Faces and Voices of Recovery, United States

Mission
Faces & Voices of Recovery is committed to organizing and mobilizing the millions of Americans in long-term recovery from alcohol and other drug addiction, our families, friends, and allies to speak with one voice. Our organization is dedicated to changing public perceptions of recovery, promoting effective public policy in [...]

What’s Your Time Perspective?
People in recovery may identify with these ‘types’ and the way they deal with life based on ones focus and the way in which one looks at events, personal history and future prospects.
Professor Philip Zimbardo identified five key approaches to time perspective. These are:

The ‘past-negative’ type. Who focus on [...]

Gamblers Anonymous asks its new members to answer the following “20 Questions” in order to determine the severity of their gambling addiction:

Have you ever lost time from work due to gambling?

Has gambling ever made your home life unhappy?

Has gambling affected your reputation?

Have you ever felt remorse after gambling?

Have you ever gambled to [...]

Alcoholism Recovery in the Gay and Lesbian Community
While alcoholism crosses all sexual orientations, gay and lesbian alcoholics in recovery often face unique challenges.
Professional assistance may be sometimes tainted by the prejudices of those providing it, or at a minimum be limited by the caregivers’ lack of knowledge of those aspects of gay society that [...]

How to Challenge your Internal Struggle Against Recovery and get off the endless staircase.
Most people trying to overcome an addiction, alcoholism, gambling or codependency 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 [...]

Advocacy with Anonymity

Advocacy with Anonymity is a publication of Faces & Voices of Recovery, The Johnson Institute, Join Together and the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence.
It answers the question, "How can I stand up for my rights without violating the anonymity tradition of my twelve-step group?"
This is an excellent booklet for ACOA’s, Al-anon’s, [...]

Detachment means “freedom from emotion.”
Detachment is something all people in recovery seek.
Letting someone else’s behavior determine how we feel at every turn is irresponsible. Our emotions should be determined by us, not by someone else. But no doubt we have spent years confusing the boundaries that separate us from other people. Whether [...]

The Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) program for beating alcohol addiction has a long history and has helped millions of people around the world back to health.
It works as a 12-step program - the Steps being the program of the system which guide the user away from their dysfunctional relationship with drink. The 12-steps involve belief in [...]

Sleep problems - real and perceived - get in the way of alcoholism recovery
Doctors and patients should discuss and address sleep issues as part of recovery
The first few months of recovery from an alcohol problem are hard enough. But they’re often made worse by serious sleep problems, caused by the loss of alcohol’s sedative effects, [...]

These spiritual tips from the life of dogs make me chuckle and have insight into just what friendship is. Before I recovered I rarely did any of these things.

Never pass up the opportunity to go for a joy ride.
Allow the experience of fresh air and the wind in your face to be pure ecstasy.
When [...]