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Control Freak?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Do you want to control life like a canal controls water Controllism Questionnaire. Many people in recovery from alcoholism, co-dependency and gambling find they have issues relating to control and submission. To find a comfortable medium one needs to examine the extremes. This is one extreme. Do you find yourself serious most of the time so that having fun is difficult for you? Do you find yourself feeling insecure and lonely even in the company of others? Have you ever felt yourself living a life of quiet desperation? Do you often hide your true feelings? Do you either try to make everything “smooth” or do y...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - February 8, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholism Co-dependency Drugs Emotions Gambling Recovery Relationships Sobriety Spirituality Treatment control freak controlism Source Type: blogs

Acceptance and SurrenderEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Compliance and Acceptance; Submission and Surrender By Dr Harry Tiebout, an early friend of AA who wrote extensively about alcoholism and AA. This edited article illustrates an often subtle but devastating state of mind in recovering alcoholics. Dr Harry Tiebout In alcohol treatment and recovery one fact must be kept in mind, namely the need to distinguish between submission and surrender. In submission, an individual accepts reality consciously but not unconsciously. He accepts as a practical fact that he cannot at that moment conquer reality, but lurking in his unconscious is the feeling, “There’ll come a day...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - February 8, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholism Denial Disease Emotions Faith Recovery Relapse Sobriety acceptance Compliance Harry Tiebout Submission surrender Source Type: blogs

Dental Infections in RecoveryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article from the American Academy of Family Physicians may help identify problems. What is dental caries? Dental caries (CARE-eez) is an infection caused by certain bacteria (germs) in your mouth. It destroys the enamel (the hard outer layer) and dentin (the bone-like tissue under the enamel) of your teeth. More common names for dental caries are cavities and tooth decay. How can I prevent dental caries? Taking care of your mouth is important. You and your family should visit a dentist each year, starting at one year of age. You should brush and floss twice a day with toothpaste that contains fluoride (FLOOR-ide). You...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - February 8, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Addictions Alcohol Alcoholism Co-dependency Drugs Family Gambling Healthy Methadone Recovery dental caries dental infections gum disease periodontal tooth decay Source Type: blogs

Delirium TremensEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The DT’s “That year I went to an alcohol treatment program twice. The first time I was in treatment, I was shaving at the mirror in the bathroom and it seemed to me that my beard was growing back in as fast as I could shave it off. Even though I was in a hospital gown, I escaped, running down the streets and jumping up and over fences. I was on the porch of a woman’s house banging on the door for her to let me in when the police arrived. I tried to convince them she was my wife and my children were inside, but they saw the hospital bracelet on my wrist, and they took me back to the program. … “The doc...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - February 8, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholism Treatment alcohol treatment delirium tremens dt's Source Type: blogs

Undoing Denial is First StepEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Denial is distorted reality Breaking through denial is alcoholic’s, addict’s first step in recovery Looking in the mirror and accepting what we see can be one of the hardest things we ever do. It’s especially hard when the image staring us in the face is painful or doesn’t fit with how we want to see ourselves. Sometimes, the truth is so painful that we avoid it at any cost. Refusing to accept a painful reality that alters the perception of ourselves is a psychological defense called denial. As human beings, we may use denial to protect ourselves from knowledge, insight or awareness that threatens ...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - February 8, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholism Denial Disease Drugs Psychological Illness Treatment chemical dependency first step in recovery psychological defense Source Type: blogs

Continued AA AttendanceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Serenity If one continues to attend AA one has nearly double chance of finding freedom from alcoholism. Comparison of Past Year Drinking Status – Dropouts and Continuing AA Members Dropouts: Abstinent 33% Low risk drinking 14% High risk drinking 53% Continued AA attendance: Abstinent 62% Low risk drinking 9% High risk drinking 29% low risk drinking = never exceed 4 drinks per day(male) or 3 drinks per day (female) high risk drinking = exceeds 4 drinks per day (male) or 3 drinks per day (female) Research Source: NIAAA 1991-1992 National Longitudinal Alcohol Epidemiologic Survey (NLAES). Data Brief – National Longit...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - February 8, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Victorious Alcoholism Recovery Sobriety abstinent attend AA Continuing AA Members freedom from alcoholism Source Type: blogs

