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Book SynopsisAn effective treatment to help those with addictions
Victims of drug addiction, chronic illness, and mental illness all too often are overwhelmed with the affliction called hopelessness. Oxford Houses succeed because their substance abuse treatment approach instills the most powerful medicinehope for recovery. Rescued Lives: The Oxford House Approach to Substance Abuse provides a comprehensive thought-provoking look at just how the innovative Oxford House model inspires positive action on one of our country's most serious problemssubstance abuse. This powerful book presents the success stories of the people living in these community homes and explains just how it has worked for them.
Rescued Lives: The Oxford House Approach to Substance Abuse gives an insightful review of Oxford House's history and the development of the approach. Residents' stories reveal the treatment process on the road to recovery, allowing readers t
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"A timely and readable book focusing on the history, methods, and details of the Oxford House model of substance abuse recovery. Provides a refreshing, if not sobering, reminder that there is hope for recovery from substance abuse when traditional methods have failed. [This book] is sometimes provocative, laced with enriched narratives and testimonials depicting the tortuous path many of its residents took before finding Oxford House. I would recommend it to addicts, mental health personnel, addictionologists, sociologists, policy makers, urban planners, and politicians. It provides a glimpse into the lives of troubled souls and a way to establish a unique community model of living as part of recovery."- Leslie M. Lothstein, PsycCRITIQUES
Table of Contents
- Foreword (Bill White)
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- PART I. THE OXFORD HOUSE MODEL
- Chapter 1. A Society in Crisis
- The Future
- Chapter 2. A Sobering Beginning: The First Oxford House
- Insider Influence
- The First Oxford House
- Chapter 3. The Roads to Recovery: Substance Abuse Treatment Approaches and Oxford House
- Treatment Models
- Oxford House Approach
- Chapter 4. The Oxford House Experience: Entrance and Assimilation
- Making the Decision
- The New Resident
- Chapter 5. The Oxford House Experience: Living Substance Free
- Relationships
- Reframing of Self
- PART II. EXPANDING THE OXFORD HOUSE APPROACH
- Chapter 6. History Is Made
- Legislation
- An Explosion of Growth
- Chapter 7. Women, Children, and Families
- Demographics
- Relationships
- Responsibilities
- Sense of Self
- Chapter 8. Criminal Offenders and Recovery
- Society’s Perceptions
- Reentry into Society
- Relationships
- Responsibilities
- Sense of Self
- Chapter 9. Society’s Disenfranchised
- Society’s Perceptions
- Relationships
- Responsibilities
- Sense of Self
- Reentry into Society
- Chapter 10. An Invitation Is Extended
- The Next Step
- The Oxford House Traditions
- Chapter 11. Does Oxford House Work?
- Compelling Evidence
- A Broadened Vision of Helping
- Chapter 12. The Researchers’ Stories
- Community Psychology
- Community Psychology Meets Oxford House
- Chapter 13. A Watershed Moment
- A New Paradigm
- The Oxford House Approach in Other Settings
- Appendix
- References
- Index
