Pathways: From the Culture of Addiction to the Culture of Recovery : a Travel Guide for Addiction ProfessionalsSecond Edition This guide examines addiction and recovery as a cultural phenomenon and describes the cultural aspects, organization, key cultural roles, and milestones that most addicts share. It examines how to move clients out of their drug-using culture into a new world that promotes abstinence and healthy ways of living. A comprehensive look at the drug-using culture including concerns for intervention and treatment. William L. White, M.A., Senior Research Consultant at the Lighthouse Training Institute in Bloomington, Illinois, has nearly three decades of experience in the substance abuse field. |
Contents
CULTURAL ASPECTS OF ADDICTION | 3 |
ORGANIZATION OF THE CULTURE OF ADDICTION | 17 |
THE PSYCHOSOCIAL AND TECHNICAL FUNCTIONS | 35 |
CORE ELEMENTS IN THE CULTURE OF ADDICTION | 51 |
CORE ACTIVITIES | 85 |
KEY CULTURAL ROLES | 103 |
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CAREER MILESTONES IN THE CULTURE OF ADDICTION | 125 |
THE PSYCHOSOCIAL AND TECHNICAL FUNCTIONS | 255 |
CORE ELEMENTS IN THE CULTURE OF RECOVERY | 267 |
CORE ACTIVITIES | 383 |
CAREER MILESTONES IN THE CULTURE OF RECOVERY | 409 |
STYLES OF RECOVERY | 445 |
SelfAssessment Instrument | 473 |
Bibliography | 483 |
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