Overview of Marijuana Anonymous
Marijuana Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share our experience, strength, and hope with each other that we may solve our common problem and help others to recover from marijuana addiction.
The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using marijuana. There are no dues or fees for [...]
The Dating Game at 60+
People in recovery from alcoholism, addiction, co-dependency and compulsive gambling often find themselves alone again.
But, there is no need to be lonesome whether heterosexual, gay, lesbian – male or female.
This article from PsychCentral tells the story of an elderly women who found love again and gives some pointers.
Want to find love [...]
The Dry Drunk can be a problem to themselves and others.
Alcoholics Anonymous informally refers to the alcoholic who has stopped drinking, but who still demonstrates similar 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 Fellowships such as Narcotics [...]
These levels of denial may be observed by family, healthcare workers and friends of the alcoholic.
These levels may be applied to any addictive process such as gambling, sex addiction, spending, co-dependency, overeating, workaholism, smoking and being an Adult Child of Alcoholism. Just swap ‘alcohol; for your particular malady.
Level A: “No Problem”
The person at this level [...]
The story of Odysseus is about more than just a Greek guy in a boat.
About 3000 years ago, the poet Homer told a story about a man called Odysseus and his voyage home to Greece following the Trojan Wars. Odysseus and his men met up with many exciting adventures along the way, but the most [...]
The following questions may help you determine whether Marijuana is a problem in your life.
Has smoking pot stopped being fun?
Do you ever get high alone?
Is it hard for you to imagine a life without marijuana?
Do you find that your friends are determined by your marijuana use?
Do you smoke marijuana to avoid dealing with your problems?
Do [...]
Bill W. a co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous answers questions about alcoholism in a discussion in 1960.
Question; What about slips in general? You must have witnessed a lot of them.
Bill W.: The subject of slips is a very large one. It takes in a lot of territory.
Slips can often be charged to rebellion and some of [...]
Symptoms, Withdrawal and Treatment
Coffee, tea, cola drinks, chocolate and many foods contain caffeine. A new range of drinks on the market is a variety of high content caffeine drinks such as Red Bull.
Caffeine, a stimulant, is the most widely consumed drug and is a stimulant. Caffeine has occasionally been considered a drug of abuse and [...]
Breaking through denial is alcoholic’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 [...]
Members of all 12-Step fellowships can use prayer to help in recovery if they choose. This applies to Al-anon, Alateen, Alcoholics Anonymous, Naranon, Narcotics Anonymous, Gamblers Anonymous, Gamanon and Adult Children.
Discovering that she had trouble remembering to pray for the needs of others, we can learn from this woman who devised a five-finger prayer memory [...]
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