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"Do Drug and Alcohol Interventions Really Work?"
...A graduate of the Johnson Institute, interventionist Bruce Cotter has broken from tradition and developed his own model of intervention. He started out the usual way, he says, because he didn't know any better. He did what he was taught to do, gathering groups of concerned people to confront the loved one.
"Tough Love"
...Bruce Cotter, author of the book, When They Won't Quit, became disenchanted with the technique after leading many intervetions. "I walked into a lot of volatile situations," he says, recalling an incident in which a father lunged at his heroin-addicted son.
"Living With An Addict - Spouses Struggle and Suffer in Battle with Demons"
..."Addicts take their spouses hostage," said Cotter. "The addict will decide the overall health of the relationship: How they will parent. Where they will live. Who their friends will be..."
"This Day and Age"
..."using cocaine as a social endeavor is the same as playing Russian roulette for recreation," Cotter, a former addict himself, said every addict he's ever known began his or her drug use on a social basis.
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"The Fitness Equation"
...Substance abuse has been climbing in the workplace among blue and white collar workers. When you have an impaired employee, they're running at about 70% capacity at best. Such a loss in productivity can quickly impact companies small and large.
"Second-Chance Recovery"
Substance abuse is a multi-billion dollar problem...spiking insurance costs and draining productivity and morale. A common way to deal with it? Fire the offenders and hold them up as examples. That's precisely the wrong approach.
"Dealing with Addiction, and What Comes After"
Addiction costs corporate America billions of dollars a year in lost productivity, absenteeism and higher health care expenses.
"Corner-Office Addictions: Letter to the Editor"
In response to "Dealing with Addiction, and What Comes After" (July 20), which described how companies are aiming to help executives who suffer from alcohol or drug problems...
"Firms advised to re-evaluate substance-abuse practices - Use compassion but not coddling"
...Many bosses and co-workers often let alcoholics and drug addicts get away with behavior that wouldn't long be tolerated in other workers. One reason is that alcoholics and drug addicts possess a particular genius for deception and for luring others into protecting them, says Bruce Cotter, an alcoholism and addiction specialist.
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