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    • Posted on June 4, 2013 at 3:55 am by Sparrow

    Double Trouble in Recovery
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    For dually-diagnosed individuals, continued participation in dual recovery self-help groups plays a significant role in the recovery process, particularly in the area of substance use.

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    Posted on May 26, 2013 at 1:56 am by Sparrow

    More AA meetings
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    More AA meetings equals
    better recovery Is
    Attendance At Alcoholics
    Anonymous Meetings After
    Inpatient Treatment
    Related To Improved
    Outcomes? A 6-Month
    Follow-Up Study Abstract –
    Aims: This study
    investigates the
    relationship between
    attendance at Alcoholics
    Anonymous (AA) meetings
    prior to, during, and after
    leaving treatment, and
    changes in clinical outcome
    following inpatient alcohol
    treatment. Methods: A
    longitudinal design was
    used in which participants
    were interviewed at
    admission (within 5 days of
    entry), and 6 months
    following departure. The
    sample comprised 150
    patients in an inpatient
    alcohol treatment
    programme who met ICD-
    10 criteria for alcohol
    dependence. The full
    sample was interviewed at
    admission to treatment. Six
    months after departure
    from treatment, 120

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    Posted on May 25, 2013 at 1:54 am by Sparrow

    Principles of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment
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    Principles of Effective Treatment Addiction is a complex but treatable disease that affects brain function and behavior. Drugs of abuse alter the brain’s structure and function, resulting in changes that persist long after drug use has ceased. This may explain why drug abusers are at risk for relapse even after long periods of abstinence and …∞

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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 19, 2013 at 1:00 am by Sparrow and modified on May 17, 2013 at 4:02 pm.

    Self-Help Groups Reduce Mortality Risk

    The present study aimed to determine whether alcoholics who attend self-help groups experience fewer deaths than those who do not. Subjects were patients from the Alcoholism Treatment Program (ATP) of Matsuzawa hospital. A cohort of alcoholic patients recruited into a prospective study was followed from April 1994 to March 1999. A total of 469 alcoholic …∞

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    Posted on May 7, 2013 at 10:55 pm by Sparrow

    AA and NA Works for Youth too
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    Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous benefit adolescents who attend

    Posted in 12-Step Groups, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholics Anon, Alcoholism, Assessment, Demographics, Disease of addiction, Drugs, Mutual-help, Narcotics Anon, Recovery, Relapse prevention, Research, Self-help, Spirituality, Target populations, TSF, Youth and tagged , , , . Use this permalink for a bookmark.

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    Posted on May 4, 2013 at 10:45 pm by Sparrow

    Cocaine Anonymous
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    Cocaine Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from their addiction. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using cocaine and all other mind-altering substances. There are no dues …∞

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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 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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