Alcohol Abuse: Agencies Targeting Drug, Alcohol Abuse – Foster’s Daily Democrat

Agencies targeting drug, alcohol abuse – Foster’s Daily Democrat
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Agencies targeting drug, alcohol abuse
Foster’s Daily Democrat
CONCORD — A five-year plan to address and reduce the state's number of residents abusing alcohol and drugs has been released, calling for a collaboration of efforts to guarantee a successful outcome by the year 2017. The Governor's Commission on

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Johnny H. AA Speaker “12-Step Alcoholism Recovery”


From the book Alcoholics Anonymous: “In spite of the great increase in the size and span of this Fellowship, at its core it remains simple and personal. Each day, somewhere in the world, recovery begins when one alcoholic talks with another alcoholic, sharing experience, strength, and hope.” Make sure to like us on facebook :) We’d love to have ya stop in and see us! www.facebook.com What is the Twelve Step Model? How is it a “treatment for alcoholism” or “alcohol abuse?” From Wikipedia: “A twelve-step program is a set of guiding principles (accepted by members as ‘spiritual principles,’ based on the approved literature) outlining a course of action for recovery from addiction, compulsion, or other behavioral problems. Originally proposed by Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) as a method of recovery from alcoholism, the Twelve Steps were first published in the book Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism in 1939. The method was then adapted and became the foundation of other twelve-step programs. Twelve-step methods have been adopted to address a wide range of substance-abuse and dependency problems.” You can find out more at: www.aa.org – Alcoholics Anonymous Official Site (And as should be blatantly obvious, we are in no way affiliated with them or any other 12 step program. We are just looking to provide hope to those suffering from alcoholism or addiction.) It is important to note there are several ways for one to address

 

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