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Consequently, much has been documented and published regarding the causes and effects of drug use, addiction, related pathologies, and myriad modes of treatment. While such progress is to be celebrated, significant challenges nevertheless remain. This paper describes a novel perspective that proposes to enhance the effectiveness of our international efforts in addressing endemic drug problems through rigorous investigation into the successful long-term solutions that exist within the lived experiences of individuals, families, and communities. In this regard, such solutions are proposed to exist on a continuum of change spanning five domains:\n                    <jats:italic>resistance<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>resilience<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>risk minimization<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>remission<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and\n                    <jats:italic>recovery,<\/jats:italic>\n                    with each viewed as an independent achievement or as stages within a larger process of personal change. Ultimately, it is argued that the frontiers of addiction research lie in extending our study of the problem to include an intense focus on the prevalence, pathways, processes, styles, and stages inherent within these five domains.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpubh.2025.1701524","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,25]],"date-time":"2025-11-25T06:26:19Z","timestamp":1764051979000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Toward a solution-focused addiction science"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"William L.","family":"White","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"John F.","family":"Kelly","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","volume-title":"Slaying the dragon: The history of addiction treatment in America","author":"White","year":"2014"},{"key":"ref2","volume-title":"Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders","year":"2022"},{"key":"ref3","volume-title":"Facing addiction in America: The surgeon general's report on alcohol, drugs, and health","year":"2016"},{"key":"ref4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"162","DOI":"10.1016\/j.drugalcdep.2017.09.028","article-title":"Prevalence, pathways, and predictors of recovery from drug and alcohol problems in the United States population: implications for practice, research, and policy","volume":"181","author":"Kelly","year":"2017","journal-title":"Drug Alcohol Depend"},{"key":"ref5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"76","DOI":"10.1097\/hrp.0000000000000052","article-title":"Long-term course of opioid addiction","volume":"23","author":"Hser","year":"2015","journal-title":"Harv Rev Psychiatry"},{"key":"ref6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"229","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jsat.2007.04.015","article-title":"Addiction recovery: its definition and conceptual boundaries","volume":"33","author":"White","year":"2007","journal-title":"J Subst Abus Treat"},{"key":"ref7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"06","DOI":"10.35946\/arcr.v41.1.06","article-title":"The role of the family in alcohol use disorder recovery for adults","volume":"41","author":"McCrady","year":"2021","journal-title":"Alcohol Res"},{"key":"ref8","volume-title":"Excessive alcohol consumption. 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