Chris Rock stars in a new play as a 13th stepping AA sponsor. It gets real.
Month: March 2011
Heyman Resolves The Contradictions In The Common Knowledge Of Addiction
Harvard professor Gene Heyman discusses the contradictions in addiction, voluntary and involuntary acts, goal directed behavior, global vs local choice, and more.
Top Ten Ways To Stay Addicted
Here’s a helpful list of ways to make sure you never solve your substance use problem.
Fake Success Rates: Retention and Completion
The addiction treatment industry doesn’t care about real success for it’s patients – they only care about keeping you in treatment for as long as possible. This is evidenced by the fact that they present retention rates rather than real success rates.
Peele: Addiction In The Real vs Clinical World
Stanton Peele discusses the reality of addiction vs the myths of the recovery culture.
Musings On The Choice Model
We look at what a Choice Model of Addiction implies, by use of an analogy.
My Poster-Boy
Is Charlie Sheen a poster boy for the non-12-step, non-disease crowd?
Still Genius – Fingarette on the Disease Myth and Learning
23 years later, Herbert Fingarette’s critique of the disease concept still rings true. In this excerpt, he points out that the ruling explanations of addiction are simply describing learning, and for all the fancy medical language, treatment is simply about teaching.
Stop Recovering. Start Living.
I don’t spend a single day worrying about how to get through it without a drink or drug. I don’t spend a single moment thinking about it. I did, back when I was in the recovery culture. But then I started living – I started focusing on building the life I wanted. I haven’t achieved all of my goals, but I’ve stayed free of drug/alcohol use problems for 9 years now, and I’m a heck of a lot happier focusing on all my new interests rather than worrying about struggling with an imaginary disease. I am not “in recovery.” I refuse to struggle like that. I stopped recovering and started living my life.
The Clean Slate Guide To Denial
Is denial real? What does it mean? Learn more in this in-depth discussion of denial.