Keith Humphreys, Ph.D.Professor of Psychiatry, Stanford University

Research Career Scientist, Dept. of Veterans Affairs

What Brought Prior Recovery Movements to Grief?

The usual “isms” + some addiction-specific ones

Destructive internal squabbles

Seizing defeat from the jaws of victory

The Usual Isms + Some Addiction-Specific OnesBeing in Recovery Doesn’t Immunize People

from Racism, Sexism and Classism

Recovery has its own ismsType of DrugIll-chosen Badges of HonorRoute to Recovery

How Has the Current U.S. Recovery Movement Avoided These Problems (So Far)? Part I

More than anything else, the conscious, sustained commitment to diversity in all forms has been critical

This includes the concept of “many pathways to recovery”

How Has the Current U.S. Recovery Movement Avoided These Problems (So Far)? Part II

A core of highly skilled, diverse leaders who can put the movement’s needs above their own

Agreed on a few simple but important ideas

Changes in the broader culture

Two Nations Separated by Different Cultural Myths

“Any child can grow up to be President of the United States!”

“Let me hear your accent, and I will tell you what your father did for a living.”

Expectations of the State and Professional Helpers

“Leave it to the professionals”

“If you want something done right…”