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William L. White

William L. White is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand William L. White rather than just read about it. In short: William L. White is a writer on addiction recovery and policy.

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Reference excerpt

William L. White is a writer on addiction recovery and policy.

Biography White was born the eldest son in an Army family, father, William "Billy" White and mother, Alice White. His father was a construction worker and his mother was a nurse. His family grew quite large with more than 20 adopted, foster, related and siblings living in a small rural home in Decatur, Illinois. He received a bachelor's degree from Eureka College, studying psychology, sociology and history.

Career His first job was with the Illinois Department of Mental Health in 1967, where his responsibilities were to tour the wards of the mental health institution and screen the alcoholics and addicts for community placement. In the seventies, he became an outreach worker, gathering addicts and alcoholics from jail or hospitals and connecting them with services like Salvation Army shelters, SRO’s and AA meetings. In 1970, he worked at Chestnut Health Systems, one of the first local community treatment centers in Illinois, and became the clinical director of the facility. In 1975, White left to pursue a master's degree in Addiction Studies at Goddard College. Upon graduating he began working with the Illinois Dangerous Drug Commission, and then became deputy director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse’s training center in Washington DC. In 1986, he returned to the Chestnut Health System and founded the Lighthouse Institute, an addiction treatment research center. In 1998, he published his best-known book, Slaying the Dragon: The History of Addiction Treatment and Recovery in America. He was a senior consultant at the Chestnut Health System engaged in research and writing on addiction treatment and recovery coaching up until his retirement in 2014. He continues to write about the history of treatment and recovery on his website.

Professional appointments Bill White's has held many professional appointments since 2000 to the present day including:

Advisory Committee, NAADAC Minority Fellowship Program Advisory Council, Faces and Voices of Recovery Advisory Board, Harm Reduction, Abstinence and Moderation (HAMS) Board of Directors, Betty Ford Institute National Advisory Board, Recovery Research Institute, Harvard Medical School NAADAC Recovery to Practice Advisory Committee UK National Treatment Agency Expert Group on Recovery-oriented Drug Treatment Advisory Panel, State of New Jersey Governor’s Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Scientific Advisory Panel, Phoenix House, Inc. International Advisory Council, SMART Recovery Advisory Board, LifeRing Secular Recovery Advisory Board, Jewish Network of Addiction Recovery Support Advisory Council, Association of Recovery Schools Board of Directors, Wellbriety for Prisons, Inc. Editorial Board, Counselor Magazine Editorial Board, Student Assistance Journal Editorial Board, Quest House Review Board Member, Wired In to Recovery, UK Editorial Board, Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly Editorial Board, Advances in Addiction and Recovery

Awards

Books White, William L. (1986). Incest in the Organizational Family: The Ecology of Burnout in Closed Systems. Bloomington, Ill: Lighthouse Training Institute. ISBN 9780938475002. White, William L. (1996). Pathways From the Culture of Addiction to the Culture of Recovery: A Travel Guide for Addiction Professions (2nd ed.). Center City, Minn: Hazelden. ISBN 9780585126258. White, William L. (1997). The Incestuous Workplace Stress and Distress in the Organizational Family. Center City, Minn: Hazelden. ISBN 9780585305929. White, William L. (1998). Slaying the Dragon, The History of Addiction Treatment and Recovery in America. Bloomington, Ill: The Chestnut Health Systems/Lighthouse Institute. ISBN 9780938475071. Kelly, John F.; White, William L., eds. (2011). Addiction Recovery Management Theory, Research and Practice. Totowa, N.J.: Humana. ISBN 9781603279604. Don Coyhis and William L. White, Alcohol Problems in Native America: The Untold Story of Resistance and Recovery. Colorado Springs, CO: Coyhis Publishing & Consulting, Inc., 2006 ISBN 1599752298

References

External links Official website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with William L. White

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about William L. White ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of William L. White

In research: William L. White appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses William L. White in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: William L. White is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1947 births, 20th-century American historians, 21st-century American historians, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for William L. White outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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William L. White is a writer on addiction recovery and policy.

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