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Transfer of Addictive Behaviors
The transfer of addictive behaviors often flies under the radar, but its effects on newly sober people can be devastating.
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Addiction and Addictive Personality Syndromes
New research reveals that there are common underlying characteristics of many different manifestations of addiction. True recovery is the continued acceptance of addiction and the continuous monitoring of the addictive personality in whatever form it may take.
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Gender Differences in Addiction and Recovery
Gender differences are present for all of the
facets of drug abuse, which includes initiation, then the escalation of use and the progression to addiction. Gender differences in addiction and recovery can present many obstacles for those seeking help. Fortunately, gender-specific help is available.
A History of Our Relationships with Animals and Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT)
Animal-assisted therapy is an emerging therapy option that helps promote calm and healing in treatment. Read more about animals.
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POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)
Do you think that this does not apply to you?
Read on! What is post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)? Who gets PTSD? And many more questions.
Recoveryism 101 (Part 2)
Of course! Embracing recovery pluralism is not an embrace of opinions and preferences that completely dominate facts. To be tolerant of the varieties of recovery experience is not to say we must blindly accept all proffered approaches to recovery as equal. Read more about recoveryism!
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