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02 Jul 2019
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The Controversial Nature of Alcoholics Anonymous

Yeshaia Blakeney
Addiction, Recovery Blog, Rehabilitation Process, The Field of Treatment, Therapy, Video, Yeshaia Blakeney

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" use_row_as_full_screen_section_slide="no" text_align="left" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] What to expect in this episode:   Where, specifically, is your resistance coming from? CBT & DBT are nice , but they are cost prohibitive The most radical thing about AA is that it's FREE [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="50px" image_repeat="no-repeat"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" use_row_as_full_screen_section_slide="no" text_align="left" box_shadow_on_row="no" el_id="resistance-12-step"][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] The Controversial Nature of Alcoholics Anonymous   The resistance that people have to the 12 steps can be overcome.   What it takes is a person understanding specifically...

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21 May 2019
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Is Recovery Abstinence?

Yeshaia Blakeney
Addiction, Recovery Blog, Rehabilitation Process, The Field of Treatment, Therapy, Video, Yeshaia Blakeney

What to expect in this episode:   Is recovery (just) abstinence? You won't be protected from relapse unless you learn to change and grow through the underlying issues The fastest way to learn, grow, and change is to be in an immersive environment. That's why the recovery community is so important.   Is Recovery Abstinence?   The fundamental question is: What is Recovery?   People don’t ask it because they think they know the answer, but answering that question wrong leads to...

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21 May 2019
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Developmental Disturbances within Addiction Populations

Yeshaia Blakeney
Addiction, Recovery Blog, Rehabilitation Process, The Field of Treatment, Therapy, Video, Yeshaia Blakeney

What to expect in this episode: Understanding areas of identity, emotion regulation, emotional awareness, cognitive ability Jean Piaget was interested in was how human beings transform, that’s what growth is: growth is transformation. There are developmental disturbances in every single person coming into treatment.   Developmental Disturbances in Addiction Populations   We have got these areas of identity, emotion regulation, emotional awareness, cognitive ability (my ability to think in more complex ways) that’s actually worth understanding. There was a...

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20 Apr 2019
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Developmental Splits & Boundaries

Yeshaia Blakeney
Addiction, Recovery Blog, Rehabilitation Process, The Field of Treatment, Therapy, Video, Yeshaia Blakeney

What to expect in this episode: A major developmental split we see is the split between self and other. Really Good Boundaries equate to really good mental health. Psychosis is an extreme example of this imbalance If you ever stumble upon a person on the street of LA experiencing psychosis, you notice they might cuss   Developmental Splits in the Psyche   One of the things that we work with in recovery are called splits, and splits are part...

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09 Apr 2019
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Interventions: A Series | Part 2 of 3

Ben Goodman
Adam Mindel, Addiction, Recovery Blog, Rehabilitation Process

Understanding Change and Raising The Bottom     Must Substance Abusers lose nearly all before getting help?   Interventions must address the particular circumstances of each client who might enter treatment and no, not every user has to “hit bottom” for intervention and subsequent treatment to be effective. Occasionally an individual might “hit bottom,” however defined and seek treatment. Most users though arrive at treatment due to the mounting stressors that accumulate through the course of their substance abuse. Whether...

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27 Mar 2019
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The Relationship Between Development and Addiction

Yeshaia Blakeney
Addiction, Recovery Blog, Rehabilitation Process, The Field of Treatment, Therapy, Video, Yeshaia Blakeney

What to expect in this episode: The relationship between development and addiction The Unbroken Brain Looks at addiction as a developmental disorder You’d be shocked if you actually sat with someone who was in some sort of distress and said, “what do you feel right now”? And they could not answer.   The Relationship Between Development & Addiction   One of the ways to understand addiction, that recently became popular, that I’ve been engaged in, in this blog...

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