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Legalisation: real statistics not ideology

Read in PDF format: Recovery Plus - Colorado marijuana statistics Colorado serves as an experimental lab for not only the US but also other countries to...

Survive christmas + new year

PDF: Survive christmas and the new year Although it is a christian festival, christmas has a huge impact on all our society. There are many implications for...

The empathy trap

Empathic people are natural targets for sociopaths - protect yourself. Related reading: Wolf in sheep's clothing by George Simon. People targeted by a sociopath often respond with...

ICAA joins Recovery Plus as NGO partner

PDF: RecoveryPlus Autumn 2017 - ICAA Celebrating its 110th anniversary this year, the International Council on Alcoholism & Addictions is dedicated to preventing and reducing the harmful use...

Cycles of change: the latest research

PDF: RecoveryPlus Nov 2017 - Cycles of change James Prochaska and Carlo DiClemente’s ubiquitous ‘five stages of change’ seems to offer a scientific system to guide...

Shadow Health Minister at Recovery Plus/Nacoa Awards

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8x3b1JoSV8

How addiction occurs

DrugFam's series of interviews leading up to its event on 9 May - Westminster Abbey: A Service of Celebration and Hope, 'Lives Worth Talking About' - starts...

Catch up with today’s news

Welcome! Yes, you can read the latest news and developments in the drug and alcohol treatment and recovery field on a daily basis. You...

Demystifying rehabs

Sadly, too many myths about “12-step treatment” for addictive disorders are held by too many people, even drug- and alcohol-treatment professionals and policy makers...

Drug testing: maze + map

The maze. Treatment programmes – and the passionate men and women who work in these environments – have long struggled with the decision to...