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New Review Finds Alcoholics Anonymous Is Effective, But Not for Everyone

By Deborah Becker — 2020

Alcoholics Anonymous may be just as good or better than scientifically proven treatments to help people quit drinking, according to a new review. But AA still doesn't work for everyone.

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What Ails Us

Most genetic studies completely ignore the science of epigenetics, which is how the environment actually turns certain genes on or off.

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Tracy Frisch, Gabor Mate
2012
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A Psychotherapeutic View on the Therapeutic Effects of Ritual Ayahuasca Use in the Treatment of Addiction

In an appropriate context, ayahuasca can be a valuable therapeutic tool and can act as a catalyst that can render psychotherapeutic processes more effective in less time, and sometimes allow for critical interventions when several other therapeutic strategies have been unsuccessful.

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Anja Loizaga-Velder
2013
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Addiction treatment had failed. Could brain surgery save him?

After nearly two decades of hardcore drug addiction — after overdoses and rehabs and relapses, homelessness and dead friends and ruined lives — Gerod Buckhalter had one choice left, and he knew it.

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Lenny Bernstein
2021
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Reimagine Your Relationship to Alcohol

Here are some suggestions to help you navigate your relationship with alcohol or bring it to an end.

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Julia Bainbridge
2021
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Increase in Pleasurable Effects of Alcohol Over Time May Predict Alcohol Use Disorder

A first-of-its-kind study found that people who developed an alcohol use disorder did not seem to develop a tolerance to its pleasurable effects—contrary to prevailing theory.

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Alison Caldwell
2021
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The Reach of the Mind

When Dossey first came across experimental data in various journals showing that prayer affected positively the outcome of medical treatment, he wanted nothing to do with it.... Even so, the evidence seemed too convincing to ignore.

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Ted Braude, Larry Dossey
1994
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Worshipping Illusions: An Interview with Marion Woodman

In the Summer of 1987, Parabola sat down for an exchange with Marion Woodman on the subject of addiction.

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Parabola Editors
2019
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Can the World Mend in This Body?

The author writes that what she does on behalf of healing any individual or being must also be healing, even if not directly extended, for the world itself.

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Deena Metzger
2018
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5 Yoga Teachers Who Overcame Addiction

Yoga teachers Tommy Rosen, Kia Miller, Nikki Myers, Rolf Gates, and Vinnie Marino talk about their addictions and how coming to the mat helped their recovery and renewal.

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YJ Editors
2015
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Ever Heard of a Naturopath? Here’s Why You May Want to See One

According to conventional wisdom, when you’re sick, you call the doctor. (And maybe your mom.) But your trusty MD may not be the only one who can cure what ails you—especially if you’ve paid him or her a visit already and still aren’t feeling well.

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Nicole Frehsee
2015
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