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Friday, August 30, 2013

Love and faith


The field of addiction treatment was flawed in 1973, but not nearly as flawed as some would have you believe.
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The following is from Marty Mann in 1973 and I could not do a better job of summarizing Dawn Farm’s approach
Para-professionals working in the field of alcoholism are overwhelmingly recovered alcoholics. Most of them credit their recovery to AA, some to the facility where they are currently working, an increasing number to a combination of both, and a few to still other forms of therapy. One thing they all share is their attitude toward sick alcoholics, whether those alcoholics are in treatment, approaching treatment, or in and out of treatment with their motivation barely showing. Their attitude even encompasses all those sick alcoholics out there, who have not yet appeared anywhere at all seeking help, some of whom are known to the recovered alcoholics, but who cannot yet be reached. What is this attitude that I call the key to successful treatment?   > > > >  Read More