Many patients in Portland, Oregon find that Alcoholics Anonymous is a bad fit. Why?
As an addiction medicine doctor, I’ve found that many patients begin their recovery journey with a 12 step program. For some, this works wonders. For others, the 12 steps don’t feel like a good fit. So, what happens if Alcoholics Anonymous isn’t effective for you? What can you do now? The answer is: plenty. Here’s […]
“Am I Drinking too Much?” 5 Ways to Know When You’ve Crossed the Line
Alcohol is fun – until it isn’t. At Shanti Recovery and Wellness, we meet people in our Portland, OR office who want to stop or reduce their drinking everyday. We treat alcoholism – a form of substance use disorder – with nutrition, talk therapy and medication using the highest level of evidence-based care available […]
Why Do Emergencies like COVID 19 Create a Greater Need for Addiction Treatment Services?
It’s fair to say we’ve all been struggling to some extent with the negative impacts COVID-19 has made in our lives. Anecdotally, it would seem that social distancing, disrupted routines, cancelled life milestones, and ongoing financial uncertainty is taking a big toll on each of us. It’s too early to know the exact impacts […]
Evidence Based Addiction Treatment: What Do the Statistics Say?
For too long, addiction treatment wasn’t treated as a science and failed to meet basic evidence-based criteria for patient care. There simply weren’t many studies being done on the science of getting sober. Now that Addiction Medicine is a moderately funded branch of science, and a formally approved medical specialty, we know quite a […]