Pathways from the Culture of Addiction to the Culture of Recovery

Professional Development

     One of the most original works on substance abuse treatment in the last decade, Pathways explores the pilgrimage between two social worlds--one which promotes excessive use of psychoactive drugs, the other which promotes radical abstinence from these substances--and how individuals can move from one culture to the other.  This anthropological study of addiction and recovery as a cultural phenomenon serves as a manual for both substance abuse program design and clinical techniques in substance abuse assessment and treatment.
Author William White addresses the following questions in this ground-breaking book:
     *What etiological pathways lead to addiction and engagement in the culture of addiction?
     *How are people transformed through this process of cultural affiliation?
     *What strategies and techniques can help disengage persons from the culture of addiction    and provide an alternature "career" path?
     *What strategies and techniques can help bond the addict to an alternative culture of recovery?
     *What pathways of long-term recovery exist for the addict and what roles can the treatment professional play in supporting this developmental process?