Vanderbilt study suggests coffee may help alcoholics quit drinking
Not all recovering alcoholics smoke cigarettes, but almost all of them drink coffee, according to a new Vanderbilt study suggesting that healthy intake behaviors could help addicts kick their habit.
The study, “Coffee and Cigarette Consumption and Perceived Effects in Recovering Alcoholics Participating in Alcoholics [...]

Are you the friend you want to be? Sex and the City may be able to help.

People in recovery from alcoholism, addiction and codependency often have questions about just what is a healthy relationship. This article will give many people in recovery food for thought.
What is a healthy relationship and how does sex fit in?
In the simplest terms, a healthy relationship is one that makes you feel good [...]

 
Faces and Voices of recovery have compiled a list of some of the more prominent websites for recovery. Click on a link for an explanation of their focus.
Individual Addiction Recovery Resources

Advocates For the Integration of Recovery and Methadone, Inc. (AFIRM)
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
Online Intergroup of Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Victorious (AV)
Chemically Dependent Anonymous Online Resource Center (CDA)
Cocaine Anonymous [...]

All people in recovery need to look at self-forgiveness. This may apply to people in Alcoholics Anonymous, Al-anon, Narcotics Anonymous, Gamblers Anonymous, Gamanon, Naranon, ACOA or Alateen.
What is self-forgiveness?
Self-forgiving is:

Accepting yourself as a human who has faults and makes mistakes.
Letting go of self anger for your past failures, errors, and mistakes. [...]

Known to be used by Native Americans in religious and social occasions 1,000 years ago. Introduced to Europe in the 17th century where it was used for recreation and medicinal purposes.
Tobacco consumption expanded with the introduction of milder forms of tobacco, automatic cigarette rolling machines, massive advertising campaigns and when governments saw its potency as [...]

Most smokers say they would welcome ways to integrate their personal spiritual beliefs into their attempts to quit smoking cigarettes, and research suggests that a spiritual component could improve the odds of quitting.
Oregon Health & Sciences University researchers found that 78 percent of current smokers believed that incorporating spirituality into their quit attempt could [...]