The question of how nicotine dependence should or should not be addressed within the context of addiction treatment has been a controversial issue from the inception of addiction treatment in the United States. Many nineteenth-century inebriate asylu...
Pattern Identification and Reduction Therapy, the art of rapid and compassionate truth telling, was developed as a practical means of serving the needs of intense and demanding clinical populations, including treatment centers, prisons, jail, group h
Evidence-based practices (EBP), including both evidence-based assessments and interventions, are intended to ensure that clients receive services that have scientific proof of their effectiveness. The push toward EBP has precipitated the question of
For nearly five decades, Rudolf Moos, PhD, has focused on questions of great import to addiction counselors and the individuals and families they serve. His published studies (15 books and more than 450 articles) have dramatically expanded our knowle
As if we need any more reasons to stay away from cigarettes: A recent National Institutes of Health (NIH) study conducted by researchers at Columbia Univer
A Note to Our Readers: This is the letter of appreciation that Lorraine Wood sent from her apartment in Manhattan, where she was in the midst of a six-month sabbatical, t...
These days there seems to be tons of research on addiction client dynamics, addiction treatments and addiction client epidemiology. So, it is refreshing to read a few res
Today’s communities face a myriad of challenges—violence, drug abuse, crime, illness—but these problems and the long-term damage they can cause can be prevented wit
As we begin a new year, it is time to cast our vision into the future to see what might lie ahead for the alcohol and drug abuse field. I often say that a good supervisor
Looking back in history, drug and alcohol abuse has been linked to war—as far back as the Civil War, when morphine was used for wounded troops on the battlefield. Then
This is the second installment in a two-column series dealing with the importance of proper back care while enjoying a wellness lifestyle in recovery. The first column pr
One of the most frustrating, yet rewarding, challenges I’ve undertaken as a recovery counselor has been engaging young adults in weekly discussions about alcohol, tobac
The outbreak that began in the summer of 2005 was something that could easily have been an episode of CSI. The only thing missing was the primal scream of Roger Daltrey b
The concept of “change talk” appeared in the second edition of Miller and Rollnick’s now classic account of motivational interviewing (2002), replacing the cumberso
Wrinkles Don’t Hurt: Daily Meditations on the Joy of Aging Mindfully explains how mindfulness works and offers inspirational messages and positive affirmations. We can
The question of how nicotine dependence should or should not be addressed within the context of addiction treatment has been a controversial issue from the inception of addiction treatment in the United States. Many nineteenth-century inebriate asylu...
Pattern Identification and Reduction Therapy, the art of rapid and compassionate truth telling, was developed as a practical means of serving the needs of intense and demanding clinical populations, including treatment centers, prisons, jail, group h
Evidence-based practices (EBP), including both evidence-based assessments and interventions, are intended to ensure that clients receive services that have scientific proof of their effectiveness. The push toward EBP has precipitated the question of 
For nearly five decades, Rudolf Moos, PhD, has focused on questions of great import to addiction counselors and the individuals and families they serve. His published studies (15 books and more than 450 articles) have dramatically expanded our knowle
