I came to Prominence after two failed attempts to stop drinking at very well-known and respected 12-step treatment facilities. At Prominence I finally realized that the key to my recovery was not simply to not pick up another drink for the rest of my life (a daunting thought to me at the time), but to start living. Really living. Through the individual therapy and many things I referred to as voodoo (boy was I wrong), I have found my true self.
Even better still, I have learned to trust and love what I have found. What I have discovered here about myself, along with the tools and insights I have been given by everyone right down to the house chef, has given me an excitement and hunger for life I have never experienced.
I left Hazelden with the daunting task to never drink again; I leave Prominence with the amazing gift to go out and live my best life. I will be forever grateful.
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Why alcoholism is not a disease.
Med J Aust. 1992 Feb 3;156(3):212-5.
Why alcoholism is not a disease.
Heather N.
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Kensington.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To expound the argument that alcoholism (or "problem drinking") is not best regarded as a disease.
SUMMARY: Excessive drinking can cause physical disease and involve physical dependence without therefore being a disease itself. The "disease concept" of alcoholism is not needed to justify medical intervention or a caring approach to those who are dependent on alcohol. There is a specific and a general version of the disease concept of alcoholism. The specific disease concept, associated mainly with the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous, is contradicted by empirical evidence and unhelpful for preventive and treatment responses to problem drinking, especially for the effort to detect and modify problem drinking at an early stage. The more general disease concept shares these disadvantages and is also ineffective in engendering sympathetic attitudes towards problem drinkers among the general public. It is more useful to view problem drinking as the result of the interaction between the individual's personality and the social context in which he or she has learned how to drink.
CONCLUSION: For an effective and compassionate societal response to problem drinking, the disease model of alcoholism should be replaced by a social learning perspective.
PMID: 1545723 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Why alcoholism is not a disease.
Heather N.
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Kensington.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To expound the argument that alcoholism (or "problem drinking") is not best regarded as a disease.
SUMMARY: Excessive drinking can cause physical disease and involve physical dependence without therefore being a disease itself. The "disease concept" of alcoholism is not needed to justify medical intervention or a caring approach to those who are dependent on alcohol. There is a specific and a general version of the disease concept of alcoholism. The specific disease concept, associated mainly with the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous, is contradicted by empirical evidence and unhelpful for preventive and treatment responses to problem drinking, especially for the effort to detect and modify problem drinking at an early stage. The more general disease concept shares these disadvantages and is also ineffective in engendering sympathetic attitudes towards problem drinkers among the general public. It is more useful to view problem drinking as the result of the interaction between the individual's personality and the social context in which he or she has learned how to drink.
CONCLUSION: For an effective and compassionate societal response to problem drinking, the disease model of alcoholism should be replaced by a social learning perspective.
PMID: 1545723 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Welcome to No Steps to Recovery and Sobriety
Prominence Treatment Center is a non 12 step based substance abuse and chemical dependency addiction treatment center. We offer a recovery program which is not based on the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. However, we do have a great deal of respect and honor for the program of Alcoholics Anonymous. We recognize that many have been helped by the 12 step program and principles.
Prior to attending Prominence Treatment Center, many of our clients have attended drug rehabs and addiction treatment centers based on the 12 step recovery model. Unfortunately however, and for whatever reason, they had not been able to stay sober and enjoy and lasting sobriety.
Prominence Treatment Center's non 12 step addiction treatment recovery program is clinically therapeutic and holistic in nature. Our professional treatment team is credentialed and trained in chemical dependency, and our focus is to identify and address the underlying issues and/or trauma in each individual patient's life, that is now precipitating their addiction
Prior to attending Prominence Treatment Center, many of our clients have attended drug rehabs and addiction treatment centers based on the 12 step recovery model. Unfortunately however, and for whatever reason, they had not been able to stay sober and enjoy and lasting sobriety.
Prominence Treatment Center's non 12 step addiction treatment recovery program is clinically therapeutic and holistic in nature. Our professional treatment team is credentialed and trained in chemical dependency, and our focus is to identify and address the underlying issues and/or trauma in each individual patient's life, that is now precipitating their addiction
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