Transformation and Recovery

Transformation and Recovery is the only definitive book on acupuncture and addiction recovery.

More than a manual or "how-to" book, Transformation and Recovery offers a bold and insightful philosophical and historical interpretation of addiction and recovery.

Transformation and Recovery: A Guide for the Design and Development of Acupuncture-Based Chemical Dependency Treatment Programs has become a standard reference for acupuncturists and for addiction treatment programs who have added or wish to add acupuncture as an integrated treatment component.

This groundbreaking book has been used as a textbook in Colleges of Oriental Medicine, and is a recommended resource for Certification by the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association.

Transformation and Recovery Includes:

• Over 300 footnotes and a comprehensive bibliography
• The classic and comprehensive Literature Review, “Auricular Acupuncture for Chemical Dependency,” by Dr. Ruth Ackerman
• “So You Want to Start an Acupuncture Treatment Program for Detoxification, Relapse Prevention, and Preparation for Counseling” – A Case History of the Development of an Acupuncture Demonstration Program, by Dr. Ruth Ackerman.
• Full text of the article “Acupuncture: New Perspectives in Chemical Dependency Treatment,” published by Alex Brumbaugh by the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment in 1993 – the first non-research article supporting acupuncture to appear in a major journal.
• “A Counselor’s Guide to Acupuncture in the Treatment of Addiction,” by Cally Haber and Charles Singer, Santa Cruz, California.

Alex Brumbaugh has been in the chemical dependency field since 1983, and in education since 1967. For 9 years, he was director of Project Recovery, the largest provider of chemical dependency treatment services in Santa Barbara County. He is currently Director of Project Development for the Santa Barbara Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, and Project Director for a CSAT Recovery Communities Grant. He has been an Associate Faculty Member in Human Services at Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria, California, and is a Registered Trainer for the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association. He has published professional articles in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment and Addiction and Recovery Magazine.