http://www.nielsenmedia.com/nc/portal/site/Public/menuitem.55dc65b4a7d5adff3f65936147a062a0/?vgnextoid=4156527aacccd010VgnVCM100000ac0a260aRCRD ). This is … Continue reading
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