Be HappyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
in Recovery When I first came to Alcoholics Anonymous I quite quickly grasped the two concepts that have been the foundations of my sobriety, the One Day At A Time principle, and lots of Meetings. For a while this seemed enough, and indeed these two simple ideas were enough to keep me sober. But then I realised that there was more to living than just not drinking. I think this is where the Steps come in as the third concept of AA – recovery. If I follow the Steps (and don’t drink just for today and do lots of meetings) I think my life must get better and fuller. You’ve probably heard the chairperson of a...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - February 7, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholism Emotions Fun Healthy Recovery Sobriety be happy Don ’t worry be happy never drink again One Day At A Time principle Source Type: blogs

Alcoholism and FearEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article will discuss the ism’s and associated fears. The Ism’s These ism’s are part of normal life, everyone has them to varying degrees. Specifically, the ism’s are an attempt to make life bearable, as a way of “interpersonal control and coping.” This is, of course, what we all strive to do on a day-to-day basis, we need these thinking patterns and behaviours to cope, most people seem to be doing alright, while the alcoholic seems to be sinking fast. One of the main ism’s with alcoholism is the ism of fear. Fears Recovery is mostly about letting go of fear. In fact, fear produces most all my ins...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - February 7, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholism Emotions Faith Higher Power Recovery Sobriety Spirituality addressed in recovery fear ism's letting go of fear Source Type: blogs

Mouthwash Could get you DrunkEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Alcoholic Mouthwash up to 30% alcohol Alcoholic Mouthwash Could get you Drunk People are drinking alcohol-based mouthwash because it’s now cheaper than regular alcoholic drinks in some parts of Australia. Health workers have warned that they risk serious consequences, even death. Street cleaners lately have been stumbling on scores of empty bottles of a popular mouthwash, which is nearly 30 per cent pure alcohol. And in the space of a few weeks, supermarkets and pharmacists have seen mouth wash sales suddenly go through the roof. “This particular mouthwash has eucalyptus oil in it, which is an essential oil, and it...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - February 7, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Victorious Alcoholism Recovery Sobriety Alcoholic Mouthwash Australia drunk Source Type: blogs

The Science of Addiction, Free e-BookEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Drugs, Brains, and Behavior: The Science of Addiction This, 30-page, full-color booklet explains in layman’s terms how science has revolutionized the understanding of drug addiction as a brain disease that affects behavior. The ‘Science of Addiction’ booklet discusses the reasons people take drugs, why some people become addicted while others do not, how drugs work in the brain, and how addiction can be prevented and treated. The booklet is available to read, download or order at: http://www.drugabuse.gov/scienceofaddiction/ http://www.drugabuse.gov/scienceofaddiction/sciofaddiction.pdf Publication Year: ...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - February 7, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Addictions Alcohol Alcoholism Drugs brain Disease e-book free NIDA science Source Type: blogs

Women & the 12 StepsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The 12 Steps work for women Women and the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous: A Gendered Narrative This paper examines how women “work” the twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) from a gendered perspective. Feminist critics of AA have challenged the language of AA’s Twelve Steps, the spiritual nature of the steps, and the male-dominated culture of the Twelve-Step program. This paper offers insight into how women in AA approach, interpret, and utilize the Twelve Steps to recover from alcoholism. Through survey and narrative data, findings suggests that women working AA’s Twelve Steps become empowered and...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - February 6, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: 12 Step Fellowships Alcohol Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholism Faith Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Recovery Sexuality Sobriety Spirituality Women Feminist critics of AA Gendered Narrative spiritual path of recovery Source Type: blogs

