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Posted on May 22, 2013 at 1:11 am by Sparrow

As spirituality increases drinking decreases
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Six-month changes in spirituality, religiousness, and heavy drinking in a treatment-seeking sample. OBJECTIVE: This descriptive and exploratory study investigated change in alcoholics’ spirituality and/or religiousness (S/R) from treatment entry to 6 months later and whether those changes were associated with drinking outcomes. METHOD: Longitudinal survey data were collected from 123 outpatients with alcohol use disorders …∞

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Posted on May 21, 2013 at 1:06 am by Sparrow

Treatment Setting
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Brief-TSF Treatment Setting Brief-TSF can be used with both individuals who have never sought treatment and those who had previous treatment and aftercare clients. The model is flexible enough to accommodate all of these client groups. However, since Brief-TSF relies heavily on client involvement in community-based 12 step fellowship and meetings, it would be less …∞

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Posted on May 20, 2013 at 12:47 am by Sparrow

Self-help reduces costs and promotes sobriety
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12-Step Involvement Increases Sobriety and Reduces Costs BACKGROUND: Accumulating evidence indicates that addiction and psychiatric treatment programs that actively promote self-help group involvement can reduce their patients’ health care costs in the first year after treatment, but such initially impressive effects may wane over time. This paper examines whether the positive clinical outcomes and reduced …∞

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Posted on May 17, 2013 at 12:27 am by Sparrow

Painkiller abuse
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Painkiller abuse Painkiller
abuse continues to grow;
new treatments offer hope
Increasingly, drug abusers
are getting their next fix
from their medicine
cabinets, instead of from
drug dealers. More than 6
million Americans abuse
prescription drugs,
according to the U.S. Drug
Enforcement
Administration. One in 10
teenagers admits to
abusing painkillers, such as
Vicodin and Oxycontin.
Painkillers cause more
overdoses than cocaine
and heroin combined.
“Access to prescription
painkillers has never been
easier,” says addictions
psychiatrist Donna Yi, MD,
associate chief of staff and
clinical director for The
Menninger Clinic and
assistant professor in the
Menninger Department of
Psychiatry & Behavioral
Sciences at Baylor College
of Medicine

Posted in Addiction, Adjunctive therapy, Disease of addiction, Drugs, Relapse prevention, Research, Stages of Change. Use this permalink for a bookmark.

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Posted on April 28, 2013 at 9:26 pm by Sparrow

The Role of AA Sponsors
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A pilot study of the role of AA sponsors An AA sponsor is a close 1-on-1 collaboration between an older sober member and a relative newcomer to sobriety. Its a two way helping relationship – the sponsor affirms their own sobriety and the sponsee gains new insights. AIMS: The aim of this study was to …∞

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Posted on April 24, 2013 at 8:48 pm by Sparrow

Healing through social and spiritual affiliation
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The author of this article describes a psychological model, based on studies he and his colleagues have conducted, to clarify the operation of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and other movements that operate through social and ideologically grounded support and can be characterized as “spiritual recovery movements.” Taken together, the findings from the cited studies make evident …∞

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Posted on April 23, 2013 at 8:33 pm by Sparrow

12-Step Activities and Abstinence

Categorical 12-step involvement and continuous abstinence at 2 years  Abstract A longitudinal analysis of 12-step involvement was conducted among a U.S. sample of patients exiting treatment for substance dependence. Categorical involvement in a set of 12-step activities and summary scores of involvement from the Alcoholics Anonymous Affiliation Scale were examined in relation to continuous abstinence …∞

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Posted on April 19, 2013 at 8:09 pm by Sparrow

Comparison addiction treatment
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A comparative evaluation of substance abuse treatment This article first explains the conceptual framework and plan of a naturalistic, multisite evaluation of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) substance abuse treatment programs. It then examines the effectiveness of an index episode of inpatient treatment and the effectiveness of continuing outpatient care and participation in self-help groups. …∞

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Posted on April 17, 2013 at 7:45 pm by Sparrow

Five Alcoholism Subtypes
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Researchers Identify
Alcoholism Subtypes
Analyses of a national
sample of individuals with
alcohol dependence
(alcoholism) reveal five
distinct subtypes of the
disease, according to a
new study by scientists at
the National Institute on
Alcohol Abuse and
Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of
the National Institutes of
Health (NIH). “Our findings
should help dispel the
popular notion of the
‘typical alcoholic,’;” notes
first author Howard B.
Moss, M.D., NIAAA
Associate Director for
Clinical and Translational
Research. “We find that
young adults comprise the
largest group of alcoholics
in this country, and nearly
20 percent of alcoholics are
highly functional and well-
educated with good
incomes. More than half of
the alcoholics

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Posted on April 17, 2013 at 5:43 am by Sparrow

Prayer Cuts Alcohol Consumption?
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Prayer reduced drinking by about half.

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