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Agnostics 12 StepsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Agnostics 12 Steps For agnostics who would like to work the steps, this version of the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous provides slightly different wording of the six steps that make reference to God or a Higher Power. This version of the Twelve Steps seems to have originated in agnostic A.A. groups in California. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol-that our lives had become unmanageable. Came to believe and to accept that we needed strengths beyond our awareness and resources to restore us to sanity. [Original: Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.] Made a decision...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - February 9, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: 12 Step Fellowships Addictions Alcoholics Anonymous Faith Higher Power Spirituality Agnostics atheist California god Source Type: blogs

Door of OpportunityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
“People suggested that I find a Higher Power. I was not fooled. I knew when they said Higher Power they meant God. And I knew that God waited for me to step out of line just once so that he could take his revenge. I wanted no part of God. “With this resistance I plodded along for a few months. Whenever people asked me how I was going, I would say, ‘Fine, just fine,’ no matter how hard I was crying inside. … “When I had finished talking, he told me something simple: ‘You don’t have to drink over it.’ What an idea! I had thought that situations made me drink. If I was angry, I dr...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - February 9, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholism Higher Power Recovery angry I drank happy I drank I did not have to drink situations made me drink Source Type: blogs

A Program of ActionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Action will untabgle the heart to recovery A.A.’s 12-Steps – A Program of Action A.A.’s Twelve Steps, which constitute its program of recovery, are in no way a statement of belief; they simply describe what the founding members did to get sober and stay sober. They contain no new ideas: surrender, self-inventory, confession to someone outside ourselves, and some form of prayer and meditation are concepts found in spiritual movements throughout the world for thousands of years. What the Steps do is frame these principles for the suffering alcoholic – sick, frightened, defiant, and grimly determined not to be...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - February 9, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Adult Children of Alcoholics Al-anon Alateen Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholism Gamblers Anonymous Narcotics Anonymous Recovery Relationships Sobriety 12 steps confession program of recovery self-inventory surrender 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

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

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

Types of 12 Step MeetingsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Within Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous Gamblers Anonymous, Al-anon and Adult Children of Alcoholics there are 2 basic types of meetings for fellowship and recovery. The two most common kinds of 12-Step meetings are: OPEN MEETINGS: As the term suggests, meetings of this type are open to members and their families and to anyone interested in solving a personal problem or helping someone else to solve such a problem. Most open meetings follow a more or less set pattern, although distinctive variations have developed in some areas. A chairperson describes the program briefly for the benefit of newcomers in the audien...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - February 6, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: 12 Step Fellowships Adult Children of Alcoholics Al-anon Alcoholics Anonymous Gamblers Anonymous Recovery Sobriety 12 step meetings CLOSED MEETINGS OPEN MEETINGS 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

5 Goals for ACOA’s in RecoveryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We examined the processes through which 20 committed members (aged 29-52 yrs) of self-help groups for adult children of alcoholics experience alterations in their perceptions of family of origin. Results suggest that world view transformation in the family of origin domain involves; learning to define the family as pathological, assigning responsibility for this pathology to a disease, forgiving oneself, accepting that one was adversely affected by the family’s problem, and ultimately learning to accept one’s parents’ shortcomings. Humphreys, Keith. World view change in Adult Children of Alcoholics/Al-A...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - February 6, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Adult Children of Alcoholics Al-anon Alateen Co-dependency Disease Family Recovery Relationships Youth acoa alcoholic family family of origin Source Type: blogs

Finding Love When Over 60Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article from PsychCentral tells the story of an elderly women who found love again and gives some pointers. Want to find love again? There’s no reason to think that you can’t find someone to love. A few simple pointers may help. Start with giving yourself a pep talk. Don’t try to replace someone you’ve lost. Let friends and acquaintances know that you are open to meeting someone special. Be honest about what you’re looking for. Consider online dating services as a way to enlarge your pool of eligible singles. Be reasonably cautious Trust your instincts. Know what you want. When you find yourself wanting to ...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - February 5, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: 12 Step Fellowships Adult Children of Alcoholics Al-anon Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Victorious Co-dependency Cocaine Anonymous Debtors Anonymous Emotions Fun Gamblers Anonymous Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Marijuana Anonymous Meth 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

