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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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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