Phases of Alcoholism RecoveryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
AA can be a bridge to recovery The recovery process in Alcoholics Anonymous includes several general phases that people may pass through. These are not time related but are usually dependent on the persons particular circumstances. Initial Sobriety Surrenders to alcohol – accepts alcoholism Begins humble search for self Restoration of physical health begins Restoration of memory begins Restoration of mental functions begins Begins to practice self-honesty Is pre-occupied with sobriety Growth of open-mindedness Lessening of needless guilt Freely discusses alcohol and its problems Mild depression and anxiety lessens Menta...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - February 4, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Victorious Alcoholism Emotions Family Recovery Sobriety Spirituality Sponsorship Accepting Sobriety Creative sobriety Initial Sobriety Learning Sobriety Pleasurable Sobriety Source Type: blogs

I’m not an Alcoholic!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Alcoholic Denial as a Psychological Defence Denial takes two major forms. First, the alcoholic insists that he or she can drink like other people – socially, normally. This means that there are always ready excuses for the exceptional times-for the fights, the arrests, the blackouts, the hangovers. It’s someone else’s fault. It’s harassment, bad luck, or just too much pressure. Secondly, the alcoholic insists that he or she is different from “real” alcoholics. Drinking alcoholics are usually experts at picturing “real” alcoholics. They’re different somehow: jobless, hom...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - February 4, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: 12 Step Fellowships Addictions Alcohol Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholism Co-dependency Recovery Relapse Sobriety binge blackout Denial hangover real alcoholic Source Type: blogs

How Does AA Work – Meetings, Meetings, MeetingsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
12 Step Programs Offer Broad Benefits, Study Says A study of Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-step oriented self-help programs finds that they can help most people recover from alcoholism, even those who are not religious or have mental-health problems. The Pacific Institute on Research and Education (PIRE) reported that researchers tracked a group of 227 alcoholics over three years and found that those who had attended AA or other self-help programs after treatment had higher rates of abstinence, and drank less if they did relapse. The results cut across gender and religious lines and held regardless of psychiatric his...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - February 2, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: 12 Step Fellowships Alcohol Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholism Recovery Relapse Sobriety Treatment meetings mental-health problems not religious rates of abstinence self-help Source Type: blogs

First 3 Steps of AAEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The first three steps of AA define the alcohol problem and solution In 1934, Bill W., cofounder of Alcoholics Anonymous, got a call from a former drinking buddy, Ebby T. “Rumour had it that he’d been committed for alcoholic insanity,” Bill recalled. “I wondered how he had escaped.” In reality, Ebby was two months sober. This disappointed Bill, who wanted to recapture the spirit of their earlier drinking escapades. When Ebby came to visit, Bill pushed a drink across the table. Ebby refused it. Bill W. & Ebby, co-founders of AA “The door opened, and he stood there, fresh-skinned and glowin...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - February 2, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: 12 Step Fellowships Alcohol Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholism Faith Higher Power Recovery Spirituality alcohol problem and solution Bill W cofounder of Alcoholics Anonymous Source Type: blogs

AA At A GlanceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
What is A.A.? Alcoholics Anonymous is a voluntary, worldwide fellowship of men and women from all walks of life who meet together to attain and maintain sobriety. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. There are no dues or fees for A.A. membership. Current Membership It is estimated that there are more than 100,000 groups and over 2,000,000 members in 150 countries. Relations With Outside Agencies The Fellowship has adopted a policy of ·cooperation but not affiliation· with other organizations concerned with the problem of alcoholism. We have no opinion on issues outside A.A. and neither endors...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - February 2, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholism Help an Alcoholic Recovery Sobriety Sponsorship abstinence anonymity fellowship membership open meeting stop drinking Source Type: blogs

The Stigma of AlcoholismEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Ms Marty Mann A FEW THOUGHTS FROM MARTY MANN ON STIGMA Marty Mann was the first women to join Alcoholics Anonymous. After several years of sobriety she started a major influential advocacy agency. “Few among you consider alcoholism a proper subject for open discussion, few among you would willingly label yourself, or a friend or colleague, an alcoholic, and even fewer would be able to recognize alcoholism early, when there is the best chance for recovery. All of this is the result of stigma, a state of mind which we inherited from our Puritan and also our Victorian forebears; a state of mind which is essentially mindl...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - February 1, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Addictions Alcohol Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholism Recovery Sobriety false beliefs hopeless drunks marty mann moral problem stigma kills stigma of alcoholism Source Type: blogs

