Posts Tagged ‘Alcoholics Anonymous’

Question by Hockeyplayer778: I think my dad is an alcoholic?
My dad seems to have a bit of a drinking problem, and currently I am the only person in my family who is trying to help him. Here’s some background information – I’m his teenage daughter, I have two adult brothers who don’t like him, and my parents have been divorced for five years. They refuse to talk to each other, unless I force them to.
So anyway, my dad has this one drinking buddy that he will go out with to a bar up to 4x a week or they’ll stay at his house and drink. Last year for about six months my dad stayed sober and didn’t drink, because he wanted to get healthy and save money (he’s not in the best financial situation). However, he started drinking again. Basically every time I have gone over to his house recently, he has been drunk, is out with his drinking buddy, or has ditched spending time with me to go out with his drinking buddy. I DESPISE his drinking buddy and my dad knows it, but he doesn’t care. I looked up signs of alcoholism on several websites and my dad seems to be in the stage of “Denial”, because he will not admit to being an alcoholic. He says that he can stop drinking at anytime, which is just an excuse for him to keep drinking. I know for a fact that I will not be able to get him to go to AA, because he thinks he is above that. His low-life girlfriend, who he cheated on my mom with, thinks he is the best man in the world and has absolutely no problems. I’m just wondering, what could I do to help him? I don’t want him to develop full-blown alcoholism, and I’m worried. He needs help and won’t listen to me. Thanks

Tax dollars at work
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White supremacy teachers’ workshop in Wisconsin [Madison, Wisc…] The city of Madison hosted the 15th annual national White Privilege Conference last week at the Monona Terrace to discuss issues of white supremacy, social justice, education and the Tea Party…. Our first account comes from the break …
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Wednesday Reading Meme
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What I’ve Just Finished Reading I finally finished Eva Rice’s The Misinterpretation of Tara Jupp. I liked it, but it’s a bit uneven: it has two stories and they sort of work against each other. There’s the story of Tara’s coming of age and her relationship with her sister Lucy (and Lucy’s relationsh …
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Radio spectrum to safeguard competition if Telefonicas 86
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Addiction Treatment

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News Briefs
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For those whose lives are affected by someone else's drinking, the Al-Anon family groups provide a fellowship for sharing experiences, strength and hope in order to solve common problems. Al-Anon believes alcoholism is a family illness and that changed …
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Fitness calendar
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AA and Al-Anon – For the latest Alcoholics Anonymous meetings list, visit aa-montana.org or call the Missoula hotline at 543-0011. The information line for Al-Anon and Alateen, which are 12-step recovery programs for relatives and friends whose lives …
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Alcohol Abuse Survey in the News

Lack of anonymity in digital age poses challenge for substance abuse recovery
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As of May 2012, Narcotics Anonymous was hosting 61,800 meetings a week in 129 countries. Numbers from a 2013 Alcoholics Anonymous survey show that the organization has more than 2 million members and more than 100,000 groups worldwide.
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Volunteers collect hundreds of whipped-topping cans during cleanup along …
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"Usually, younger kids use whatever they can get their hands on," said Susan Rieves-Austin, a manager for Blue Ridge Behavioral Healthcare who specializes in substance abuse prevention programs for teenagers. Use of inhalants among … According to …
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Minimum alcohol pricing will not cut intake, say consumers
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Actress Elaine Stritch talks career, alcoholism, living in Michigan – WDIV Detroit
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Hour Detroit Magazine

Actress Elaine Stritch talks career, alcoholism, living in Michigan WDIV Detroit The self-proclaimed alcoholic spent more than two decades avoiding alcoholic. “I wanted to prove to myself that I could go without alcohol, if I chose to. And I chose to. So, therefore, get off my back,” Stritch said. Her million-dollar condo is filled … Review: Documentary adoringly captures 80-something Broadway queenLincoln Journal Star all 9 news articles »

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Smartphone App May Help People Overcome Alcoholism – WebMD
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Smartphone App May Help People Overcome Alcoholism WebMD … six years, and was funded by federal grants, Gustafson said. The clinical trial involved about 350 participants who successfully completed treatment for alcoholism in five residential programs — three in the Midwest and two in the northeastern …

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Question by cristelle R: What sort of place would you prefer most to meet a guy?
1. Grocery store
2, coffee cafe
3. Book store
4. Match.com or craigslist
5. church
6. club/bar
7. tooling around the neighborhood

Best answer:

Answer by Hailley
Either a book store or a church.

Give your answer to this question below!

Calendar — March 29-30
Filed under: online help for alcoholics

… NE 68602. To publicize meetings and events for the online calendar, visit columbustelegram.com. … AND SUPPORT MEETINGS. Alcoholics Anonymous — 7 a.m., open; 8 p.m. open, 12 &12 Club, 2407 13th St. For more information call 402-562-7332.
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Community expresses outrage, demonstrations planned through Friday
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How can we help?' And at this point, there's no clear answers." Bashevkin said he has heard concerns over where narcotics anonymous and alcoholics anonymous meetings will be held. "I'm hoping that this will all get sorted out in town. You just don't …
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