The truth about addiction and recovery
by Stanton Peele · first published 1991
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I will recommend the book The truth about addiction and recovery if you want to better understand what happened. It suggests that giving people meaningful work and a means to succeed is a viable means of treatment for addiction. I will note that I know a fair amount…
on “Ask HN: Raising animals a good drug addiction cure the homeless have?” ↗…imposing expectations that it is out of their hands -- for example, cultures that blame alcoholism on the alcohol have higher rates of it than cultures that hold the individual responsible. Title: "The Truth About Addiction and Recovery". One wife of an alcoholic who tried to hand me my head for recommending this book then went on to talk about "dry drunks" (people who remain "addicted" to alcohol while not drinking for years at a time)…
on “Addictive Personality? You Might be a Leader” ↗> I will recommend the book The truth about addiction and recovery if you want to better understand what happened. It suggests that giving people meaningful work and a means to succeed is a viable means of treatment for addiction. I really appreciate you sharing this.…
on “Ask HN: Raising animals a good drug addiction cure the homeless have?” ↗There is a book called "The Truth about Addiction and Recovery" that you might find interesting. One of the points it makes is that focusing overly much on the drinking problem tends to make it harder to solve. That resonates with me. My father drank a great deal…
…parents are assholes, whatever. But, in most cases, it looks to me like they use for a reason and if that underlying reason gets better, then they will tend to stop using. I am fond of the book "The truth about addiction and recovery" which basically takes this view.
on “Stop Treating Marijuana Like Heroin” ↗…was properly treated. I think it would help to assume you have some reason for drinking so much. Now you need to figure out why that is and try to solve the underlying problem. I like the book "The truth about addiction and recovery" as a resource. Best.
on “Ask HN: High functioning alcoholism – anyone?” ↗