Inferential Analyses on Questions of Primary Interest The impetus for the following analyses was derived from ARF’s interest in capturing the recovery process of those who indicate some level of recovery, but who are not currently in treatment. Question 1. USE of COPING STRATEGIES. The initial question addressed below focused on attempting to capture behaviors [...]
We wanted to update you on some of the current research that is happening at ARF. 1. Will providing childcare increase female attendance at Self help meetings. We are currently providing childcare at Refuge Recovery 7 pm meeting on Wednesday evenings. We are tracking to see if this will make a meeting friendlier for women [...]
At the Addiction Research Foundation, we conducted an online survey that was pushed through social media. We at this point had close to 1000 respondents. Of these respondents close to 2/3s were women. While women were more likely to respond to an online survey they were less likely to attend 12 step meetings; 61 percent [...]
We are very excited to announce that Pam Moore's new book Unhook and Live Free will be coming soon. We are looking at an early fall release date. You can unhook and live free. This book is a brilliant guide to understanding yourself and how to unhook from negative thoughts, beliefs and feelings. The [...]
C3 At this time Refuge Recovery is meeting twice a week Smart Recovery is meeting once a week, a weekly yoga class, a professional’s meditation and sharing group called EMIT is provided once a month and various other workshops have been provided in this space. In October at the grand opening the founder [...]
NOAH LEVINE WORKSHOP Monday September 28th from 8 am until 12 pm at THE EDGE OF CHAOS SPONSERED BY ADDICTION RESEARCH FOUNDATION Refuge Recovery is a mindfulness-based addiction treatment program that utilizes Buddhist philosophy as the cornerstone of the curriculum. Drawing inspiration from the core teachings of the Four Noble Truths, emphasis is placed [...]
My name is Pam and I am an alcoholic. My dad’s name is Bill and he has Alzheimer’s. I always had a difficult relationship with him. As with any disease walking the path is never easy. And I mean that for both of our diseases. My dad can not communicate much any more. Mostly when [...]
My name is Pam and I am an alcoholic. I got sober September 9, 1987. Since that time I have seen addiction treatment change and not change. The main focus of most treatment is still to use the 12 step model of recovery. It is the way I was taught to stay sober and I [...]
One of the surveys at the Addiction Research Foundation called the Addiction Change Survey has been promoteprimarily through social media. It Childhood Experiences 39 percent of all women reported having been abused as a child compared to 26 percent of men. More than three out of five women (65%) reported childhood emotional abuse, compared to [...]
Here is some information from the most recent data set of the on line addiction research survey as of March 2015. As we have said, this data is very preliminary and we are not ready to start making any statements about what it might mean. However, we still find some of this to be very [...]
