The ongoing process through which individuals achieve improved health, wellness, and quality of life while striving for abstinence or reduced substance use.
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Anti-Stigma Language Guide
We’re really pleased to launch our first report on stigma and language, which you can read on this page or download here. We hope it will be a useful guide for organisations that are less familiar with the drug and alcohol treatment sector...
Stigma, Substance Use, and the Struggle to Access Rehab
Phoenix Futures provide a wide range of harm reduction, treatment and advocacy services. We have a keen interest, and long history, in addressing stigma and on behalf of the Anti-Stigma Network we seek to broader anti-stigma movement. In...
Ecological Momentary Assessment and Ecological Momentary Interventions in Substance Use Disorders Recovery
INTRODUCTION: Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) can capture fluctuations in an individual’s recovery while minimizing recall bias by collecting real-time data in daily life. Ecological Momentary Interventions (EMIs) build on EMA to...
INTERSECTION OF SCIENCE AND SPIRITUALITY IN RECOVERY
The reality that recovery from substance use disorders (SUD) can emerge through multiple pathways and not be linear, too, was powerfully demonstrated during the January Pathways to Progress Summit hosted by the 1:11 Project Africa at...
International Cannabinoid Research Society Symposium
The International Cannabinoid Research Society is delighted to announce that our 36th annual ICRS Symposium will be held from June 28-July 2 – in Dijon, France. The Symposium will open with a welcome reception on June 28 and close on the evening of July 2, with a departure date on July 3.
The power of people who use drugs as mass media influencers in changing public opinion during the global overdose epidemic
Background Thousands of people have lost their lives due to overdose-related fatalities linked to the potent synthetic opioid epidemic, as mortalities increase annually. British Columbia (B.C.) Canada has been an exception, where the...
Freedom Recovery Symposium 2026
FREEDOM RECOVERY SYMPOSIUM, 2026 Recovery Is Possible: Freedom Recovery Symposium, 2026, Gujranwala Pakistan Recovery is possible. A Freedom Recovery Symposium, 2026 was successfully held at Freedom Rehab Gujranwala, in collaboration with...
CSAM-SMCA 2026 Scientific Conference and Annual Meeting
The CSAM-SMCA 2026 Scientific Conference is Canada’s premier education and networking event for addiction medicine practitioners. This annual event brings together researchers, leaders, educators, and clinicians in addiction medicine for three days of learning and networking.
10th Annual Recovery Capital Conference
Following two sold-out events over the past two years, the 10th Annual Recovery Capital Conference is expanding to an even larger venue, the new BMO Centre in Calgary. Additional details on speakers will be announced soon. Early Brid Registration Now Open!
The Alcohol and Drugs History Society Biennial Conference 2026
The Alcohol and Drugs History Society is pleased to announce the Call for Papers for its 9th biennial meeting, which will take place in Paris, France, from 25 to 27 June 2026. The conference will be hosted by the Advanced School of Social Sciences and Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne University.