The definitive guide to addiction that addresses misinformation and stigma, humanizes the disease within a framework of science, research, and personal experience, and provides a wealth of information on the various forms addiction takes as well as rich data regarding treatments.
Jason Z.W. Powers: Jason Z. W. Powers, MD, FABAM, DABFM, is a board-certified addictionologist and family medicine physician. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Addiction Medicine and a Diplomate of the American Board of Family Medicine. Dr. Powers is the Chief Medical Officer of TRS Behavioral, Inc., a company that includes The Right Step and Spirit Lodge chemical dependency treatment centers located throughout Texas and New Mexico. He is an interventionist and manages an outpatient addiction medicine practice as well.
In 2007, 2008, and 2009, Dr. Powers was recognized by H Texas Magazine as one of the best addiction medicine doctors in Houston. In June, 2010, he was named to the National Basketball Association's Network of Addiction Professionals.