Urge Surfing is a new technique based in mindfulness meditation that may contribute to relapse prevention. Check out this how to article!
Category: Recent Recovery News
These are news items that relate to recovery. If you have any you would like to share, send them to news@quitandrecovery.org.
New evidence shows that teens exposed to D.A.R.E. programs may be more likely to use alcohol and tobacco.
This USA Today article highlights a new barrier to recovery that is emerging for today’s heroin addicts.
Recent evidence from research conducted at Washington University and the University of Southern California suggests a high prevalence of comorbid substance abuse and psychiatric disorders.
This video presents a new type of recovery called Phoenix Multisport that has been very successful. Check it out!
This presentation by Wake Forrest’s Mike Nadar covers the cost of drug addiction in the United States and offers some suggestions on how we could change the cost to taxpayers while increasing the efficacy of the methods utilized!
Check out this article that describes the debate between complete abstinence and moderate drinking for recovering alcoholics in addition to the debate about the use of medication to assist with recovery. What do you think?
Read this article to see which 10 cities have the biggest drinking problem. Drinking problems according to this report includes binge drinking, consuming large amounts of alcohol throughout the week, or drinking while underage or pregnant. The results may surprise you!
This article discusses research done at the University of Texas that relates risky decision making (including drunk driving and drug use) to self-control brain systems are not as active as the same areas in control participants. These scientist used different behavior tasks, fMRI images, as well as a video game to collect their data. The article also mentions that other labs and Universities are interested in exploring this field of research. In fact, the ARRC at VTCRI has many upcoming studies exploring similar phenomenon!
