HAMS - Harm Reduction for Alcohol, New York, NY (2025)

06/04/2024

Orthodox Medicine's 19th Century War Against Effective Addiction Treatment

Throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, the American Associate for the Cure of Inebriates, the only professional addiction treatment organization in the United States, waged a war to incarcerate people with addictions in asylums much like insane asylums and lobbied that those who continued to....

02/24/2024

https://www.practicalrecovery.com/prblog/how-alcohol-treatment-became-divorced-from-alcohol-science-the-rise-of-the-minnesota-model/

A look at the Minnesota Model, its myths, and how capitalism and religiosity led to the divorce of addiction treatment from science.

01/22/2024

https://filtermag.org/confrontation-addiction-treatment/

Confrontational counseling, sometimes known as attack therapy, is most commonly associated with so-called “therapeutic communities” for people with addictions. It ...

09/12/2021

FREE--3 days only--book of alcohol harm reduction member stories!

BETTER IS BETTER!: stories of alcohol harm reduction

09/08/2021

Article about my new books in Filter!

Kenneth Anderson is perhaps best known in the harm reduction movement as the founder and executive director of HAMS (Harm ...

08/17/2021

My new book got reviewed in Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly!

That Kenneth Anderson is not fond of 12-Step treatment programs is no secret. He is one of the best-known proponents of harm reduction in alcohol use, and he himself would not say he is in recovery. ...

03/26/2020

HAMS made the New York Times!

Addiction experts are calling the coronavirus pandemic a national relapse trigger. Online support groups, doctors and even federal agencies are rushing to aid people in recovery.

03/24/2020

Check out this life-saving article!

All Pennsylvania liquor stores were closed at 9 pm on March 17 as part of the state’s coronavirus response—in contrast ...

12/25/2019

Ready to begin the book study on January 1? Join the Facebook group, HAMS: Harm Reduction For Alcohol or HAMS for Women: alcohol harm reduction or Alcohol Free Hamsters or all three if you are all three! I'll post a question every few days about the chapter we're reading and you can respond or not as you choose. No commitment, NO FEES, no mandatory anything! Just a way to learn and interact with other Hamsters, and change your drinking according to YOUR goals!

Harm reduction is the single most effective approach to drug and alcohol problems because harm reduction uses pragmatic, evidence-based strategies that work. This book is the first comprehensive compilation of harm reduction strategies aimed specifically at people who drink alcohol. Whether your ...

12/22/2019

Join the book study of How to Change Your Drinking, our evidence-based guide to reaching *your* goals! It will be on our Facebook groups, HAMS - Harm Reduction for Alcohol and HAMS for Women. No commitment, no fees, just read the book and join the discussion!

Harm reduction is the single most effective approach to drug and alcohol problems because harm reduction uses pragmatic, evidence-based strategies that work. This book is the first comprehensive compilation of harm reduction strategies aimed specifically at people who drink alcohol. Whether your ...

12/18/2019

HAMS is having a book study of our user-friendly, science based manual, How to Change Your Drinking by Kenneth Anderson starting January 1! No fees, no commitment, just buy the book, log into the Facebook groups, check the question I'll post every few days, and discuss!

Harm reduction is the single most effective approach to drug and alcohol problems because harm reduction uses pragmatic, evidence-based strategies that work. This book is the first comprehensive compilation of harm reduction strategies aimed specifically at people who drink alcohol. Whether your ...

Harm reduction is the single most effective approach to drug and alcohol problems because harm reduction uses pragmatic, evidence-based strategies that work. This book is the first comprehensive compilation of harm reduction strategies aimed specifically at people who drink alcohol. Whether your ...

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