Is Alcohol Dependence Best Viewed as a Chronic Relapsing Disorder?
Is alcohol dependence best viewed as a chronic relapsing disorder? "We believe that a chronic relapsing disorder model is not a useful conception for understanding the experience of the majority of people who have difficulties with alcohol dependence at some...
Study Reveals Evidence Alcoholics Anonymous Works
Study Reveals Evidence, Alcoholics Anonymous Works Since the inception of Alcoholics Anonymous, many in the medical, addiction treatment and religious communities have questioned the effectiveness of twelve-step programs attempting to define success, track statistics and quantify the rates of recovery...
Step Four Inventory
Doctors Opinion on Alcoholism & Addiction Video Series: "As Larry Sees It" GoForth Recovery Co-Founder Larry GoForth shares to residents on the 4th step of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Neuroscience Reveals: Gratitude Rewires Your Brain to be Happier
Attitude of Gratitude We’ve all been in the meetings when someone gives the topic of “GRATITUDE” and most usually cringe or make trite comments? Why is that, especially for those in recovery whose lives, relationships, finances, legal problems careers, spirituality…
Unmanageability: A.A.’s Greatest Contribution to Addiction Treatment
Step One: Unmanagability We thought we share this important article on the second half of Step One. Often overlooked as we admit we are powerless, however, most individuals who are not “badly mangled” or at their “bottom” who do not…
Doctors Opinion on Alcoholism & Addiction, Psychic Change
Doctors Opinion on Alcoholism & Addiction Video Series: "As Larry Sees It: Larry shares with men in Goforth Recovery from the Dr Silkworth's Doctor's Opinion on psychic change Men and women drink essentially because they like the effect produced by...
7 Common Questions about Twelve Step Recovery Programs
How it works, why it works and who can benefit Admitting powerlessness. Humbly accepting your shortcomings. Understanding the exact nature of your wrongs. Removing defects of character. Making direct amends. Taking a fearless moral inventory. Improving your conscious contact. Experiencing…
Step Four: Twelve Steps & Twelve Principles
Step Four: Twelve Steps & Twelve Principles Video Series: "As Larry Sees It: Larry shares with men in Goforth Recovery on Step Four, Humility & Character Defects Humility "Another great dividend we may expect from confiding our defects to another...