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Pursuing Optimal Health in Recovery
By John Newport, PhD
As April is National Alcohol Awareness Month, this is an ideal time to reflect on steps that counselors can take to help their clients struggling with alcoholism and drug addiction to reap the full benefits of recovery.
Counseling professionals are well aware that alcoholism and drug addiction are deadly diseases with devastating consequences. They are also undoubtedly familiar with the fact that alcoholics and addicts whose diseases go untreated eventually suffer adverse health consequences, often dying decades before their times. More optimal health
The Dog Diet, A Memoir
Interview by Stephanie L. Muller
In the not too distant past, Patti Lawson was a diet-obsessed, high-achieving perfectionist. She bought every diet supplement on the market, hired personal trainers, ran, walked, huffed, puffed, wrapped her thighs in plastic, suffered in steam rooms and added to her collection of AB rollers and thigh masters. And so it went until a little dog taught her some big lessons about life. More Dog Diet
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Conference Report -
Neuroscience Meets Recovery First Annual Conference
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By Stephanie L. Muller
Addiction and mental health professionals are always seeking information on the latest and most effective treatments for their clients. In March at the First Annual Conference Neuroscience Meets Recovery – Bridging the Gap Between Scientific Discovery and Patient Recovery, sponsored by U.S. Journal Training Inc., professionals from across the nation learned the important role biology plays in addiction – specifically, neurobiology. More Conference Report
Oh My, I Did Not Know That!
By Bill Howatt
“Oh my, I did not know that.”
This is a reaction I often get when teaching budding addiction counselors who are a generation behind me and have been raised with a different set of values.
My generation has taught me there are no shortcuts and one must pay their dues, whereas the Xers (under 30) are more focused on living life and do not expect to work long hours. They expect to be evaluated not by how long they have worked but how skilled they are. More Oh My
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