May 19, 2012

Clean Slate Answers: Can An “Addict” Ever Become A Moderate User?

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A reader asked “Do you think an addict can ever drink normally? Because if it is truly a choice, not a disease, someone who was addicted to any substance should be able to drink “normally” again. The choice-proponents never touch this subject.” Read on for the answer.

What Impulse? Dissenting Opinions On The Latest “Smoking Gun” In The Disease Debate

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The latest addiction research is focused on the wrong thing – impulse control – the art of changing an addiction is not a process resisting impulses, it’s a process of doing away with such impulses.

Thus Much More Difficult…

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A quick sentence in an average press release type report reveals the problematic message of the recovery culture.

Addiction as a Brain Disease is NOT Big News in 2011

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ASAM declared addiction a brain disease in August, and it was front page news in a media frenzy – but was there any news worth printing there?