The scientific language used to describe sober fun is downright entertaining.

These phrases come from Moos, R. H. (2007), Moos, R. H. (2011), & Wardle et al. (2024). I had fun generating this wordcloud at wordclouds.com

Stop doom scrolling and make a plan for March 7th to @standupforscience.bsky.social - lots of new information on the website: standupforscience2025.org And a huge thanks to the incredible organizers of the bigger event and the state-level events. It is a huge lift - let's show up!

Our study of happiness in recovery made the Recovery Research Institute newsletter!

Here it is Dr Jordon Jurinsky's summary, with a cool new table:

www.recoveryanswers.org/research-pos...

About our study:

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Get the Recovery Bulletin:

www.recoveryanswers.org

Nice to spend some time here today.

In class last week we practiced public speaking by describing photos from special moments over break. My picture was from January 1st when a stranger in a restaurant commented that the logo on my hat was a peace knot

Great to be quoted in “How to start and keep a journal” yesterday in #thenewyorktimes #tmagazine by SarahDurn.com. Journaling teaches recovery skills: gratitude, compassion, and goal setting. Read more here: www.positiverecoveryjournaling.com

Here is the article: www.nytimes.com/article/jour...

Happiness with recovery from alcohol and substance use disorders predicts abstinence and treatment retention

Read about our study here:

doi.org/10.1080/1743...

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@katiew.bsky.social

This slide made a big splash this semester when I lectured on alcohol use disorders

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