Signs That You are Too DrunkEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
You lose arguments with inanimate objects. You have to hold onto the lawn to keep from falling off the earth. Your job is interfering with your drinking. Your doctor finds traces of blood in your alcohol stream. The back of your head keeps getting hit by the toilet seat. You sincerely believe alcohol is the elusive 5th food group. 24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case – coincidence? I think not! Two hands and just one mouth.. – now THAT’S a drinking problem!   You can focus better with one eye closed. The parking lot seems to have moved while you were in the bar. Hey, 5 beers has just as many calo...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - January 31, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholics Anonymous Food Fun drinking laugh too drunk Source Type: blogs

I Became an Alcoholic at Age 12Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Alcoholics Anonymous raises a toast to member who has stayed off the bottle for 50 years No drinks will be served at this celebration, only a non-alcoholic toast to half a century of sobriety. On Monday evening, the Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) will hold a felicitation function for AA member John K, to congratulate him on 50 years of sobriety. Since the AA in India is 53 years old, Mangalore-based John is one of its oldest members. John (72) says, “I come from a middle-class Roman Catholic family in Mangalore. There were no taboos about alcohol in the village I grew up in. Village women would crush Ayurved tablets in br...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - January 31, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholism Family Healthy Higher Power Men Sexuality Sobriety agnostic brandy Catholic India mangalore St Aloysius College Source Type: blogs

Alcoholism is a Family DiseaseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Family Recovery Family recovery is one of the keys to treatment for alcoholism. Alcoholics and alcohol abusers attract more public attention, but their families and friends also suffer long-term effects from alcoholism-and their recovery may be essential to the alcoholic’s recovery, according to a leading researcher in the field. “Alcoholism is a family disease. While it is important for the family to support the alcoholic’s recovery, it is also important for members of the family to get involved in their own recovery. Family recovery decreases the chances that the children of alcoholics will repeat the pattern a...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - January 30, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Al-anon Alateen Alcohol Alcoholism Co-dependency Family Gam-anon Help an Alcoholic Naranon Recovery S-Anon children of alcoholics family disease Family recovery Source Type: blogs

Atheists, Agnostics, Spirituality & AAEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: God belief appears to be relatively unimportant in deriving AA-related benefit, but atheist and agnostic alcoholics are less likely to initiate and sustain AA attendance relative to spiritual and religious alcoholics. This apparent reticence to affiliate with AA should be taken into account when encouraging AA participation. Reference; Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 63: 534-541, 2002. See also; 12 Spiritual Questions Developing Spirituality Maturity of Mind Through a Spiritual Awakening Spiritual Health Blockages Keep It Simple Related Reading: (Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com)
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - January 30, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholism Faith Higher Power Recovery Spirituality AA attendance agnostic atheist project MATCH spiritual beliefs Source Type: blogs

Responsibility and drug rehab treatmentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Who is ultimately responsible for people who suffer with addiction?  Where does the buck stop?  Is it with the government?  Is it with the family?  Or the addict themselves?  Is it possible to lay the "blame for the growing problem of drug and alcohol abuse?  We live in a society where the it is more and more convenient to point the finger at someone other than ourselves.  To be fair, schools teach many things but still dont spend significant amounts of time on coping in an increasingly more complex and impersonal world.  Stress grows by the day in most of our lives.  The ...
Source: US Drug Rehab Centers - January 30, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Terry Keith Tags: Alcohol Blog Drug Rehab Source Type: blogs

A.A.’s FREEDOMSEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
My search for freedom had many twists and turns I Craved Freedom First, freedom to drink; later, freedom from drink. The A.A. program of recovery rests on a foundation of free choice. There are no mandates, laws or commandments. A.A.’s spiritual program, as outlined in the Twelve Steps, and by which I am offered even greater freedoms, is only suggested. I can take it or leave it. Sponsorship is offered, not forced, and I come and go as I will. It is these and other freedoms that allow me to recapture the dignity that was crushed by the burden of drink, and which is so dearly needed to support an enduring sobriety. Just...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - January 28, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholism Recovery Sobriety Sponsorship craved freedom program of recovery Twelve Steps Source Type: blogs

