The Spirituality of Small Acts
Years ago, the mother of the sultan was known as a great philanthropist. She planted trees to give the people of Istanbul shade in the summer and paid for a system of wells so that people could get water more easily. She built mosques and also schools and a hospital, [...]

Resilience is the ability to respond to life with a sense of control and to tolerate surprises or unexpected life events.
Resilience goes beyond the capacity just to deal with life’s problems, it is the ability to embrace and fully enjoy life with all its ups and downs. We only really know how resilient we [...]

What can you do for your alcoholic? Suggestion 9
It is important to put the responsibility for dealing with the alcohol problem squarely on the person in question while continuing to love him or her. What works depends on the individual.
Doing the "right" thing can depend on how severe the alcohol problem is and on how [...]

Enabling is doing for others what they are capable of doing for themselves.

Alcohol Abuse Is
Hereditary According to a
study by the research
group “Alcoholism and drug
addiction”, of the
University of Granada
(Universidad de Granada),
although there are no
specific reasons to become
an alcoholic, many social,
family, environmental, and
genetic factors may
contribute to its
development. Thanks to
this study, researchers
have shown that the lack
of endorphin is hereditary,
and thus that there is a
genetic predisposition to
become addicted to
alcohol. Alcohol Abuse Is
Hereditary

Is there Sex after Menopause?
Many women come into recovery from alcoholism / addiction having passed through menopause or in the middle of it. As this article discusses menopause can be a traumatic experience for any woman; and even more so for women undergoing profound changes to their social life through recovery.
New [...]

What can you do for your alcoholic? Suggestion 8
It is important to put the responsibility for dealing with the alcohol problem squarely on the person in question while continuing to love him or her. What works depends on the individual.
Doing the "right" thing can depend on how severe the alcohol problem is and on how [...]

This intelligent and wide-ranging book has an undeniable appeal to anyone with the yearning to understand more deeply the nature of spirituality.

What can you do for your alcoholic? Suggestions 7
It is important to put the responsibility for dealing with the alcohol problem squarely on the person in question while continuing to love him or her. What works depends on the individual.
Doing the "right" thing can depend on how severe the alcohol problem is and on how [...]

Benzodiazepine Addiction, Withdrawal & Recovery
This web site is dedicated to sufferers of benzodiazepine tranquilliser addiction everywhere.
Launched on July 6, 2000 with around a dozen pages this site now has more than 550 pages of articles and information, expert medical documents, news stories and personal accounts.
A good place to begin is the FAQ Document - [...]