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History of Addiction - History of Alcoholism
The evolutionary origins and significance of drug addiction
6. Social-cultural impactWe have discovered that the nature of addiction is not solely based on free will to use, or an individual's conscious choice to use, but may have deeper influences. The nature…
Posted on Tue, 06/22/2010 - 03:00
The evolutionary origins and significance of drug addiction
Tammy Saah, Stanford University School of Medicine, Transplant Immunobiology LaboratoryHarm Reduction Journal 2005, 2:8AbstractBy looking at drug addiction from an evolutionary perspective, we may und…
Posted on Tue, 06/22/2010 - 03:00
The evolutionary origins and significance of drug addiction
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Posted on Tue, 06/22/2010 - 03:00
Bill Wilson's Spiritual Awakening: Conscious Contact with God or a Neurobiological Perfect Storm?
Abramelin the Mage. (1458) The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage translated by S.L. MacGregor Mathers (1897; reprinted by Dover Publications, 1975).Ainslie, G. (2001) Breakdown of Will. C…
Posted on Thu, 05/28/2009 - 03:00
Bill Wilson's Spiritual Awakening: Conscious Contact with God or a Neurobiological Perfect Storm?
By Roland J. Branconnier, MA and Kelly A. Moncheski, BA"Idiosyncratic belief systems which are shared by only a few adherents are likely to be regarded as delusional. Belief systems which may be just …
Posted on Thu, 05/28/2009 - 03:00
Bill Wilson's Spiritual Awakening: Conscious Contact with God or a Neurobiological Perfect Storm?
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A Disease Concept for the 21st Century
In the first three articles in this series, we reviewed the history of the disease concept of addiction in America from its birth in the 18th century through its collapse, rebirth and rising promine…
Posted on Fri, 10/13/2006 - 03:00
Alcoholics Anonymous and the Disease Concept of Alcoholism
By Ernest Kurtz, Ph.D.
Given the issues and prejudices involved, it is unlikely that the question of the historical relationship between Alcoholics Anonymous and the disease concept of alcoholism …
Posted on Thu, 10/12/2006 - 03:00
Addiction as a Disease: Birth of a Concept
[First in a series on the history and future of the disease concept of addiction.]
Are alcoholism and other addictions diseases? If so, what manner of diseases are they, and how can they best be tr…
Posted on Wed, 10/11/2006 - 03:00
Recovery Management and People of Color
By William L, White, MA and Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC
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Communities of color have been ill-served by acute care models of treating severe alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems [including add…
Posted on Wed, 10/11/2006 - 03:00
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