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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.

June 2009 Vol. 10, No. 3

Understanding and Addressing Prescription Drug Abuse Among Adolescents

Imagine the teenager who walks into his parent’s bathroom looking for ibuprofen (e.g., Advil) for a headache. As he’s scanning the shelves, he sees a pill bottle labeled “hydrocodone” (or Vicodin). Something seems familiar about this—oh yea

Treating Depression and Addiction in Young Adults

John has been a resident at Sober College three times in the past three years for addiction treatment. Prior to that, he was a client of five other facilities, including a long-term therapeutic boarding school. John has been on depression medication

Adolescent Substance Abuse Rehabilitation: The Turkey Model

Alcohol and drug abuse among adolescents remains a significant problem worldwide. Although data is sparse for many parts of the world, including Turkey, research compiled by the U.S. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, the World Health Organizati

Addictive Disease in Adolescence - a 40-Year Addiction Perspective

My career in Addiction Medicine began more than 40 years ago when I founded the Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic during the “Summer of Love” following my training at the University of California at San Francisco. As “Young Doctor Smith,” I

Tribute to a Pioneer: Remembering Dr. LeClair Bissell

On Aug. 20, 2008, the addiction treatment field lost one of its modern pioneers, Dr. LeClair Bissell. In her eightieth year, she had lost none of her wit or wisdom. I was one of many people in our field blessed by her knowledge and her encouragement.
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Columns

From the Editor June 2009

Dear Readers,

By now, most of you are aware that the addiction field lost one of its great pioneers with the passing of Father Joseph C. Martin on March 9. Although it h

Information Overload

Coast Guard Commandant Thad Allen has a page on Facebook. His page features a photograph of the Commandant, attired in a flightsuit a few yards away from an Osprey tiltro
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Coping With the Challenges of Uncertain Times

Everyone has their horror stories concerning the current economic downturn, which many experts claim is the worst financial disaster since the great depression of the 193

In loco parentis: How counselors and mentors can make a difference

When Frank “E.” was 12 years-old, few people would have predicted much of a future for him. The son of a single, cocaine-addicted mother, Frank was already regularly
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Team-Focused Approach

In the last 20 years, the addiction profession in California has responded to many issues: creating service systems for an ever-growing need; increasing treatment capacit

Epigenetics Has Come to the Addiction Field

At the risk of sounding stale, our field is advancing at an ever-increasing pace, especially on the genetics front. At the risk of sounding threatening, such advancements
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A Father’s Story

My story with chemical dependence is every parent’s worst nightmare. In October 2005, my son Brent died of an adverse reaction—a deadly combination of ecstasy and alc

Personal Responsibility Through Mentoring

Significant growth at Cousino High School in Warren, Mich., has triggered the need for school professionals to generate new and innovative programs to meet the needs of s

Salvia divinorum: The Sage of the Seers

"The purpose of these sacraments is to purify, and to open the road. When it opens, it's as clear as the blue sky, and the stars at night are as bright as suns."—Aureli

Addressing the Prescription Drug Trap

Recently I conducted a consultation and treatment planning session for a patient who has been on prescription opiates and benzodiazepines for more than 10 years. The pati

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