How a Global Social Progress Measure Informed a Method for Measuring Addiction Wellness

David Whitesock
3 min readMar 31, 2019

The United States is in the throes of an addiction, overdose, suicide, and loneliness crisis. Despite significant advances in technology and lifestyle conveniences, economic and social inequities are dramatic, resulting in widespread human despair.

People feel stuck. Systems keep people immobilized. How do individuals or groups of people get unstuck and improve their lives?

A good starting place is to know as much as possible about the variables affecting…

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David Whitesock

Social entrepreneur turning data into intelligence for behavioral health and recovery support orgs. Commonly Well CEO. Architect of the Recovery Capital Index.