Many individuals use self-help groups and other forms of group therapy to achieve and
maintain cessation from addictive behaviours. For instance, self-help group attendance has …

Interpersonal relationships play a key role in recovery from substance use disorders (SUDs).
We examined the associations between problematic interpersonal styles, peer relationships …

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is based on a spiritual program of action. In keeping with AA's
spiritually based recovery theory, rigorous studies have revealed that spirituality may be one …

Although substance use is considered normative in college, continued examination of
factors associated with problematic use is merited. This study identified latent substance …

The effectiveness of mutual help groups (MHGs) in promoting addiction recovery has been
widely acknowledged. However, the psychological mechanisms underlying the impact of …

High impulsivity is common to substance and gambling addictions. Despite these
commonalities, there is still substantial heterogeneity on impulsivity levels within these …

Prior research suggests that personality traits change during substance use disorder (SUD)
treatment. However, the extent to which changes in traits during SUD treatment are …

Objective: Impulsivity is a multidimensional construct consistently associated with
problematic substance use, but less is known about its relevance to clinical outcomes. The …

Abstract Purpose of Review Empirical evidence indicates that, in general, treatments which
systematically engage adults with freely available twelve-step mutual-help organizations …

This research started with a simple question: What is addiction? Addiction had interested me
for a while. My parents' work in counseling, inner city schools and prisons meant that they …