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 [...]

We admitted we were powerless over mental disorders and substance abuse

Dual Recovery Anonymous is an independent, nonprofessional, twelve step, self-help fellowship organization for people with a dual diagnosis. Our goal is to help men and women who experience a dual illness. We are chemically dependent (alcoholic / addict) and we are also affected by an emotional or psychiatric illness. Both illnesses affect us in [...]

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

‘Trying to go cold turkey – one day at a time’
Elizabeth, 29, attends a therapy session for sex addicts
It’s mid-afternoon on a random weekday, and I’m at a meeting of Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous in central London. Though I’ve arrived 10 minutes early, the room is already packed.
There is [...]

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 [...]

 
This public association is a part of the World community of anonymous alcoholics, which was founded in 1935 in the USA
VLADIVOSTOK, February 10, vladivostoktimes.com The self-help society of anonymous alcoholics of Vladivostok, Russia “Welcome” celebrates its 15th anniversary, the newspaper “Vladivostok” writes.
The celebration of the anniversary and introducing the society [...]

Twelve Steps can help manage various types of chronic illness
  For more than 60 years, the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous have worked for many people with alcohol and other drug problems. Today, the therapeutic value of the steps extends far beyond the field of addiction.
Physicians, therapists and other health care [...]

Group Conscience:
- is the mechanism through which a 12-Step self-help group such as Alcoholics Anonymous makes decisions about matters affecting the group as a whole.
The group makes decisions expressed through a meeting held for that purpose immediately before or after a regular AA meeting.
Every member of the group is entitled to vote, and [...]

 
The drug manufacturing industry has produced a variety of drugs which, to all intents and purposes, alleviate the cravings of addicts.
Apart from the fact that the long term effects of the most recent drugs are yet to emerge, it is questionable whether or not any of these drugs will satisfy the psychological [...]