Overview
One of the best-kept secrets in the treatment community is the very high long-term recovery rates for physicians and pilots compared to the rest of the population. These programs constitute “best practices” in the treatment field. Accordingly, we use their basic protocols as models for improving outcomes for addicted family members (beneficiaries).
The authors' goals in writing this article are to:
- Present an overview as to how we adopt the pilot/physicians programs to our clients so the reader understands the basic concepts leading to improved outcomes
- Discuss specific provisions to insert or use in trust and governance documents in order to replicate the pilot/physician protocols
- Review the criteria for defining substance abuse used by professionals – one of the behaviors addressed in our model language