Table of Contents

• Foreword (Bill White)
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• PART I. THE OXFORD HOUSE MODEL
• Chapter 1. A Society in Crisis
• The Future
• Chapter 2. A Sobering Beginning: The First Oxford House
• Insider Influence
• The First Oxford House
• Chapter 3. The Roads to Recovery: Substance Abuse Treatment Approaches and Oxford House
• Treatment Models
• Oxford House Approach
• Chapter 4. The Oxford House Experience: Entrance and Assimilation
• Making the Decision
• The New Resident
• Chapter 5. The Oxford House Experience: Living Substance Free
• Relationships
• Reframing of Self
• PART II. EXPANDING THE OXFORD HOUSE APPROACH
• Chapter 6. History Is Made
• Legislation
• An Explosion of Growth
• Chapter 7. Women, Children, and Families
• Demographics
• Relationships
• Responsibilities
• Sense of Self
• Chapter 8. Criminal Offenders and Recovery
• Society’s Perceptions
• Reentry into Society
• Relationships
• Responsibilities
• Sense of Self
• Chapter 9. Society’s Disenfranchised
• Society’s Perceptions
• Relationships
• Responsibilities
• Sense of Self
• Reentry into Society
• Chapter 10. An Invitation Is Extended
• The Next Step
• The Oxford House Traditions
• Chapter 11. Does Oxford House Work?
• Compelling Evidence
• A Broadened Vision of Helping
• Chapter 12. The Researchers’ Stories
• Community Psychology
• Community Psychology Meets Oxford House
• Chapter 13. A Watershed Moment
• A New Paradigm
• The Oxford House Approach in Other Settings
• Appendix
• References
• Index