The Secret to FreedomEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Fellowship - Herd of Elephants Protecting their Young The Buddha’s Secret The Buddha spent years seeking the secret to understanding the human condition and the sufferings that go with it. His insight was simple, and it can free you of an illusion that promotes dependence. The secret is, “There is no secret.” Thus in Buddhism there is no Secret Doctrine. Twenty-five hundred years ago, the Buddha spoke of what came to be known as The Four Noble Truths. The 1st Noble Truth was that there is suffering, or discontentment with what one has; The 2nd Noble Truth was that the cause of suffering is attachment (desire). ...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - February 4, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: 12 Step Fellowships Alcoholics Anonymous Spirituality Wisdom Buddha ’s Secret desire to stop Freedom from Desire 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

A Sober Man Three Weeks…Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
George stopped by at lunch with a sack full of Krystal hamburgers. He wanted to thank me for hooking up his computer and getting him online. “It’s no problem,” I said modestly. “Well, you’ve been sober three weeks,” I said changing the subject. “How does it feel?” “Does the urge to drink ever go away?” he asked. “I get beside myself for a drink some days. I want to come over here with you when I get like that.” “Yes,” I said, trying to sound kindly. “It lessens over time. I never hardly ever think of drinking anymore these days.” “Been to any meetings?” I then asked. �...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - February 2, 2010 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Alcoholics Anonymous George's Mom Religion Alcoholism Sobriety George and the Gang Higher Power Addictions 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

Hey Look at My Narcotics Anonymous Key Tag, I’m a Drug AddictEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Anyone who has gone to a Narcotics Anonymous meeting knows that just as they do in Alcoholics Anonymous they celebrate lengths of sobriety. There is just one difference. Instead of giving you a nice little chip that you can keep in a private place and be proud of like you get in Alcoholics Anonymous, you get a key tag. A florescent colored, sometimes glow in the dark, hey look over here, key tag. Am I the only one that thinks this is a little strange? Don't get me wrong, I appreciate everyone acknowledging that I have been clean from any mood altering substances for a certain amount of time. It's a great idea. I just don'...
Source: What Winners Do - February 2, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Erin Tags: narcotics anonymous/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 Serenity Prayer & SerenityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Alcoholics Anonymous members have made the Serenity prayer part of recovery. It asserts five basic elements of the recovery program. A belief in something other than ego-self Serenity – one of the goals of recovery Acceptance of …, e.g., loss of control Courage to make changes Wisdom of recovery that is gained from other members, Spirituality, meditation and literature God grant me the Serenity to Accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, and Wisdom to know the difference. Whether we belong to this church or that, whether we are humanists, agnostics, or atheists, most of us have ...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - February 1, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: 12 Step Fellowships Addictions Alcoholics Anonymous Co-dependency Faith Recovery Sobriety Spirituality Wisdom acceptance courage goals of recovery loss of control serenity prayer 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

Co-dependent Defence BehavioursEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Some behaviours seem to have us locked into unbreakable patterns Psychological and emotional defence mechanisms are used by all human beings and may be necessary for survival in some situations. However, people from dysfunctional families (co-dependents, adult children of alcoholics for example) may have developed defence behaviours that are increasingly dysfunctional. When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.- Alexander Graham Bell We’ve all used defences to distance ourselves from distressing feelings and...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - February 1, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Addictions Adult Children of Alcoholics Al-anon Alateen Alcoholism Co-dependency Gam-anon Naranon S-Anon defence mechanisms dysfunctional families Psychological and emotional defence 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

We AgnosticsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A Spiritual Agnostic “We used to amuse ourselves by cynically dissecting spiritual beliefs and practices when we might have observed that many spiritually-minded persons of all races, colours, and creeds were demonstrating a degree of stability, happiness and usefulness which we should have sought ourselves. “Instead, we looked at the human defects of these people, and sometimes used their shortcomings as a basis of wholesale condemnation. We talked of intolerance, while we were intolerant ourselves. We missed the reality and the beauty of the forest because we were diverted by the ugliness of some of its trees...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - January 31, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcoholics Anonymous Faith Recovery Spirituality agnostic religious people spiritual beliefs spiritual side 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

