Recent Review of Research Studies Supports Focus on Concurrent Recovery, Not Addiction Substitution
A November 2021 study published in Clinical Psychology Review has tentatively concluded—after analyzing the results of nearly 100 studies published over the past 46 years—that a concurrent recovery model, when contrasted with “addiction substitution” (a.k.a., addiction replacement), provides the best overall treatment results.[1] The study’s authors define addiction substitution as “the practice of increasing the…