June 10, 2026

Family Repair Is Not a Side Effect of Recovery. It Is Part of the Work.

David van der Velde recently published an article that shared his observations on the healing that happens within families during […]
June 10, 2026

David Van Der Velde Discusses Spirituality and its Relationship to Treatment

In a recent post on LinkedIn, Awakening Co-Founder and Executive Director David van der Velde makes a clear distinction: spirituality […]
June 10, 2026

Awakening Founder on the End of Isolation in Recovery

In a recent article David van der Velde explores why relationships with others matter as much as clinical care in […]
June 1, 2026

David van der Velde: The Recovery Gap No One Is Funding

Awakening Recovery's Executive Director David van der Velde has written a new article arguing that addiction policy has gotten better […]
May 27, 2026

Lower Teen Drinking is Progress But Not the Whole Story says Awakening Founder

Awakening's Co-Founder and Executive Director David van der Velde has written a new article about recent reports that teenagers are […]
May 25, 2026

David van der Velde: The AI Transition Is More Than a Skills Gap

Awakening's Co-Founder and Executive Director David van der Velde has written a new article arguing that the national conversation about […]
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May 13, 2026

David van der Velde on Why the Word "Alcoholic" Still Matters

Executive Director David van der Velde has written a new article pushing back on the growing movement to retire the […]
May 12, 2026

Awakening's Founder: California Needs a Fuller Continuum on Homelessness, Addiction, and Recovery

Awakening's Co-Founder and Executive Director David van der Velde has written a new article arguing that California's homelessness debate is […]
May 2, 2026

Awakening Founder Discusses Study that Shows "Surrender" Increases Recovery Success

David van der Velde, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Awakening Recovery, has written an article on LinkedIn that discusses recent […]
April 27, 2026

David van der Velde on why Treatment Providers Must Raise the Standard

Awakening's Co-Founder and Executive Director has written an article that takes on the unfortunate perception problem that the field of […]
April 21, 2026

Compassionate Accountability Needs a Real Path Home - an Article by David van der Velde

Awakening's Executive Director has written an article on LinkedIn that discusses compassionate accountability through the lens of harm reduction policies […]
April 7, 2026

David van der Velde Takes on Recovery and Psychedelic Treatment

For years, parts of the recovery world and parts of the mental health world have often talked past each other. […]
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