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How To Help Alcoholics in the News

ABC News' Elizabeth Vargas: 'I Am An Alcoholic'
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She said she is in Alcoholics Anonymous and has a sponsor. Vargas said she had done “20/20? specials on drinking but couldn't acknowledge she had a problem. She said she knew she needed help when she showed up for a “20/20? shoot one day and …
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Mexico's kidnapping battle tested in farm town
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… killed him anyway. A 22-year-old student was taken, slain and dumped by a highway after his family failed to produce $ 30,000. Gunmen broke into an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, picked out a hardware store owner, kidnapped and killed him, too.
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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!!!!

Alcoholism Support Groups in the News

Daily Planner: February 11
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Paradise Center for Tolerance & Non Violence: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Support, advocacy for adults, children who have been victimized by harassment, bullying. … Domestic violence support group: 1 p.m. Chico Drop-In Center, 330 Wall St. Suite 50 …
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Support Groups
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ADDICTION. ? Al-Anon and Alateen Family Groups, support for family/friends of alcoholics. Meet at various times and locations. (904) 350-0600 or jaxafg.org. ? Alcoholics Anonymous hotline and website available 24/7. (904) 399-8535 or neflaa.org.
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Archaic Rules, 'Sin' Taxes Holding Growth Back, IATA Says
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Archaic rules, taxes as high as those imposed on alcohol and an infrastructure deficit, especially in Asia, are curbing the aviation industry's growth, the International Air Transport Association said. Countries should ease regulations and … to …
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Recovering Alcoholic Behavior in the News

Equine-assisted therapy helps soldiers deal with PTSD
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They would tell their war stories – their nightmares – and outline their goals for recovery. On this day, Derring and Gibson talk … "I feel more at ease being here with them." Before finding Horses That Heal, Gibson said, she was "rock bottom" and …
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VIDEO: Pennridge High School hosts 'Anonymous People' screening, panel …
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“In behavioral health, the health system has not been doing that. There are … “I didn't wake up one morning and say, 'I want to be an addict,'” actress Kristen Johnston, who is in long-term recovery from an addiction to alcohol and pills, said in the …
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Governing in recovery – Boston Globe
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Governing in recovery Boston Globe It was widely reported during the mayoral campaign that Walsh still attends meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous almost 20 years after quitting. “I don't really care who knows I'm an alcoholic, because if it helps somebody else knowing that I'm an … and more »

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People should feel more open to talk about their problems and not drown them in alcohol.

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Daily Readings
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Big Book Quote “If we are planning to stop drinking, there must be no reservation of any kind, nor any lurking notion that someday we will be immune to alcohol.” ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, More About Alcoholism, pg. 33~ Today’s Gift To avoid pain at all costs forces us to reject half the le …
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Creatine Slows Onset of Huntington’s Disease Symptoms – PsychCentral.com
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The Media And Its Effects
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