12-Step Speaker Tape LinksEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Yoda´s Playlist XA-Speakers Tapes have 1,232 AA and other 12-Step related MP3 recordings. XA – Speaker Tape Category AA – Alcoholics Anonymous – » Speakers who identify as alcoholics Al-Anon Family Groups – » Speakers who identify as Al-Anons NA – Narcotics Anonymous – » Speakers who identify as drug addicts CA – Cocaine Anonymous – » Speakers who identify as cocaine addicts OA – Overeaters Anonymous – » Speakers that identify as overeaters GSA – GreySheeters Anonymous – » Speakers who identify as compulsive overeaters CDA – Chemically ...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - January 29, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Al-anon Alcoholics Anonymous Cocaine Anonymous MP3 Recordings Narcotics Anonymous Source Type: blogs

Acceptance Is the AnswerEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Focus on Acceptance In 12 Step Fellowships recovery from alcoholism, addiction or co-dependency needs many new concepts to be absorbed and acted upon. One of the most important seems to be Acceptance. “When I focus on what’s good today, I have a good day, and when I focus on what’s bad, I have a bad day. If I focus on a problem, the problem increases; if I focus on the answer, the answer increases.” c. 2001, Alcoholics Anonymous, page 419 See also; What is AA? The Dry Drunk 12 Rewards of Recovery Touchstones, Daily meditations Related Reading: (Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com)
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - January 28, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Addictions Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholism Co-dependency Recovery acceptance focus on a problem focus on the answer 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

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

12 Self-defeating ThoughtsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Self-defeating thoughts How to Challenge your Internal Struggle Against Recovery and get off the endless staircase. Most people trying to overcome an addiction, alcoholism, gambling or co-dependency soon realize that recovery is not spontaneous. It requires discipline and patience, and therein lies the problem with recovery. Addiction’s lure is its promise of immediate gratification, the quick feel-good. Being addicted means relying on immediate gratification and, as the pattern of addiction continues, our ability to delay gratification erodes. Recovery, on the other hand, asks us to forego the quick feel-good and ca...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - January 26, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Adult Children of Alcoholics Alcoholism Co-dependency Healthy Men Recovery Relapse Spirituality Women gratification self-defeating Sobriety Source Type: blogs

What is ACOA Co-dependency?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
ACOA's often feel frozen in relationships You can talk to a dozen experts, read a dozen books and get a dozen different interpretations of ACOA co-dependency. Many accept it as a disease in as much as it has an onset, is progressive, predictable and in time is potentially fatal, although other causes of death are generally cited. It is assumed that all Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA’s) are co-dependents, but we each act out this illness in a different way. Basically, there are two general concepts: As children growing up in an alcoholic or dysfunctional home environment, we learned to hide or divorce our feel...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - January 25, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Adult Children of Alcoholics Al-anon Alateen Alcoholism Co-dependency Disease Emotions Family Gam-anon Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Naranon Recovery Relationships S-Anon acoa alcoholic or dysfunctional home hero little enabler Source Type: blogs

Dance & Humour for RecoveryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Judy recently shared the following on her Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA) e-mail group. I found it so useful that I asked her to allow it to be published here. Judy readily agreed. Good morning group, When I read the daily reading on losing a sense of humour it reminded me … I had to learn to play. When I came to ACA some of the members encouraged me to play by asking what I had never done as a child that I wanted to do. I wanted to learn to roller skate and I wanted a bicycle. I went out and bought a used pair of skates and a used bike. My friends took me roller skating and held my hand around the rink until I could...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - January 25, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Adult Children of Alcoholics Al-anon Alcoholism Co-dependency Emotions Family Fun Healthy Recovery Sexuality Spirituality Women dance humour 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

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...
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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 ...
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