Abstract
Addiction perspectives on substance misuse focus on the allegedly irresistible appeal of alcohol or drugs among predisposed individuals, who presumably are made vulnerable to their addicting effects by some genetic, biological, or character flaw. An important shortcoming of this conventional perspective is that it ignores the powerful effects of the environmental context on alcohol and drug use, which is amenable to manipulation to reduce use and promote problem resolution. Ironically, interest in the environmental context that surrounds resolution of substance abuse problems has emerged from studies of natural recovery.
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Klingemann, H. et al. (2001). Environmental influences in natural resolution: bringing in context. In: Promoting Self-Change from Problem Substance Use. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0922-5_10
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