Posts Tagged ‘Alcoholics Anonymous’

Chhattisgarh firm turns to Gandhi to fight alcoholism
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Raipur, Jan 25 (IANS) It is entirely in fitness of things that Mahatma Gandhi be the brand ambassador of a campaign to combat alcoholism. It is slightly bizarre that the campaign has been launched in Chhattisgarh by a state-run firm that is engaged in liquor business.
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New Category of “Alcohol Use Disorder” May Not Improve Alcoholism Diagnosis
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The soon-to-be-released update of psychiatry’s diagnostic manual, DSM-5, combines problem drinking and alcoholism into a single condition known as “alcohol use disorder.” A new study suggests these changes may not improve the diagnosis of alcoholism, Time.com reports.
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Karl M. – AA Speaker – Recovery – AA Speaker Tapes

Alcoholism Support Groups in the News

Sky really is the limit: the lowdown on Alex Crawford's reporting
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Earlier this month, Alex Crawford of Sky News ran a report claiming that Eastern Cape women were deliberately drinking alcohol during pregnancy in order to subsequently claim a disability grant for the child. … In the Eastern Cape, Sky's Alex …
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Advocate: Beer Tax Hike Would Help People Battling Alcoholism, Substance …
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She works with dozens of nonprofit groups throughout Rockingham County that rely on money from the state's Alcohol Fund to help those in need. New Hampshire's current beer tax is 30 cents per gallon. If the proposed 10 cent beer tax increase called for …
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Recovery Using the 12 Steps
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Support For Alcoholics in the News

COMMUNITY CALENDAR
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Anyone wishing to donate canned goods, money or time to help are welcome to call Pastor Walters at 409-350-0456. February 15. OPEN MIC … The Anahuac Chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous meets every Friday, 7:30 pm, at the Methodist Center, Anahuac.
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University of Toronto Newman Centre under fire for opening doors to Courage …
Filed under: support for alcoholics

It uses a 12 step program based on Alcoholics Anonymous. Last fall, the Newman Centre invited Courage into the parish after parishioners struggling with same-sex attraction requested a support group. But after the minsitry opened, about a dozen student …
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Coping With Alcoholic Spouse in the News

Support Groups
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Alcoholics Anonymous meets weekdays at noon and 8:30 p.m., Saturdays at 2 p.m. and Sundays at 9 and 11 a.m. and 7 and 8:30 p.m. at Unity Place, 8610 Railroad Ave. Call 301-464-2628. Alcoholics Anonymous meets Sundays at 7 p.m. at Laurel Regional …
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Things to do in the Caldwells, Fairfield, Roseland, Essex Fells
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Family Education Group for families struggling with alcohol or drug addiction will be held at 7 p.m. every Wednesday at 96 Pompton Ave. in Verona. Will teach families about the … Mood Disorders: Mental Health Association of Essex County and Intensive …
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A Post-Mandela South Africa
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Self Help Alcoholic in the News

Review: Kevin Bacon helps make 'The Following' worth following
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Alcoholic and emotionally detached, his character is former FBI agent Ryan Hardy, who has never quite recovered from his dance with the devil. Once upon a time, Hardy was the lead agent on a string of grisly murders at the fictional Winslow College.
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Recovering alcoholics can meet here
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Hill, who says he has been sober on and off for six and a half years with the help of Alcoholics Anonymous says he's not bashing the traditional 12 Step method but believes it narrows the focus of discussing anything outside of the religious scope. "AA …
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Feeling fat? Unfulfilled? A failure as a parent? Can these self–help books …
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Support For Families Of Alcoholics in the News

COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Jan. 21-28, 2013
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For more information call 541-567-0424. WOMEN'S SUPPORT GROUP, 6-7:30 p.m., 1103 S.E. Court Place, Pendleton. For more information call 541-276-3322. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS OPEN MEETING, 6:30 p.m., Family Worship Center, 330 Eighth St., …
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Editorial: In the grip of dangerous mind games
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… condition to be recognised as an addiction so that she can get help to deal with it. Thus far, she's had to go it alone, devising her own 12-point program – like the 12-step programs offered through Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous …
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Britain's hidden homeless and the death of Michelle Conroy
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