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Conference on Alternative Strategies for Alcoholism Treatment videos
- By Misc Author
- Published 07/2/2009
- What Are Your Recovery Options
- Rating: Unrated

Three video recordings (Windows Media Player required) from the ScattergoodEthics Program conference on Alternative Strategies for Alcoholism Treatment on May 21, 2008. The conference examined the role and ethical implications of comprehensive treatment for alcoholism, including the ethical challenges of different treatment strategies and the latest empirical research and clinical evidence. Participants included a panel of experts from the local alcohol treatment community.
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The Friday Fermentable: "Mixing Drinks With Work and Staying Sober, Too" (NYTimes)
- By Misc Author
- Published 06/30/2009
- Alcohol News
- Rating: Unrated

By Abel Pharmboy, ScienceBlogs -I don't know if Kim Severson of the New York Times knew this when writing her thought-provoking article earlier this week ["Mixing Drinks With Work and Staying Sober, Too"], but it coincided with the annual meetings of the Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) and the College of Problems on Drug Dependence (CPDD). My point of bringing up Severson's article is a question that interests
me given the context of The Friday Fermentable; namely, what happens if
you have a career in the alcoholic beverage industry but become an
alcoholic or alcohol abuser?
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The Disease Model of Addiction
- By Misc Author
- Published 06/30/2009
- Philosophy of addiction
- Rating: Unrated

David Clark, Director of Wired In - Some
time ago, I wrote a number of articles in my Background Briefing series
for Drink and Drugs News that focused on some of the theories of
addiction, and some of the factors that are thought to contribute to
addictive behaviour. I pointed out that looking at these theories helps
us better understand the rationale behind certain therapeutic
interventions.
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Overdose Prevention and Response
- By Misc Author
- Published 06/29/2009
- Harm Reduction Theory
- Rating: Unrated

This is the second book of a field guide series for drug user activist
organizations and harm reduction workers in Eastern Europe. The fact is, no one deserves to die because of their drug use. We can learn to protect ourselves and our communities from overdose—and respond effectively when it does happen.
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AA Alcoholics Anonymous Powefull or Powerless?
- By Misc Author
- Published 06/29/2009
- AA and other 12 Step Groups , Penn and Teller videos
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Penn: "It worked because he wanted it to work and he made it work."
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Penn & Teller - from Anonyma Alkoholister
- By Misc Author
- Published 06/29/2009
- Penn and Teller videos
- Rating: Unrated

Penn: "12 step sounds like technology - step one, step two... But 12 step is not technology."Attachments
Deprogramming Oneself From Alcoholics Anonymous
- By Misc Author
- Published 06/29/2009
- AA and other 12 Step Groups , Addiction Videos
- Rating: Unrated

"When I first attended Alcoholics Anonymous, it was with an open, accepting attitude. My drinking had caused me problems, and I wanted to quit."
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Alcohol is a drug
- By Misc Author
- Published 06/24/2009
- Helping a child or adolescent
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Alcohol and the aging senior
- By Misc Author
- Published 06/22/2009
- Alcohol News
- Rating: Unrated

Research shows alcohol has a much stronger effect in the senior population than in younger people. As you age, you absorb alcohol more readily. So what used to be standard twenty-something fare is way too much for you now.
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What the Science Shows, and What We Should Do About It
- By Misc Author
- Published 06/22/2009
- Addiction Research
- Rating: Unrated

Leading addiction scientists met in New Mexico, USA, in 2004
at a “think-tank” conference to share research findings in
their respective areas and discuss possible implications for
treatment and prevention interventions. This conference resulted in a
seminal book, “Rethinking Substance Abuse: What the Science Show, and
What We Should Do about It” which I will consider in this and a
following article. Attachments
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12 step meetings?
- By Misc Author
- Published 06/1/2009
By Raymond SmithBeen reading this the last few nights: Assessment and Treatment of Patients With Coexisting Mental Illness and Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (Treatment Improvement Protocol Serire, Vol...


