What is recovery?
Jul 29, 08- (by Dr. Allen Berger)
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by Dr. Allen Berger
What is recovery? Here are a few thoughts for you to consider. I see recovery as doing two things: first it helps us break the bonds of our addiction and secondly it helps us recover our lost, true self. Another way of saying it is that it helps us mature. Let’s discuss this further.
For many years, mental health professions tried to help their alcoholic or addicted patients by focusing on the underlying causes of their problem. Their thinking was something like this, “if I help a person resolve the underlying causes of their addiction they will no…
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Jul 29, 08
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by Dr. Allen Berger
What is recovery? Here are a few thoughts for you to consider. I see recovery as doing two things: first it helps us break the bonds of our addiction and secondly it helps us recover our lost, true self. Another way of saying it is that it helps us mature. Let’s discuss this further.
For many years, mental health professions tried to help their alcoholic or addicted patients by focusing on the underlying causes of their problem. Their thinking was something like this, “if I help a person resolve the underlying causes of their addiction they will no…
read more