Drug Rehabilitation that works

In the harm reduction model, again, anything in a positive direction is seen as positive. There is nothing in harm reduction that doesn’t suggest that abstinence might be good, but it’s not necessarily a criteria. When you walk into a treatment center and it’s not harm reduction based, you’re asked to become abstinent immediately. There is no conceptualization of anything short of 100% stopping. In the harm reduction model, reducing the amount, frequency, the dangerousness of the method you’re using to obtain your drug or whatever it may be, it’s seen as progress. It unfolds, and you may stop treatment well before you achieve complete abstinence, and that’s alright.For more information go to aaalternatives.com

Aninterview with Dr. Stanton Peele. Produced and directed by Patrick and Andrea Bergin. Copyright First Vision Productions 2003. See Stanton Peele’s website at www.peele.net Find out more about Stanton Peele’s latest book at http … Peele “Harm Reduction” Documentary Interview