Disease Model and Stigma
(S.P. forwarded this along… Thank you!!) Stigma Unaffected by Acceptance of Disease Model, Study Finds Throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, public health advocates promoted the view that mental...
View ArticleThe Disease Debate
In the “Why I Left AA” thread, Rotten Ralph made a statement that I thought might spark a debate, so before that happens, I am moving that discussion here. If anyone wants to discuss the disease model,...
View ArticleCan you quit on your own?
Thanks Acacia! Can You Cure Yourself of Drug Addiction? Scientific American spoke with Sally Satel, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research and lecturer in...
View ArticleB.C. Treats Alcoholism As A Medical Condition
One problem with the current disease model of addiction is that it doesn’t actually result in treatments that approach addiction as a disease. It says, “Addiction is an incurable progressive disease...
View ArticleUp the Tiger Bloodline
Charlie Sheen’s father made an interesting comment, which I thought that I would post here because it furthers the dialog from yesterday’s post and comments: “So if he had cancer, how would we deal...
View Article“Costs of Alcohol”
A few weeks ago, we posted about an article (h/t JD) about how BC was adopting a disease or medical approach to alcoholism. The article was interesting, because, while the disease model has proven...
View ArticleRehab Nation
Who didn’t see this coming? Anthony Weiner has checked himself into treatment for “sexual addiction!” We all know what will happen next. After he leaves rehab, Weiner will make the tearful apology to...
View ArticleWatters and Wine
Remember the Catholic Priest, Fr. Pete Watters, who was featured in the article about Toronto AA’s removing the agnostic groups from the roster (“Does Religion Belong at AA? Fight over ‘God’ Splits...
View ArticleThe Non-Randomness of Addiction
Go read “The Addictive Personality and the Non-Randomness of Addiction” by Rob Arthur on his blog, Narco Polo.
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