Amplified Recovery

~ Jason Schwartz

Bill White, illuminating real recovery and the how necessary it is for helpers to maintaining direct connections to people with “amplified recovery”:

The addictions field has been so fixated throughout its history on addiction-related pathologies that we know very little about these amplified states of recovery.   We as addiction professionals need to periodically remind ourselves of the distinction between remission and recovery.  Remission is about the deletion or diminishment of sickness; recovery–real recovery–involves broader dimensions of character, purpose and quality of life.  One of the most important ingredients we have to offer people seeking recovery is hope, and that hope is for far more than the elimination of pain.  We need to be able to convey that as the broken places heal, it is possible to achieve optimal health and a fulfilled life.  To authentically convey that vision, we must stay connected to those people who are living such lives.  To be a champion of recovery, we must maintain our connections to those who are the most infectious carriers of recovery.

via Amplified Recovery | Blog & New Postings | William L. White.

Published by Jason Schwartz

I have been an addiction professional and social worker since 1994. I started blogging in 2005 as the Clinical Director at Dawn Farm. I no longer work at Dawn Farm and am now the Director of Behavioral Medicine at a community hospital, and a lecturer at Eastern Michigan University’s School of Social Work. Views expressed here are my own. Keep in mind that the field, the contexts in which the field operates, and my views have changed over time.

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