{"title":"A Vision for Us","authors":"J. Roth","doi":"10.1080/1556035X.2014.967572","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1556035X.2014.967572","url":null,"abstract":"As our journal completes its ninth year, we are embarking on an exciting new adventure. We have slowly expanded our readership, our panel of reviewers, our community of authors, and our editorial staff. I have been grateful, in my role as Editor in Chief, to provide both direction and managerial functions so that our journal might grow. We have learned from the experience of intentional communities, such as those supporting recovery from addiction, that sharing the exercise of authority is vital to the survival of the group. Thus, mutual-support groups like Alcoholics Anonymous recommend rotation of leadership to protect the group from exclusive reliance on one member who may become unavailable through relapse or departure from the group. I have therefore invited our editorial board members and reviewers to join in a revised editorial structure for our journal. Twenty-three colleagues have agreed to be part of our new editorial board. Each of them has committed to managing the review process for one issue of the journal in the role of editor for that issue (see Table 1). The editor will take responsibility for the following tasks:","PeriodicalId":88011,"journal":{"name":"Journal of groups in addiction & recovery","volume":"9 1","pages":"277 - 279"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1556035X.2014.967572","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60038716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Spencer D. Bradshaw, Sterling T. Shumway, Eugene W. Wang, K. Harris
{"title":"Addiction and the Mediation of Hope on Craving, Readiness, and Coping","authors":"Spencer D. Bradshaw, Sterling T. Shumway, Eugene W. Wang, K. Harris","doi":"10.1080/1556035X.2014.969062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1556035X.2014.969062","url":null,"abstract":"Craving, a compulsive motivation to use, and conscious readiness to change (RTC) are distinct motivators of human behavior. Recovery requires RTC despite involuntary cravings. A structural equation modeling analysis examining hope as a mediator between these constructs found craving to directly associate with precontemplation, while hope partially mediated the relationship between craving, contemplation, and coping. Craving's indirect effect on action toward change occurred only through hope. While craving appears to be a strong associate of precontemplation, hope appears to be an important associate of contemplation toward change and appears to be required for action. Hope also appears to be an important factor of coping in recovery.","PeriodicalId":88011,"journal":{"name":"Journal of groups in addiction & recovery","volume":"9 1","pages":"294 - 312"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1556035X.2014.969062","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60038736","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Changing Self-Destructive Habits: Pathways to Solutions with Couples and Families","authors":"J. Winek","doi":"10.1080/1556035X.2014.967575","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1556035X.2014.967575","url":null,"abstract":"Changing Self-Destructive Habits: Pathways to Solutions with Couples and Families by Mathew D. Selekman, MSW, and Mark Beyebach, PhD, is a well-written and insightful guide to a brief family therapy approach to treating self-destructive behaviors. By coincidence, I was in need of a text for my upcoming class titled “Substance Abuse and Families Systems.” I was so impressed with this book that I was excited to adopt it as one of the main texts for the class. This class is an elective for master’s-level marriage and family therapy, community mental health counseling, and social work students. This book would also make an excellent text for an advanced undergraduate or graduate course in substance abuse and family systems. To me, one of the issues in the substance abuse field is that practitioners can become black and white in their thinking about their theory of addiction. We can lose track of our mission to help a person with an addiction in an academic debate about the origin of and path to recovery from that addiction. A clear strength of the book is its broad “both/and” approach. It describes how and in what instances addiction can be a disease with a pronounced biological component as well as how in some instances addictive behavior can be the result of maladaptive habit. The organization of the book is logical and develops the argument for this approach as it flows through the first three chapters. The authors lay out the assumptions that provide the foundations of the authors’ perspectives. Chapter 1, titled “Self-Destructive Habits: A Collaborative StrengthBased Brief Family Therapy Approach,” lays the foundation for the rest of the book. My only critique of this book is the density of the first chapter, and as I write this, I realize this is an unfair critique. The density is a function of the breadth and depth of materials covered. It explores selfdestructive behaviors comprehensively from societal and period effects to mental health/relationship issues and down to biological/brain issues. As I read this chapter, I was grateful for the illustrations and diagrams. These added clarity to a robust and comprehensive presentation.","PeriodicalId":88011,"journal":{"name":"Journal of groups in addiction & recovery","volume":"9 1","pages":"326 - 327"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1556035X.2014.967575","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60038800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Upcoming Manuscripts","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/1556035x.2014.943031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1556035x.2014.943031","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":88011,"journal":{"name":"Journal of groups in addiction & recovery","volume":"9 1","pages":"275 - 275"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1556035x.2014.943031","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60038089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Conceptual Review of the Integration of Professional Practices Within Mutual-Aid Organizations","authors":"T. Litwicki, W. White","doi":"10.1080/1556035X.2014.943553","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1556035X.2014.943553","url":null,"abstract":"Resources beyond self and family to resolve significant alcohol and other drug problems have historically been provided in two venues: professionally directed addiction treatment and peer-based recovery mutual aid. Recently, recovery support organizations have emerged that share characteristics of both venues, what we identify as hybrid mutual aid (HMA). The purpose of this article is to offer a conceptual framework for HMA followed by analysis of the philosophical positions and practices of two contemporary HMA groups. The integration of these practices has the potential to impact group emergence and maintenance, while raising significant ethical questions related to governance and fiscal management.","PeriodicalId":88011,"journal":{"name":"Journal of groups in addiction & recovery","volume":"45 1","pages":"237 - 256"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1556035X.2014.943553","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60038599","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B. Haberle, S. Conway, Phil Valentine, A. Evans, W. White, L. Davidson
