Anonymous Recovery Group Links
This list below comes to you from Faces and Voices of Recovery (http://www.facesandvoicesofrecovery.org/resources/support_home.php) Individual Addiction Recovery Resources Addictions VictoriousAdvocates For the Integration of Recovery and Methadone, Inc. (AFIRM)Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)Alcoholics for Christ Alcoholics Victorious (AV)Celebrate Recovery Chemically Dependent Anonymous Online Resource Center (CDA)Cocaine Anonymous (CA)Crystal Meth Anonymous (CMA)Harm Reduction Network (HAMS) Heroin Anonymous (HA)J.A.C.S. (Jewish …∞
Posted in 12 Step Fellowships, Adult Children of Alcoholics, Al-anon, Alateen, Alcoholics Anonymous, Alcoholics Victorious, Cocaine Anonymous, Debtors Anonymous, Emotions Anonymous, Gam-anon, Gamblers Anonymous, Gamers Anonymous, HIV Anonymous, Marijuana Anonymous, Methadone Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Nicotine Anonymous, Overeaters Anonymous, S-Anon, Sex Addictions, SMART Recovery and tagged 12 step group, anonymou groups. Use this permalink for a bookmark.
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Rewards of the ACOA 12 Steps
I encourage everyone IF you really want to see those beautiful changes occurring in ALL your relationships, work the steps!
Posted in Adult Children of Alcoholics, Al-anon, Alateen, Codependency, Emotions, Faith, Family, Gam-anon, Healthy, Naranon, Relationships, S-Anon, Sexuality, Spirituality and tagged 12 steps, acoa, depression, rage. Use this permalink for a bookmark.
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Adult Children of Alcoholics
The Adult Children of Alcoholics syndrome and providing strategies for living a normal life as an adult.
Posted in Adult Children of Alcoholics, Al-anon, Alateen, Alcoholism, Codependency, Family, Gam-anon, Naranon, S-Anon and tagged acoa, alcoholic parents, Janet Wotitiz, Struggle for Intimacy. Use this permalink for a bookmark.
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Sex is Good for your Health
Romantic sex is the healthiest Lose weight. Reduce stress. Lower your cholesterol level. Improve your circulation. Live longer. Stay younger. Sounds like an ad for a new wonder drug right? In fact it’s a partial list of the benefits of humanity’s oldest and most pleasurable pastime – sex. Most of us are aware of the …∞
Posted in Emotions, Fun, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Healthy, Men, S-Anon, Sex & Love Addicts, Sex Addictions, Sexuality, Women, Youth and tagged feel-good benefits of sex, Improve your circulation, Live longer, Lose weight, Lower your cholesterol level, Reduce stress, Stay younger. Use this permalink for a bookmark.
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Co-dependent Defence Behaviours
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 …∞
Posted in Addictions, Adult Children of Alcoholics, Al-anon, Alateen, Alcoholism, Codependency, Gam-anon, Naranon, S-Anon and tagged defence mechanisms, dysfunctional families, Psychological and emotional defence. Use this permalink for a bookmark.
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What are stages of sex addiction?
Problems in controlling sexual behavior usually reveal themselves in four distinct stages: Preoccupation: The person continually fantasizes about sexual prospects or situations. Constant sexual focus results in a high level of arousal which can trigger an episode of sexual “acting-out.” Ritualization: A preferred sexual activity or situation is often stereotyped and repetitive, and may include …∞
Posted in Emotions, S-Anon, Sex & Love Addicts, Sex Addictions, Sexuality and tagged anxiety, Compulsion, depression, fantasizes, guilt or shame, Preoccupation, sexual behavior. Use this permalink for a bookmark.
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Overcoming Codependency
Codependency has become a buzzword of our time, and as with all buzzwords that acquire a certain cultural currency, the vital concepts behind it can sometimes be undermined with time. In the case of this particular buzzword, however, we cannot afford to let its meaning slip away. Codependency is one of our most destructive psychological …∞
Posted in Adult Children of Alcoholics, Al-anon, Alateen, Codependency, Disease, Faith, Gam-anon, Naranon, S-Anon, Spirituality and tagged controlling, dependent relationships, dominant, self-esteem, setting boundaries. Use this permalink for a bookmark.
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Enabling of Alcoholism
Enabling is the ideas, feelings, attitudes, and behaviors that unintentionally continue to foster drinking, alcohol related problems or make matters worse by not allowing the alcoholic to deal with the consequences of their alcoholism. Enabling is part of the set of behaviors practiced by codependents of alcoholism. Researchers report that the majority of partners took …∞
Posted in Al-anon, Alateen, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Codependency, Denial, Family, Food, Gam-anon, Naranon, Psychological Illness, Relationships, S-Anon and tagged consequences of their alcoholism, continue to foster drinking, enabling, make matters worse. Use this permalink for a bookmark.
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