Posts Tagged ‘Alcoholics Anonymous’

Alcoholics Recovery in the News

Be A Purim Sponsor
Filed under: alcoholics recovery

All people in recovery, be it from alcohol, drugs, gambling or any other addiction, are familiar with the term. A sponsor is a recovering addict further along in treatment whom one can call when he feels alone and vulnerable and needs to talk with someone.
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City takes action on home with sex offenders
Filed under: alcoholics recovery

Robertson has described the Crestview Street home as a halfway house for recovering alcoholics and drug addicts, some of whom happen to be sex offenders. He said the men housed there qualify as disabled due to their addictions, arguing the use of the …
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Collegiate Recovery Community safe haven for students with addictions
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Martin Amis says white skin still seen as key attribute of being English
Filed under: Alcoholism

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/mar/17/martin-amis-white-skin-english-attribute-multiculturalism It is understandable that white people should feel they need to have an identity that is EXCLUSIVELY theirs, and they know that their skin cannot be taken away from them. Amis is a man of the past …
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Daily Readings
Filed under: Alcoholism

Big Book Quote “If God can solve the age-old riddle of alcoholism, He can solve your problems too.” ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, To Wives, Page 116~ Today’s Gift I can stand what I know. It’s what I don’t know that frightens me. –Frances Newton Fear of the unknown, often referred to as free- …
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March 18, 2014 – Step by Step
Filed under: Alcoholism

Question by Christy T: I found this website because I was looking for an alcoholics anonymous member to chat.am i lost here?pleashelp
I do not want to chat with anyone unless they are an AA or NA member. I am desperate for help. I have a problem with alcohol and I need support and advice from someone in the program. I just want to talk to someone who has been through or is going through the same problems I have. My email is [email protected] My 10 year old son is zach and I need help in this area of alcoholism. Please please email me if you have it in your heart to talk. I need help. I need to talk to someone. Thank you. christy

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Suboxone Addiction Help

http://www.StopSuboxoneAbuse.com Taken from an emotional letter from a daughter to her mother in 2007, this video portrays how her mothers Suboxone and presc…

 

Bossier City has big plans for Women's History Month
Filed under: alcoholism in women

Lindsey Nickerson, with the Commission for Women of Bossier City, stopped by NBC 6 News Today to talk about everything that will be going on. … *Proceeds from this series will be donated to Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse. www.cadanwla.org/? 2.
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News Briefs
Filed under: alcoholism in women

Willing Hearts Community Outreach, a group organized by a local young woman named Dawn Carrasco, is seeking donated items or services for "Operation Prom Girl 2014. …. Temecula Valley Alcoholics Anonymous holds meetings in most nearby cities.
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Alcoholism Support Groups in the News

No Blarney
Filed under: alcoholism support groups

The fundraising event will support Dann's House, a “wet house” program designed to help chronically homeless alcoholics, and Jubilee House, an outreach ministry of Grace Episcopal Church that provides daily living needs and support to those who need it …
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ONGOING EVENTS
Filed under: alcoholism support groups

Alcoholics Anonymous: 7:30 p.m. Methodist Church, 6568 Lincoln St. Women's Meeting. • NAMI Far North Support and Education meeting: Educational portion, 6 p.m., Family and Connection Support groups, 7 p.m. Bonner General Hospital Classroom in …
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Dartmouth faces backlash over sexual assault policies
Filed under: alcoholism support groups

According to the petition initiated by UltraViolet, a women's rights group, Dartmouth's administration failed to adequately respond to student recommendations on sexual assault polices, such as "list expulsion as the punishment for rape in the student …
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Question by Alcoholic Researcher: What are personality traits in adult children of an alcoholic parent?

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Answer by shy25fj
That’s a big list, and none of them apply to everyone, but here are some:
Become isolated
Fear people and authority figures
Become approval seekers
Be frightened of angry people
Be terrified of personal criticism
Become alcoholics, marry them or both
View life as a victim
Have an overwhelming sense of responsibility
Be concerned more with others than themselves
Attracted to compulsive personalities
Feel guilty when they stand up for themselves
Become addicted to excitement
Confuse love and pity
‘Love’ people who need rescuing
Stuff their feelings
Lose the ability to feel
Have low self-esteem
Judge themselves harshly
Become terrified of abandonment
Do anything to hold on to a relationship
Become “para-alcoholics” without drinking
Become reactors instead of actors

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