recovery (addiction)

A process of overcoming both physical and psychological dependence on a psychoactive substance, with a commitment to sobriety.

Credit

Excerpts with permission from Graham, Allan W. & Schultz, Terry K. (Editors) (American Society of Addiction Medicine): Principles of Addiction Medicine, 2nd Edition

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Glossary:

- Choose - 2 stepping AA abstinence ACoA addiction Adult Children of Alcoholics Al-Anon Alateen Alcoholics Anonymous amends amethystic aversion therapy Big Book (of AA) CA clean Co-Anon Cocaine Anonymous coding control training cross talk cyber-celibate detachment drugalog drum-assisted recovery therapy for Native Americans drunkalog dry drunk family intervention future tripping geographical cure HALT harm reduction higher power humility interim buprenorphine treatment intervention Keep coming back. kick doctor Let go, and let god. letting go MAT medication-assisted treatment meetings methadone maintenance therapy Minnesota model MM MMT (methadone) Moderation Management NA Narcotics Anonymous needle/syringe exchange program normie NSEP OMT On-Line Gamers Anonymous open meeting Oppenheimer treatment paradox PAWS people pleasing post acute withdrawal syndrome prevention Rational Recovery recovering recovery rehabilitation replacement therapy RR Secular Organizations For Sobriety serenity prayer Sinclair method slip slip in slippery places sobriety sobriety token SOS sponsee sponsor stinkin' thinkin' surrender thirteen stepping three C's treatment (addiction recovery glossary) twelve steps two stepping white knuckling

Movies

- Choose - 28 Days 6 Balloons A Delicate Balance A Loving Father A Million Little Pieces Addicted (2014) Addiction Around the Bend Beautiful Boy (2018) Bounce Changing Lanes Clean and Sober Confessions of a Porn Addict Dear Evan Hansen El Camino (2015) Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me Fatal Beauty Four Good Days Glassland Having You Hillbilly Elegy House of Sand and Fog Jesus' Son Meth Methadonia Mumford My Fellow Americans My Name Is Bill W. New Jack City No Exit (2022) Pain and Glory Paul Williams Still Alive Pay It Forward People Like Us (2012) Postcards from the Edge Quitting Rachel Getting Married Smashed Thanks for Sharing The Alcoholist The Fire Within The Great Beauty The Judge (2014) The Seven-Per-Cent Solution The Souvenir The Watermelon Woman Thirteen Thumbsucker Traffic (2000) You Kill Me

Books, etc.

- Choose - A Gentle Path through the Twelve Steps: The Classic Guide for All People in the Process of Recovery Beachglass Becoming Normal: An Ever-Changing Perspective Diary of a Sober Companion Dopefiend Dryland Family Recovery - Growing Beyond Addiction Finding a Purpose in the Pain: A Doctor's Approach to Addiction Recovery and Healing Finding Love in Recovery Guide Me in My Recovery: Prayers for Times of Joy and Times of Trial Healing the Addicted Brain Leave the Light On: A Memoir of Recovery and Self-Discovery My First Year in Recovery My Five-Year Recovery Planner: Looking to the Future, One Day at a Time Opium: The Diary of His Cure Picking Up the Pieces without Picking Up Recovery A to Z Recovery Rising: A Retrospective of Addiction Treatment and Recovery Advocacy Riding a Straight and Twisty Road: Motorcycles, Fellowship, and Personal Journeys Slaying the Dragon: The History of Addiction Treatment and Recovery in America Tails of Recovery The Fly and the Jackal: Addiction, Recovery and Biblical Principles The Twelve Steps For Agnostics: How to get happily sober without a belief in God When the Servant Becomes the Master Yoga and the Twelve-Step Path Yogic Tools for Recovery: A Guide for Working the Twelve Steps

People

- Choose - Alice Cooper Dicky Eklund Gale Storm Judy Collins Mary Tyler Moore Michael Stephen Palmer Robin Williams

Resources

- Choose - Foundation for Recovery Jews in Recovery Recoveries Anonymous Recovering Couples Anonymous Recovery Month Start Your Recovery TRI Women for Sobriety