Comments for Phoenix House http://www.phoenixhouse.org Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:41:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Comment on Phoenix House AmeriCorps and Career Academy Vocational Completion Celebration by ljuliano http://www.phoenixhouse.org/blog/news-and-events/phoenix-house-americorps-and-career-academy-vocational-completion-celebration/#comment-136327 ljuliano Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:41:56 +0000 http://www.phoenixhouse.org/?post_type=news_and_events&p=15764#comment-136327 Are you a Phoenix House graduate or a current employee? What city & state do you reside in? Our employment opportunities are at this link: http://www.phoenixhouse.org/about/careers/ Thank you for your interest in Phoenix House. Are you a Phoenix House graduate or a current employee? What city & state do you reside in?
Our employment opportunities are at this link:
http://www.phoenixhouse.org/about/careers/
Thank you for your interest in Phoenix House.

]]> Comment on Phoenix House AmeriCorps and Career Academy Vocational Completion Celebration by Christopher J. Clark http://www.phoenixhouse.org/blog/news-and-events/phoenix-house-americorps-and-career-academy-vocational-completion-celebration/#comment-136113 Christopher J. Clark Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:08:49 +0000 http://www.phoenixhouse.org/?post_type=news_and_events&p=15764#comment-136113 I am a recent CASAC graduate interested in being trained by Phoenix House,would you please assist me to achieve my goal to become a successful CASAC-T,and eventually a CASAC. I am a recent CASAC graduate interested in being trained by Phoenix House,would you please assist me to achieve my goal to become a successful CASAC-T,and eventually a CASAC.

]]> Comment on Treatment: Because No Life is Disposable by Steve Castleman http://www.phoenixhouse.org/our-perspectives/treatment-because-no-life-is-disposable/#comment-132306 Steve Castleman Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:40:37 +0000 http://www.phoenixhouse.org/?post_type=our_perspective&p=15730#comment-132306 Unfortunately, many people still don't believe addiction is a disease or that treatment works. Polls show, however, that the more people understand addiction has a biological basis, the more they support treatment. So it's incumbent on those involved in recovery to re-inforce that addicts suffer from an illness: that the brains of addicts are physiologically different than non-addicts; those brain changes result in addict behavior; and treatment can teach addicts how to manage the disease one day at a time. For a website that analyzes the addict experience through the prism of addiction science(in accessible English), please check out www.AddictScience.com. Unfortunately, many people still don’t believe addiction is a disease or that treatment works. Polls show, however, that the more people understand addiction has a biological basis, the more they support treatment. So it’s incumbent on those involved in recovery to re-inforce that addicts suffer from an illness: that the brains of addicts are physiologically different than non-addicts; those brain changes result in addict behavior; and treatment can teach addicts how to manage the disease one day at a time.

For a website that analyzes the addict experience through the prism of addiction science(in accessible English), please check out http://www.AddictScience.com.

]]> Comment on Treatment: Because No Life is Disposable by Howard Josepher http://www.phoenixhouse.org/our-perspectives/treatment-because-no-life-is-disposable/#comment-132293 Howard Josepher Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:31:21 +0000 http://www.phoenixhouse.org/?post_type=our_perspective&p=15730#comment-132293 This is a good opinion piece. It is clear to many of us that treatment makes more sense than prison. What boggles the mind is despite the humanity, compassion and cost effectiveness of treatment as an alternative to prison for non-violent drug addicts, the shift in resources doesn't happen. The Rand study quoted about cost effectiveness, "every dollar spent on treatment...." was conducted more than a dozen years ago and still no change. Yes, every once in a while an enlightened governor chooses to emphasize treatment instead of prison but on a federal level we still spend more than four times of our drug budget on interdiction, law enforcement and prisons than we do on reducing the demand for drugs in the United States. I would like to see Phoenix House, the largest drug treatment organization in the world, and my alma mater, provide some leadership in this area. Our last three presidents all used drugs and by the grace of God were never busted. Still they support policies and laws that destroy lives for same behaviors they indulged. The question is how do we get them to do what they know is right? This is a good opinion piece. It is clear to many of us that treatment makes more sense than prison. What boggles the mind is despite the humanity, compassion and cost effectiveness of treatment as an alternative to prison for non-violent drug addicts, the shift in resources doesn’t happen. The Rand study quoted about cost effectiveness, “every dollar spent on treatment….” was conducted more than a dozen years ago and still no change. Yes, every once in a while an enlightened governor chooses to emphasize treatment instead of prison but on a federal level we still spend more than four times of our drug budget on interdiction, law enforcement and prisons than we do on reducing the demand for drugs in the United States. I would like to see Phoenix House, the largest drug treatment organization in the world, and my alma mater, provide some leadership in this area. Our last three presidents all used drugs and by the grace of God were never busted. Still they support policies and laws that destroy lives for same behaviors they indulged. The question is how do we get them to do what they know is right?

]]> Comment on Treatment: Because No Life is Disposable by Philip Pisciotta http://www.phoenixhouse.org/our-perspectives/treatment-because-no-life-is-disposable/#comment-132256 Philip Pisciotta Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:50:22 +0000 http://www.phoenixhouse.org/?post_type=our_perspective&p=15730#comment-132256 I agree that people are not bad they just make bad choices in life. Everyone deserves a second chance. I agree that people are not bad they just make bad choices in life. Everyone deserves a second chance.

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