DIY Moderate Drinking
Are you interested in moderating or cutting back your drinking? Many individuals are! Here are two books which provide everything you need to know about moderate drinking.
The After Party: Building a New Life in Recovery, Part III
In early recovery, it is important to develop healthy habits. Here we discuss Dr. Horvath’s 7 tips that are essential to your overall well-being.
Practical Recovery: Celebrating a 30-Year Journey
Dr. Tom Horvath takes you on a journey through the past 30 years as he overcame resistance to the self-empowering approach to addiction treatment.
Changing Habits: Learning to Cope with the Urges
Adapted from Pages 32 and 34 of the SMART Recovery Handbook, 3rd Edition With so many people on day two of their 2015 New Year’s resolutions, it seems appropriate to offer some basic strategies for coping with urges that tempt us to give into habits. Whether you’re trying to stop drinking, quit smoking, eat better, […]
Arthur’s Non 12 Step Journey
Have you ever wondered what non 12 step means? This video will walk you through Arthur’s discovery of a self-empowering, non 12 step addiction treatment option! Want to be empowered? Call us today!
The Science Behind “The Restoration Inn”
The Inn maintains Practical Recovery’s signature non 12 step approach to substance misuse and co-occurring disorders including relationship issues and trauma.
Karla Mendez Brada
The Karla Mendez Brada story shows just how vulnerable people in early recovery can be, and the potential dangers they face.
The Language of Using Again
If you have a slip in recovery, what language do you use to define it? Is it relapse? A slip? We take a look at different definitions and how they might affect you.
Atheist Barry Hazle Sues and Wins Over Mandatory 12-Step Treatment
Barry Hazle recently received media attention, and a nearly $2 million dollar settlement, after he challenged the legality of a mandate to a 12-step substance abuse treatment program. Hazle was convicted of possession of methamphetamine in California and sentenced to a 90-day treatment program. Because he was an atheist, Hazle had difficulty engaging in the […]
The Varieties of SMART Recovery Experience
by Tom Horvath, Ph.D., ABPP There are multiple ways to experience any well-developed approach to addiction recovery, whether that approach is, for instance, SMART Recovery, a 12-step group or Stanton Peele’s PERFECT Program. In this article I present my observations about experiences in SMART Recovery. I acknowledge the foundation established for this article by The […]