Practical Recovery aims to offer ideal addiction treatment for any substance or activity addiction. We describe our approach as “collaborative...

Unfortunately, Practical Recovery does not yet have any long-term follow-up data on our clients. The task of designing the data...

Why consider a collaborative addiction treatment relationship with someone who, by definition, is making very bad decisions?  Addicts and alcoholics...

A psychotherapy team involves multiple therapists who meet successively with the same client for individual therapy. Leading edge psychotherapy teams...

As more addiction treatment programs treat comorbidity it seems likely that client confusion about treatment approach will increase.  Comorbidity is...

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and other 12-step groups (e.g., Narcotics Anonymous, Cocaine Anonymous, Marijuana Anonymous, etc.) suggest that to recover from...

There are many effective alternatives to the 12-step addiction recovery approach.  This article will describe the major treatments and support...

Should individuals who need help have choices when it comes to treatment and recovery from addiction?   Imagine talking to your...

The primary myth about AA is that “it is the only thing that works.” Of course, like other myths, there...

Debunking the myth about AA Should people who need addiction recovery have choices? Are non-12-step recovery approaches effective? Why choose...

Parents want to have “a great time” with their kids. Realistically, however, how many “Kodak moments” are likely to occur?...

Even if you have been away from your children because of reasons related to your addiction, your kids are probably...