Addiction Treatment

Pam and Steve Moore present their research at NAADAC 2023

Pam and Steve were honored to do a poster presentation of The Star Matrix Assessment System and conduct a book signing of their book Natural Pathways of Recovery at NAADAC (National Association for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors).  They learned and shared and received incredibly positive feedback on the work they had done on their research [...]

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Would be willing to help us improve assessment and treatment for those with Substance Use Disorders by filling out this survey?  We are working on the idea there is an solution but that there are many paths.  We are trying to get input from  wide variety of  individuals to help us understand what different paths to recovery [...]

“It works if you work it.” by Clay Hightower, LICSW

Clay Hightower, LMSW “It works if you work it.”These are words that many have either heard for themselves at a 12-step meeting or have had someone else tell them about the 12-step program. However, I know that I have met countless individuals in my work that have stated that it did not work [...]

Natural Pathways of Recovery – Now Available on Amazon

Most people get better. They just do not get better in the way we think they should. It can be very frightening and overwhelming if you or someone you love has a problem with the use of alcohol or drugs. There is reason for hope, most people do recover. The often-quoted studies of negative outcomes such as jails, institutions or death are extremely unlikely and they are not the usual results of Substance Use Disorders (SUDs). This does not mean your situation is not serious and important. It also does not mean that those drastic outcomes could never happen to you or someone you care about. However, there is cause for hope if we can understand what is actually happening and determine the best course of treatment.

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The Natural History of Addiction – coming soon – Based on Research from Addiction Research Foundation

A plan is ever changing so accountability must be ever changing also.  What works for a person the first year will not work in year two.  Likewise what worked in year two will not work in year three and so on.  This will go on for the rest of our lives.  We will always be [...]

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