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Health Communications, Inc., a publisher of best-selling books and a leading magazine for addiction professionals, and U.S. Journal Training, Inc., a provider of continuing education conferences and online courses for addiction and mental health professionals, seek an in-house Advertising Sales Manager.

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What is Recovery?

An essay on the subject of “What is Recovery” raises, for me, the question of what is Addiction. Since everyone of us has an idea, our own idea, of what Addiction is, we'll also have our own answer to “What is Recovery?”

Since we don’t have agreement in our field on what Addiction is, I doubt that we can come up with an easy agreement on what recovery is. I could just tell you my definition of both but my goal is not for us to have a debate over which we can come to a resolution. My goal is that we all look at ourselves and how we got to this question. It may be, that after examining ourselves, we may choose to change the question we ask.

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February 2010, Volume 11
Addiction Treatment Around The World

Editor’s Note: This article is based on interviews with several addiction treatment professionals who also act as consultants,providing their addiction treatment expertise to treatment programs in several countries through C4 Recovery Solutions.  ...
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NIDA's Blending Initiative

Editor’s Note: This article was adapted from an article that ran in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment (JSAT), in accordance with a partnership agreement between Counselor Magazine and JSAT, to bridge the gap between research and clinical pra...
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Self Disclosure in Addiction Counselling

In the field of alcohol and substance abuse counseling there are many counselors and therapists who are, themselves, recovering addicts or alcoholics. There is a professional and ethical dilemma that occurs when the urge arises for the counselor to d

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Interview with Pioneers: Robert L. Dupont, MD on Addiction, Treatment Recovery and a Life of Service

This generation of leaders in addiction treatment is passing. Long-tenured pioneers in the field have retired or will soon retire. For those about to pass the torch of leadership, it is a time to reflect, teach and mentor. For those into whose hands

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From The Editor of Counselor Magazine - February 2010 From The Editor of Counselor Magazine - February 2010

Dear Readers,

I like to think of myself as having a positive outlook on life, and as such, I view the beginning of each new year as an opportunity to improve upon previous

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The New Decade The New Decade

Millennia mark milestones and momentous events (remember the Y2K scare of 2000). Decades remind us of new breakthroughs and trends, as in technology, medicine and machine

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Dawn of a New Era (Part II) Dawn of a New Era (Part II)

In the first part of this column, I pointed out some unsettling research implications for our field. Sooner or later, these implications will have a direct impact on your

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Recovery Management with Methamphetamine Addicts in Rural America

Methamphetamine use is widely recognized as a problem that has ravaged many parts of the country, with rural areas being particularly hard hit (California Department of A

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Seeing Through the Dark on the Threshold of the New Year

“Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.”
—Carl Jung

As we usher in the New Year, it seems prudent to reflect o

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Media Spin Media Spin

We have spent a good deal of time in this column over the years addressing issues of smoked marijuana. The American Medical Association’s (AMA) Council on Science and P

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Addressing Substance Abuse and Dependency  as a Public Health and Safety Issue Addressing Substance Abuse and Dependency as a Public Health and Safety Issue

The days of treating alcohol and drug abuse and dependency issues from a punitive or criminal justice approach have proven to be ineffective and counterproductive. Presid

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New Leadership for IC&RC

In October, IC&RC member boards gathered to set the organization’s direction for the coming year and elected Rhonda Messamore, Executive Director of California Associat

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Honoring COAs

Please join the National Association for Children of Alcoholics (NACoA) and the many others serving children and families, including NACoA’s affiliate organizations, as

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Pleasure Unwoven: A Personal Journey About Addiction Pleasure Unwoven: A Personal Journey About Addiction

In Pleasure Unwoven, Dr. Kevin McCauley addresses a question that has been a subject of debate for many years: “Is addiction really a disease?”
With Utah’s State and

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