The Right Alcohol Treatment CenterEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The alcohol treatment center that’s right for you is the one that cares about and for you as a unique individual. Some alcohol treatment centers treat every client the same way, as if alcohol recovery could be an assembly-line process. But that’s simply not the way it works. To be successful, your alcohol treatment program has to be specially tailored to your personal needs. Anything less than the most intimate care is simply unacceptable. You already know that alcoholism is a devastating disease. A private alcohol treatment center in Los Angeles can help you solve the problem—but only if that center is administered ...
Source: Cliffside Malibu - January 28, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: christa Tags: Alcohol Rehab Information Source Type: blogs

A Dry Drunk?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The look of a Dry Drunk Abstinence without sobriety Alcoholics Anonymous informally refers to the alcoholic who has stopped drinking, but who still demonstrates the same alcoholic attitudes and behaviors, as a “dry drunk.” They say that such an individual has abstinence but not sobriety. This concept has been adopted by most twelve-step programs such as Narcotics Anonymous, Gamblers Anonymous and Emotions Anonymous. It appears on almost all of the Web sites devoted to the different addictions, although characteristics of the dry drunk syndrome differ widely from site to site. Most often mentioned are: depressi...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - January 27, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: 12 Step Fellowships Alcohol Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholism Faith Higher Power Recovery Relapse Sobriety Spirituality Sponsorship ego grandiosity impatient impulsive irritability self-pity workaholic Source Type: blogs

Celebrity Rehab…Does it Match Reality?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
There is no doubt that shows that portrait drug and alcohol addiction help raise the profile of this awful problem.  The more discussion and action on addiction the better for all concerned.  However, are the shows realistic in the typr and amount of treatment the average client can afford and expect?  Throwing paint at a giant wall of white, and discussing all the emotions that arise is theuraputic, but the cost is out of the range of most facilities.  The shows only have 8 to 10 clients and yet the rehabs have every imaginable bell and whistle in the rehab field.  It might be fair for the shows ...
Source: US Drug Rehab Centers - January 26, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Terry Keith Tags: Alcohol Rehab Drug Rehab Source Type: blogs

An Introduction to Medication for Alcohol DependenceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
  New medications for addiction treatment can significantly improve treatment outcomes for many patients, especially when combined with counseling, support and aftercare. This free online course helps addiction treatment counselors understand how these medications work with the brain mechanisms involved in alcohol dependence, and how medications can be part of a comprehensive treatment program that helps patients regain control over their lives. Author’s Welcome and IntroductionAn outline of this program from Carlo C. DiClemente, PhD Main Presentation, Part 1An overview of alcohol dependence, focusing on the ep...
Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com - January 25, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholism Medication Training Source Type: blogs

Twelve Step Facilitation for General Health-care WorkersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Twelve-step facilitation (TSF) in non-specialty settings. Participation in the twelve-step mutual-help organization, Alcoholics Anonymous, has proven to be an effective means of helping individuals with alcohol dependence achieve lasting sobriety. Although many patients choose to attend AA of their own accord, clinicians’ facilitation of AA involvement ("Twelve-Step Facilitation" [TSF]) has shown to substantially increase the likelihood that patients will become engaged with these freely available resources. Importantly, many individuals with alcohol dependence never seek help from addiction specialists,...
Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com - January 24, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Adjunctive therapy Alcohol Alcoholics Anon Alcoholism Brief-TSF Buy Brief-TSF Mutual-help Recovery Relapse prevention Research Self-help Target populations clinician Twelve Step Facilitation Source Type: blogs

A Vision for YouEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
 The title of chapter 11 of the Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book. This phrase is often used to refer to the last three paragraphs of chapter 11 and is sometimes read at AA meetings. "Our book is meant to be suggestive only. We realize we know only a little. The Higher Power will constantly disclose more to you and to us. Ask Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. The answers will come, if your own house is in order. But obviously you cannot transmit something you haven’t got. See to it that your relationship with Him is right, and great events will come to pass ...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - January 24, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholism Higher Power Recovery Sobriety Spirituality Big Boo Clear away the wreckage of your past trudge the road of happy destiny vision for you Source Type: blogs

