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To treat addiction, treat trauma

Alison Knopf
After a payment-driven hiatus of more than two decades, “trauma” is making a comeback in addiction treatment. Experts are saying now, as they did more than a generation ago, that treating addiction without treating underlying trauma in patients who are trauma victims is likely to lead to relapse.

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A new understanding of recovery residences

February 16, 2012     Beth Fisher, LCSW, LCAS, MAC, CCS
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Recovery residences provide a vital tool for initiating and sustaining long-term recovery. They are desirable in their emphasis on structure and community in a recovery setting, their service provision over an extended period of time, and their cost-effectiveness.

NARR partners with Addiction Professional; continues strategic role with NCAD

February 13, 2012     News release
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Vendome Group has announced that the National Association of Recovery Residences (NARR) is partnering with Addiction Professional.

Alcohol education program receives high marks from SAMHSA

February 8, 2012     News release
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Health Communications, Inc. has announced that the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP), a project of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), has given the TIPS for the University training program high marks for both quality and effectiveness.

Former NBA player wants to amass assists for addicts in need

February 6, 2012     Gary A. Enos, Editor
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As a guard in the college and professional basketball ranks, Chris Herren knew a thing or two about finding his shot and distributing the ball to others. In Herren’s life free from drugs, it’s all about the assists now.

Lessons learned at school

January 30, 2012     Sigurd H. Zielke and Rachelle Gardner
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In 2006 Fairbanks received a public school charter and opened Hope Academy, the recovery high school at Fairbanks, with its first class of 28 students. Today, more than 250 students have attended Hope Academy and more than 30 have graduated, with the majority of the alumni attending college or schools offering an advanced technical education.

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A delicate balance for recovery homes

January 25, 2012     Gary Enos, Editor
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A discussion unfolding in the city of Salem, Mass., illustrates the balancing act that promoters of recovery residences must engage in - fighting public discrimination against the neighborhood homes while also raising the bar on quality among their operators.

Hazelden launches iPhone app for people in recovery

January 24, 2012     News release
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A new iPhone application designed as an interactive recovery support tool for the millions of Americans who are in recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs has been released by Hazelden.

Helping Alumni Create Positive Attitudes in Recovery

January 11, 2012     Lori Obernauer
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As Alumni Coordinator at Creative Care in Malibu, Kim Murphy has seen alumni struggle with the idea that because it’s been years since they’ve been to treatment or started recovery or therapy, they shouldn’t have the “negative feelings” that they do. Many professionals can likely relate.

Alumni Services and the Recovery Movement

January 4, 2012     Lori Obernauer
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I just finished reading “Linking Addiction Treatment and Communities of Recovery: A Primer For Addiction Counselors and Recovery Coaches” (by William White, MA and Ernest Kurtz, PhD).

An authentic American Recovery Act

January 3, 2012     Keith Angelin, MBA, CADC, CNDAI
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How much would you pay to have a meal with one of the world’s most famous celebrities? Would you pay $2,500, the cost of mingling in the general vicinity of President Obama at a fundraising reception?

Alumni Renewal Retreats at Crossroads, Antigua

December 28, 2011     Lori Obernauer
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This blog post is from Tania Lewis, Alumni Coordinator at Crossroads Centre, Antigua. Many thanks to Tania, a colleague who is a member of TPAS, Treatment Professionals in Alumni Services.

Federal grant will allow for establishment of virtual recovery center

December 7, 2011     Gary A. Enos, Editor
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A vision that transformed a non-medical detox facility operated by Indiana treatment organization Centerstone into a recovery engagement center is now being expanded further to help individuals who can’t easily get to the center location.
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