Tom Larkin, a licensed psychologist and SMART Recovery® Facilitator, speaks with Mara Dolan about addiction and SMART Recovery®. Right Here, Right Now with Mara Dolan Guest: Tom Larkin from Mara Dolan on Vimeo.
Archive for February, 2011
February 23rd, 2011
Tom Larkin on ‘Right Here Right Now’
Posted in Coping With Urges, Lifestyle Balance, Managing Thoughts, Motivation 
Tags: addiction recovery, alcoholism, Mara Dolan, recovery, substance abuse, Tom Larkin, video 
Comments OffFebruary 17th, 2011
Supporting Recovery Without Enabling
In Epidemics, Hippocrates said, “Make a habit of two things–to help, or at least to do no harm.” How can we apply that idea to helping family and friends with addictions? When we care about individuals who are trying to overcome addictions, we often face dilemmas in how best to help them. For instance, if [...]
Posted in Family & Friends Tags: addiction recovery, Concerned Significant Other, CSO, enabling, Family & Friends, recovery, support, Tom Horvath 7 Comments »February 16th, 2011
Are You a Loser?
People observe their behavior, and evaluate it in terms of how well they like it. If we did not do this, we would have no way of improving how we act. When people seek help in therapy, in self-help groups, or by reading self-help books, they are not merely observing and thinking of their behaviors [...]
Posted in Managing Thoughts Tags: CBT, cognitive behavior therapy, Philip Tate, problem solving, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, REBT Comments OffFebruary 13th, 2011
Get Your Loved One Sober: Alternatives to Nagging, Pleading, and Threatening
A Book Review by Henry Steinberger, Ph.D. To help people seeking sobriety for their loved ones, Get Your Loved One Sober offers a revolutionary program: The Community Reinforcement And Family Training (CRAFT) intervention. The subtitle, Alternatives to Nagging, Pleading, and Threatening more aptly describes what this book is about. Getting a loved one into treatment [...]
Posted in Family & Friends Tags: addiction, Bob Meyers, Concerned Significant Other, CRAFT, CSO, enabling, Family & Friends, Henry Steinberger, recovery, support 9 Comments »February 11th, 2011
Working Toward Goals for Recovery
Goals are important for everyone. Thinking on and reviewing goals are important both before and after you quit using an addictive substance. What are goals? You can think of goals as being what you want. Generally your goals are happiness and survival. More specifically, you may want a better job or a happier marriage. When [...]
Posted in Lifestyle Balance, Managing Thoughts Tags: goals, happiness, lifestyle balance, Philip Tate, problem solving 2 Comments »February 11th, 2011
To Live a Good Life
As we gain independence from addictive behavior, or help others to do so, we need to remember that there is a greater goal: to live a good life. Recovery from addictive behavior sets the stage for the recovery of satisfactions and pleasures that were not possible while still engaged in addictive behavior. The fourth point [...]