Enabling of AlcoholismEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Enabling is like a dam holding back responsibility Enabling is the ideas, feelings, attitudes, and behaviors that unintentionally continue to foster drinking, alcohol related problems or make matters worse by not allowing the alcoholic to deal with the consequences of their alcoholism. Enabling is part of the set of behaviors practiced by codependents of alcoholism. Researchers report that the majority of partners took over chores or duties from the alcoholic client at some point during the relationship, drank or used other drugs with the client, and lied or made excuses to others to cover for the drinker. Moreover, partic...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - January 24, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Al-anon Alateen Alcohol Alcoholism Co-dependency Denial Family Food Gam-anon Naranon Psychological Illness Relationships S-Anon consequences of their alcoholism continue to foster drinking enabling make matters worse Source Type: blogs

AA & NA Work for Teens TooEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined how helpful AA and NA may be for adolescents, finding long-term benefits even though many youth discontinue attendance after time. “It is difficult to evaluate the efficacy of mutual-help organizations like AA through randomized controlled experiments because the AA ‘intervention,’ being a community organization based on anonymity, cannot be directly under the control of the researcher in the usual way,” explained John F. Kelly. Yet their popularity and cost-effectiveness cannot be denied, added Kelly. “AA and NA are explicitly focused on abstinence and addiction recovery, they are widely avai...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - January 23, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholism Drugs Family Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Heroin Narcotics Anonymous Recovery Sobriety Treatment Youth aa abstinence and addiction recovery adolescent anonynymity substance use teen Source Type: blogs

Attendance at Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous meetingsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions NA/AA can support and supplement residential addiction treatment as an aftercare resource. In view of the generally poor alcohol use outcomes achieved by drug-dependent patients after treatment, the improved alcohol outcomes of NA/AA attenders suggests that the effectiveness of existing treatment services may be improved by initiatives that lead to increased involvement and engagement with such groups. Gossop M, Stewart D, Marsden J. Attendance at Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, frequency of attendance and substance use outcomes after residential treatment for drug dependence: a 5-year ...
Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com - January 23, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Addiction Alcohol Alcoholics Anon Alcoholism Narcotics Anon Source Type: blogs

Nicotine as a Marker for Alcohol & Psychiatric DisordersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Nicotine dependence represents a general marker of psychiatric comorbidity, particularly of addictive comorbidity. It may be used as a screening measure for psychiatric diagnoses in clinical practice as well as in future trials. Research report; Le Strat Y, Ramoz N, Gorwood P. In Alcohol-Dependent Drinkers, What Does the Presence of Nicotine Dependence Tell Us About Psychiatric and Addictive Disorders Comorbidity? Alcohol Alcohol. 2010 Jan 20. See also; Alcoholic, Addictive Behaviors Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome Are Families Affected by Alcoholism? What are the Styles of Enablers? Hazelden Books and Resources...
Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com - January 23, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Addiction Alcohol Alcoholism Disease of addiction Drugs Research Symptoms of addiction antisocial personality Anxiety depressive episode manic disorder Nicotine dependence panic disorder social phobia suicide attempt Source Type: blogs

The A.A. Member — Medications and Other DrugsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Alcoholics Anonymous is a program for alcoholics who seek freedom from alcohol. It is not a program against drugs. However, some A.A. members have misused drugs, often as a substitute for alcohol, in such a manner as to become a threat to the achievement and maintenance of sobriety. These incidents have caused all A.A. members to be concerned with what is popularly known as the “pill problem.” A report from a group of physicians in A.A. Because this subject is one which goes deeply into the field of medicine, a group of physicians who are members of A.A. was asked to help prepare this pamphlet. The experience of some A...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - January 23, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Victorious Alcoholism Co-dependency Drugs Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Medications Men Recovery Sobriety Treatment against drugs misused drugs physicians in AA substitute for alcohol Source Type: blogs

