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MUSIC FOR STREETFIGHTS by Garry Williams

Garry Williams is a contemporary artists from Glasgow, who has been with Deveron Arts throughout spring 2008. His performance Music for Streetfights was a re…

 

Secrets From Belfast
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Although the fighting was over, informers—or “touts,” as the IRA called them—were not looked upon kindly. You just didn't go around talking about what you had done in those dark years. Yet the idea was undeniably appealing. To record the stories of …
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Beacon Center to offer mental health aid
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The company, a privately-owned provider of outpatient alcoholism and substance-abuse treatment services, opened a dual-diagnosis treatment group called the Compass Program. The program is specifically designed for adults who need treatment for both …
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Daily Readings
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Big Book Quote “To be gravely affected, one does not necessarily have to drink a long time nor take the quantities some of us have. This is particularly true of women. Potential female alcoholics often turn into the real thing and are gone beyond recall in a few years.” ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Ed …
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Veterans Aid welcomes Ashcroft Transition Report
Filed under: Alcoholism

Veterans Aid welcomes the publication of the Ashcroft Report today and its conclusion that members of the Armed Forces generally make a good transition to civilian life. CEO Dr hugh Milroy said,”We are utterly fed up of seeing ex-Servicemen and women portrayed as inflexible, institutionalised indivi …
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Alcoholism & Its Impact on Families
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Dr Keith Meadows ‘A New Consultancy – A Fresh Approach’: Part 2

Part 2 of Dr Keith Meadows’ presentation at the launch of DHP Research & Consultancy on 1st June 2010.

 

Vodka Major Cause of Death in Russians, According to Study
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During a recent press release, David Zaridze – the study lead, and professor from the Russian Cancer Research Centre in Moscow – explained that the risk of premature death could be vastly reduced by immediate cessation of alcohol consumption. Zaridze …
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Researchers Conduct First Successful LSD-Assisted Therapy in Nearly 50 Years
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Despite generating some promising results with psychedelics in treating psychiatric conditions, alcoholism, and modeling mental illness, in 1968 the government classified LSD as a Schedule I substance. This meant that even for research, control of this …
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To hell with all problems and barriers. Nothing matters but the Spectacular Now.
Filed under: Alcoholism

Looking back, I don’t even know why I decided to pick up this Tim Tharp book back in June 2013. It might be because I heard Shailene Woodley would be starring in the film adaptation and I was dying to figure out why Hollywood thought Woodley would be the face of every YA film adaptation (Divergent, …
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Newcomer, You and Me!
Filed under: Alcoholism

It’s been a bit of a rough week or so, but honestly only because my mind and my attitude made it that way. I have been to some extra meetings this week and talked to dear friends in the program that have helped keep me grounded. I hear a lot in the rooms of how long someone has been in Al-Anon. I re …
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Portland mayor: Raise city's minimum wage
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While voters overwhelmingly voted in support of legalizing marijuana in November, Brennan said the city needs to do more to address alcoholism and drug addiction, which drives up crime rates in the city. He said he plans to form a committee to find …
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Book Review: 'A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel True, 1907-1940' by Victoria …
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As Stanwyck's star began to rise, Fay's began to decline, not helped at all by his alcoholism. Stanwyck never forgot how he helped start her … Conflicting or contrasting facts or quotes are included, too. Wilson spends the first half of the book …
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Question by ronswife: Calling all Alcoholics Anonymous members in NJ (morris co.) or surrounding…?
I am very shy and I have a hard time speaking in public (without alcohol).
Last time I tried AA meetings, I felt like an outcast. I found it to be very cliquey. It was hard for people to accept me. (or maybe it was hard for me to open up and accept my disease?)
I wasn’t able to find a sponsor or anyone to talk to, for that matter….
Needless to say, I started drinking again.
I need to go to meetings, but I am afraid that I will not be accepted, again.
My constant anxiety will keep me from speaking at meetings and getting the sponsorship that I need!
I know that alot of alcoholics and drug addicts suffer from anxiety and depression. I am hoping there is someone out there, right now, from NJ that can steer me in the right direction.
Please, don’t bother commenting if you are going to belittle me!!!!