{"title":"The Recovery Community Center: A New Model for Volunteer Peer Support to Promote Recovery","authors":"B. Haberle, S. Conway, Phil Valentine, A. Evans, W. White, L. Davidson","doi":"10.1080/1556035X.2014.940769","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1556035X.2014.940769","url":null,"abstract":"The last decade has seen new forms of peer support emerge from a “new addiction recovery advocacy movement.” One structure for organizing these services is the recovery community center (RCC), which combines the social fellowship of AA with the service mission of a drop-in center, while offering new services like recovery coaching. The backbone of the RCC is its volunteers from the recovery community, who instill hope, role model recovery, and dispel stigma. We describe this model and provide data from two RCCs. These data suggest that RCCs may serve as hubs of recovery-oriented systems of care, serving as the impetus for more rigorous research to be conducted on the role and effectiveness of this emerging form of service delivery.","PeriodicalId":88011,"journal":{"name":"Journal of groups in addiction & recovery","volume":"9 1","pages":"257 - 270"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1556035X.2014.940769","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60038123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"12 Steps for Best Practices in Referral to Mutual Self-Help Groups","authors":"B. Kelch","doi":"10.1080/1556035X.2014.943550","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1556035X.2014.943550","url":null,"abstract":"While membership is completely voluntary, mutual self-help group participation represents a significant portion of the de facto system of care for substance use disorders in the United States. Clinicians who treat patients with substance use disorders often refer patients to Mutual Self Help Groups (MSHG) and are met with resistance by patients who do not engage in MSHG involvement. A brief historical overview of the original 12-step program, Alcoholics Anonymous, will be provided as well as subsequent derivatives of this program. In addition, this paper will, summarize the existing literature concerning attendance at mutual self-help groups and outcomes, and make recommendations about “best practices” for clinicians contemplating referral. This discussion will be limited to mutual self-help groups that address substance use disorders (AA, NA, CA, etc.), both 12-step and non-12 step.","PeriodicalId":88011,"journal":{"name":"Journal of groups in addiction & recovery","volume":"9 1","pages":"222 - 236"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1556035X.2014.943550","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60038211","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mutual-Aid Support Groups: Benefits and Recommendations","authors":"H. Matto","doi":"10.1080/1556035X.2014.943029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1556035X.2014.943029","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":88011,"journal":{"name":"Journal of groups in addiction & recovery","volume":"9 1","pages":"197 - 198"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1556035X.2014.943029","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60037984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recover to Live: Kick Any Habit, Manage Any Addiction (Conversations with 100 of the World’s Top Treatment Experts)","authors":"L. Lederman","doi":"10.1080/1556035X.2014.940772","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1556035X.2014.940772","url":null,"abstract":"Recover to Live by Christopher Kennedy Lawford is the author’s most recent book on addiction and recovery. It is an encyclopedic review of addictions and their treatment(s) written by a man who himself has been substance-free for 25 years and draws upon evidence and testimony from more than 100 scientists and clinicians. The book is written for the general public rather than those of us in academic and/or treatment circles. In this sense, it can be viewed as translational: taking much of what is known about addiction and recovery and writing it for the popular audience who might not find scientific work accessible. Rather than focusing only on alcoholism and recovery, Lawford takes the perspective that there are common denominators in many addictions, their causes, and treatments. Lawford discusses (and uses his experts to provide evidence to support his assertions) addiction as a brain disease that alters neurotransmitters, which in turn change behavior and cognition, and vice versa: If the brain can be trained to follow addictive pathways, then it can be retrained to change those pathways and to allow recovery. To make his point vivid, he identifies what he refers to as the “seven toxic compulsions”—alcohol use disorders, drug use disorders, eating disorders, gambling, hoarding, sex and pornography, and smoking (nicotine dependence)—and he examines their similarities, differences, and at times intersections, as well as similarities and differences in the treatments available. Viewed this way, for example, despite differences in presenting symptoms, the food addict and the compulsive gambler are both driven to compulsive self-destruction by brain chemistry. Lawford is explicit that the purpose of his book is to change attitudes and approaches to the treatment of addiction by emphasizing the common denominators of the “seven toxic compulsions” he identifies. Lawford’s book is both a catalogue of addiction compulsions and also a self-help guide in what to do about them. It contains 12 chapters and is divided into two parts: dependence and treatment. Part 1—”Is Your Unhealthy Habit Really Dependence?”—focuses on the nature of addiction, and","PeriodicalId":88011,"journal":{"name":"Journal of groups in addiction & recovery","volume":"9 1","pages":"271 - 274"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1556035X.2014.940772","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60037939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Social Support, Group Involvement, and Well-Being Among the Family and Friends of Problem Drinkers","authors":"Jo-ann Stenton, D. Best, Bridget Roberts","doi":"10.1080/1556035X.2014.943551","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1556035X.2014.943551","url":null,"abstract":"Challenges to the health and well-being of families of people with alcohol problems were examined in this exploratory study conducted in Melbourne, Australia. A semistructured questionnaire was developed with a group of key informants and was distributed through two mutual-aid support programs, Al-Anon and Family Drug Help. Respondents were diverse and included partners, parents, and children of problem drinkers, with a number of respondents reporting problem drinking in multiple intimates. Participants’ perceptions of the severity of participants’ problems, their well-being, and the subsequent benefits found in mutual-aid support programs suggest the need for easier access to information regarding support.","PeriodicalId":88011,"journal":{"name":"Journal of groups in addiction & recovery","volume":"9 1","pages":"199 - 221"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1556035X.2014.943551","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60038395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}