Addiction treatment outcomes are determined in large part by motivation. Like most endeavors that require long term actions, motivation is vitally important. In the beginning, a client’s motivation might be that some consequence will come about if the client doesn’t go to treatment, such as…
One of the first obstacles to addiction treatment is stigma. Although society has made great progress accepting addiction as a medical concern that needs treatment, receiving addiction treatment can still cause problems with employers and a person’s social circle. Many employers are aware of Employee…
This is the last in the Neuroplasticity and Addiction Treatment series. Recovery from addiction is a long term process. Recovery calls for intent, focus and repetition. The recovering person claims their intent — to stay sober and clean. In order to do this, the person has to…
I firmly believe that the relationship discovered going forward between neuroplasticity and addiction treatment will greatly improve recovery outcomes. With addiction, although it might seem strange to someone who doesn’t understand addiction, the particular drug used is not so important as what happens to the brain…
Nathaniel Branden once described self esteem as the reputation you have with yourself. If you know someone who frequently lies to you, you usually think less of the person. If someone takes something from you by deceit, you don’t trust them. If someone’s always negative, you don’t like…
Thanksgiving always reminds us of gratitude. Gratitude in addiction recovery is a topic we talk about on an ongoing basis as one of the main principles of recovery. The idea behind the principle of gratitude is that recognizing the things for which we should be grateful…
There are basically three types of motivation in addiction treatment. One is to avoid unpleasant consequences through compliance. These clients are usually pushed hard to get into treatment, and they’re the most likely to return to their drug of choice. Another form of motivation is calculation —…
In treatment, truth is vital. The addict has been living in a world of magical thinking, denial, rationalizations, lies, and deceit of all sorts, so in recovery we have to search for what’s real — no worse than what it is and no better…
Addiction and self awareness are closely tied in treatment and recovery. During the process of addiction a person can lose self- awareness, forget what they believe, what they truly want in life, the meaning of life — they can also lose awareness of what’s happening in…
What is a principle? According to Google’s dictionary, a principle is: 1. a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning. There are addiction recovery principles that are based on…
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