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Beyond The Two Pillars of Recovery®

Beyond The Two Pillars of Recovery®

Written by: Geoff Kane MD MPH
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The Two Pillars of Recovery® serve as reminders to individuals with addiction/serious substance use disorders of how nature works and how to work with nature to establish recovery. If someone with addiction wishes to prevent undesired substance use, Keep your distance! reminds them that talent and good intentions do not guarantee behavior, and lifestyle changes are often necessary. Ask for help! reminds them that lasting recovery from addiction is far more likely when they continuously cultivate healthy connections with others. Beyond The Two Pillars of Recovery® reinforces the message of hope and practical action delivered by the original two pillars while speaking to the much larger group of people in our communities who do not meet criteria for serious substance use disorders, inviting them to reflect on risks inherent in their use of substances and other behaviors in light of their personal risk tolerance.2023 Hygiene & Healthy Living Physical Illness & Disease
Episodes
  • Episode #37: Language that Drives Connection instead of Violence

    Episode #37: Language that Drives Connection instead of Violence
    May 14 2026

    Counseling psychologist Dr. Ben Bailey describes how Nonviolent Communication
    focuses tense conversations on feelings and needs rather than judgments and
    labels using examples from his work with individuals and couples in a university
    student health center.
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    58 mins
  • Episode #36: Who / What Underlies Your Surface Identities?

    Episode #36: Who / What Underlies Your Surface Identities?
    Feb 18 2026

    Dr. Allen Levy—psychologist, licensed social worker, interfaith minister, and seasoned meditation teacher—reflects on modern psychoanalysis, couples therapy, group therapy, and meditation while relating those activities to the much larger context of the evolution of human consciousness.

    At the end, Dr. Levy leads a brief, powerful meditation.
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    1 hr
  • Episode #35: The Gift of Permission to Write

    Episode #35: The Gift of Permission to Write
    Jan 7 2026

    Freelance writer Gary Miller, Creative Director of Writers for Recovery, draws
    people deeper into their life experiences and relationships with each another with
    7-minute, open-ended writing exercises where "there is no way to do it wrong."
    For eleven years, participants in Vermont Recovery Centers, Vermont prisons, and
    as far away as Ireland and the Dominican Republic, have grown in recovery
    through the love and humor in this program.
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    51 mins
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