We Drank For …Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We drank as heavy drinkers or alcoholics and found these contradictions We drank for happiness and became unhappy. We drank for joy and became miserable. We drank to be outgoing and became self-centered. We drank for sociability and became argumentative. We drank for sophistication and became crude and obnoxious. We drank for friendship and made enemies. We drank for sleep and awakened without rest. We drank for strength and felt weak. We drank for sex drive and lost our potency. We drank for relaxation and got the shakes. We drank for confidence and became doubtful. We drank for warmth and lost our cool. We drank for coo...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - January 22, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Victorious Alcoholism Emotions Psychological Illness disease enemies friendship Happiness joy miserable unhappy we drank for Source Type: blogs

Drug Detox The Painless WayEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Drug detox shouldn’t be painful. Despite what you may have “learned” from Hollywood movies, the truth is that detox is first and foremost about healing, and about hope. The catch, of course, is that you have to get help from people who know exactly what they’re doing. The professional experts at a private drug detox facility can ensure the success of your healing process. All that remains, now, is for you to seek assistance. The fact that you’re here, reading this, suggests that you don’t need a lecture on the perils of addiction. Successful drug treatment really will change your life—but only if it’s prece...
Source: Cliffside Malibu - January 22, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: christa Tags: Detox Resources for Alcohol and Drugs/Opiates Source Type: blogs

Affiliation with AA predicts abstinenceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Results are consistent with previous studies showing that shorter-term outcomes are likely to be maintained, and that baseline characteristics and treatment factors account less for outcomes over longer terms. Research; Maria C. Bodin & Anders Romelsjö. Predictors of 2-Year Drinking Outcomes in a Swedish Treatment Sample. European Addiction Research 2007;13:136-143 Related Reading: Share/Save (Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com)
Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com - January 21, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Willhunger Tags: 12-Step Groups Alcohol Alcoholism Relapse prevention Research Source Type: blogs

Aggression & Hostility in Recovered AlcoholicsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study was designed to examine aggression in a group of socially well-adapted recovered alcoholics. The question addressed was whether the treatment, together with long-term abstinence from alcohol, could reduce aggression and hostility in recovered alcoholics. Sixty four male stable alcoholics with at least 3 years sobriety were compared with 69 non-alcoholics. Neither group had any other psychological problems. Both groups were given a questionnaire on general characteristics as well as aggressive and hostility traits. After a 3-year abstinence, men from the recovering alcoholics group displayed greater signs of ho...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - January 21, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholism Emotions Men Recovery Relapse Sobriety abstinence aggression hostility psychological recovered resentment Source Type: blogs

Standardized Care Protocol for Postoperative Alcohol Withdrawal – an Article ReviewEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It has been a while since I’ve had a patient with postoperative alcohol withdrawal.  I can still recall my first exposure to this problem as a 3rd year medical student at the Veteran’s Hospital.  It was my first clinical rotation – surgery service at the VA. Browsing the CME articles on the JAMA website, I came across the article (full reference below):  Improved Outcomes in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer Using a Standardized Care Protocol for Postoperative Alcohol Withdrawal.  For me it was a nice review of the problem with updates on current drug use/protocol. Their protocol is based on thre...
Source: Suture for a Living - January 20, 2010 Category: Plastic Surgeons Tags: alcohol protocol post-surgical article review standardized care Source Type: blogs

Foetal alcohol disorder linked to crime: lawyerEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
  Australian Broadcasting Commission, Online, AM, 11 January 2007, journalist Anne Barker TONY EASTLEY: It’s proven that women who drink in pregnancy risk causing life-long health problems for their unborn children. What isn’t so well known is that there’s growing evidence that foetal alcohol disorders, as they’re known, are a major cause of crime. A Canadian lawyer is in Darwin this week talking to judges and barristers about the impact of foetal alcohol. Anne Barker reports. ANNE BARKER: It’s common knowledge that women who drink when they’re pregnant can cause permanent and serio...
Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com - January 19, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Family Women Source Type: blogs