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You are here: TxDirector > Addiction MedicineAdministrator's CornerClinical SupervisionClinicians CornerColumnistsCounselor WellnessCredentialingDomestic ViolenceEmploymentFamily IssuesMental HealthOf Interest To EveryonePreventionReaders RequestsReading RoomSelf-HelpSpiritualityTreatmentTreatment Populations > Select a Category... Rational RecoveryTwelve Step The Harder They Fall: Celebrities Tell Their Real-Life Stories of Addiction and Recovery 2007-03-06 Topics: Reading Room | Self-Help The heady, drug-induced decades of the sixties and seventies provide the backdrop for this all-star account of addiction and recovery. View and Post Feedback This article has 0 Feedback Your First AA Meeting - A Guide For The Perplexed 2007-03-02 Topics: Clinicians Corner | Self-Help By Floyd Garrett, MD Practically nobody looks forward to going to their first AA meeting. In most cases this in fact is an occasion of extreme shame, dread and despair. The majority of individuals going to AA for the first time are doing so reluctantly, either because they have promised someone else to go or because they have been directed to attend by a judge, an employer, a therapist or an addictions treatment program. Even first timers who "go on their own" are usually in an intensely ambivalent and negative state. View and Post Feedback This article has 2 Feedback 12 Step Radio.com 2006-05-26 Topics: Of Interest To Everyone | Self-Help Since its launch on April 17, 2004, 12StepRadio.com, has been playing "recovery music" 24/7. The Internet station's mission is to carry the twelve step message with music to people in all types of recovery. The music played on 12StepRadio.com is a diverse cross-section of highly-talented independent artists with some songs from major-label CDs being played as well. View and Post Feedback This article has 0 Feedback Mutual Support Resources 2006-05-14 Topics: Clinicians Corner | Of Interest To Everyone | Self-Help By Faces and Voices of Recovery This resource guide to mutual aid or support resources was developed by Linda and Ernie Kurtz and is updated on a monthly basis. It includes information about Group-Based Mutual Support Resources and Internet-Based Mutual Support Resources. Many of these groups offer both face-to-face meetings and some form of online participation. We list them according to their historical origin and the extent of their focus on alcoholism/drug addiction or other, often concurrent, problems. View and Post Feedback This article has 0 Feedback Self Help is What We Do 2006-04-22 Topics: Clinicians Corner | Self-Help LifeRing Secular Recovery offers people a chance to listen to and strengthen positive self-empowering voice. We stress methods that give encouragement and support to the person's positive sober qualities and beliefs. View and Post Feedback This article has 0 Feedback The Zen of Recovery 2006-02-02 Topics: Reading Room | Self-Help By Paulette C. I reread "Zen" every few months. It's the perfect companion book to the Basic Text and It Works How and Why. Besides breaking down the 12 steps in a way that's more easily understood, Mel Ash relates each one to Zen. Although 12-step recovery is touted as simple, it isn't for a lot of new people. View and Post Feedback This article has 0 Feedback AA: Attend Early and Often 2006-01-03 Topics: Clinical Supervision | Self-Help Participation in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) concurrent with professional treatment appears to improve alcohol outcomes in people with alcohol use disorders. Whether AA alone or the timing of participation (e.g., before or after entering treatment) affects these outcomes is unclear. View and Post Feedback This article has 0 Feedback Habit Smart 2005-10-28 Topics: Clinicians Corner | Self-Help | Treatment By Sarah Kenneth This Web site was launched in early 1995, and was amongst the first sites dedicated to not only providing alternative theories of addictive behavior and change, but providing addiction information in general. View and Post Feedback This article has 0 Feedback Interactive Journaling® 2005-10-10 Topics: Clinicians Corner | Self-Help | Treatment Can the use of Interactive Journaling® make a difference in an individual's life? Is such a tool useful and effective? View and Post Feedback This article has 0 Feedback The Chester H. Kirk Collection on Alcoholism and Alcoholics Anonymous 2005-09-29 Topics: Of Interest To Everyone | Self-Help A fascinating historical collection including information about the history of treatment and AA. A treasure trove for those interested in the development of the field. View and Post Feedback This article has 0 Feedback   Showing 1-10 of 13 Next 10 Articles

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