Recent Findings

The term ‘recovery’ is widely used in the research literature.  Recovery is a goal of alcohol treatment, and recovery-oriented systems of care are being developed to support that goal.  Alcoholics who no longer drink and are trying to pursue an improved way of living/being say that they are ‘in recovery.’  Yet for all its use, and seeming centrality, there is no agreed upon definition of the term within the alcohol literature.  Lacking a definition, recovery usually is equated with abstinence or … [Read more...]