Putting an End to Addiction

Many recovery advocates place emphasis on removing the stigma associated with addiction, but we are trying to remove the labels and diagnoses that stigmatize addiction and related symptoms as mental disorders.

We are a true patient/client advocacy group in that we are helping people to stand up for what they rightly deserve - treatment that actually works! It is harmful to tell someone they have an incurable brain disease and that relapse is a part of recovery. No wonder the recovery rate for most tradtional treatment centers are so low - they tell their clients that they shouldn't expect success! This seems completely ridiculous to us.

The New Face of Recovery™ is a movement that promotes drug-free rehabilitation practices that are aimed at helping people to put addiction behind them forever - not stay stuck in the past and continually treat it or say it's incurable and prescribe drugs. We're not interested in "one day at a time," we're helping people to look forward to a bright and successful future without substance abuse in it. Let's focus on being recovered and not keeping people "in recovery" for a lifetime.

Changing the Face of Recovery

Alcohol and other drug addictions aren't new. The "science" behind the pharmaceutically-driven treatment industry isn't either - and it clearly isn't working since the situation is getting worse. Giving more drugs to addicts, prescription or otherwise, won't solve the problem. Drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs aren't cheap - so don't waste your money on programs that don't offer solutions to addiction but instead only excuses and more treatments.

It is time that we demand results - from treatment centers, from doctors, from public officials and from ourselves. Ultimately it is up to you and what you decide if you're going to make it in the end. It may start with the right program, but the life-reorganization after that is equally important. Feel free to join our forum discussion and let others know some things that you have seen work. You can also contact us if you have any questions or comments about addiction and recovery.