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In a voice that is raw and honest, Nic spares no detail in telling us the compelling, heartbreaking, and true story of his relapse and the road to recovery [Amazon, UK]
In her heartbreaking memoir of incredible depth and honesty, “In the Blink of an Eye” (published by AuthorHouse), Joyce Lovely describes a true story of a family in the death-grip of addiction [US Newswire]
The idea behind homeless soccer is something like this: Take a group of poor people, disconnected from the regular rhythms of life, lacking both physical exercise and much to look forward to. Add soccer [New York Times, USA]
Faces & Voices of Recovery is committed to organizing and mobilizing the millions of Americans in long-term recovery from alcohol and other drug addiction, our families, friends, and allies to speak with one voice [FAVOR, USA]
In a break with the Bush administration, Justice Department called Congress to pass legislation to undo our vast sentencing disparities [Alternet, USA]
This Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) offers substance abuse counselors new insights on working with clients with depressive symptoms and substance use disorders [SAMHSA, USA]
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) team up to launch a new education program on methadone safety [SAMHSA, USA]
Join Together, a project of the Boston University School of Public Health, has merged into The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University. See letter by David Rosenbloom [Join Together, USA]
The Recovery Bill of Rights is a statement of the principle that all Americans have a right to recover from addiction to alcohol and other drugs [Faces & Voices of Recovery, USA]
But a growing number of addiction professionals and recovery advocates are asking whether relapse is an inherent quality of addiction or the product of a design flaw in how addiction is treated and managed, or more specifically, treated and not managed [Counselor, USA]
There are several promising applications of mindfulness to enhance recovery from alcohol and drug dependence and other addictions. This article explores several new trends and ways that meditation and mindfulness can be used to complement and help with recovery {Counselor, USA]
The importance of utilizing evidence-based practices (EBPs) has taken over health care in the medical, psychiatric and substance use treatment arenas [Counselor, USA]
Because clients in outpatient treatment have the lowest treatment completion rates of all treatment types, it is important to understand the characteristics of clients discharged from outpatient services who completed treatment, dropped out of treatment, or were terminated by the facility [SAMHSA, USA]
The NTA has responded to EATA on the unit costs Tier 4 sample exercise [EATA, UK]
This report will begin with an examination of the Portuguese decriminalization framework as set forth in law and in terms of how it functions in practice {long download} [CATO Institute, USA]
“Judging by every metric, decriminalization in Portugal has been a resounding success,” says Glenn Greenwald, an attorney, author and fluent Portuguese speaker, who conducted the research. “It has enabled the Portuguese government to manage and control the drug problem far better than virtually every other Western country does.” [Time, USA]
