Posts Tagged ‘Alcoholics Anonymous’

A WALK WITH AN ALCOHOLIC
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Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. There are no dues or fees for AA …
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I’m Drunk and I’m In Love With You (Goodbye)
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Dear Department of Unscientific Research, I don’t know what your drinking habits are like, but mine are a little questionable. I frequently find myself laughing/crying/ talking to homeless strangers as a direct result from my underage alcoholism. Tonight (it is funny because this sounds like it has …
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THE SEEDS AND THE SOWER
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Question by Flory: I’m a foreign, and I’m lost and depressed?
I’m a foreign, and I’m lost and depressed?
Well, 4 months already in America… I’m a Brazilian Chinese girl… so let me tell you what’s happening to me… I hope you really read this and help me

My English is not very good… well you probably are thinking it is, but it’s not. I can write it, but not at all. And my speak is so bad that I want to kill myself. All that I learned was taught by myself. I REALLY like the English language and I’m trying to do my best but I don’t know… I feel like I’m lost.

Alcoholism Center Treatment in the News

Warming Shelters to Open In Santa Barbara County
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"This is the first year ever that we have to partner with another agency to provide a warming center", says Sylvia Barnard of Good Samaritan Shelters which operates warming centers in the Lompoc and Santa Maria Valleys. Barnard says for the first time …
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Everyday Heroes: Wethington became 'mom on a mission' following son's …
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Charlotte explained it this way: “Drugs act on the reward center of the brain. They 'hijack' the brain, changing the way a … Other than the relatively short time Casey spent at the Falmouth treatment center, there was no serious effort to …
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Health calendar for Nov. 26-Dec. 3, 2013: Fitness classes, support groups and …
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Spouses Of Alcoholics in the News

Community Notes
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All federal employees, retirees and spouses are welcome. * The Greene County General Hospital Associatin will host the regular ….. Fridays 7 to 8 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous. Monday through Friday at 7 a.m. daily devotions and Bible study. For more …
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Community Events – Nov. 7, 2013
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Fort Wood Community Spouses' Club Annual Holiday Craft and Antique Fair, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Nutter Field House. This event will feature …. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday in the basement of Lieber Heights Chapel. For more …
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Question by Tom: I have a love/hate relationship with alcoholics anonymous. Anyone else feel this way?
I like the fact that its a place where I can meet others that understand and support, but that’s about it. As far as almost everything within the big book and most of the steps, i think their bunk and cult-like. Does anyone else feel this way?

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Answer by raysny
Sure do, except for the love part.

I bounced in and out of the rooms for years, never able to stop drinking for more than a few months at a time. I had to turn my back on AA and take responsibility for my alcoholism and my recovery. I had to unlearn the powerless nonsense, forget that I’m supposed to have a lifelong disease that I can never recover from.

Alcohol Abuse Depression in the News

KOPE: When Rome burned
Filed under: alcohol abuse depression

What he failed to mention 46 times is that you could keep it only if it met the requirements of having the 10 essential benefits: Ambulatory patient services, emergency services, hospitalization, maternity and newborn care, mental health and substance …
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8 Tips for Surviving Depression and Anxiety During the Holidays
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Try an AA meeting if you find yourself drinking too much. For John in particular, I suggested he go to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting on the holidays, especially if he couldn't do any of the above. AA and NA (Narcotics Anonymous) are immediate …
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Men and Depression: Not Just the Same Sad Face
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