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

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:

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

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