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    • Posted on September 28, 2012 at 10:38 am by Sparrow

    A Dry Drunk, Who Me?
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    The Dry Drunk can be a problem to themselves and others.

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    Posted on September 26, 2012 at 10:08 am by Sparrow

    AA and Judaism
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    The fellowships of Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous and Al-Anon are of inestimable value in the recovery from alcoholism and chemical dependency. Not infrequently, there is a resistance on the part of Jews to participate on the grounds that these programs have a religious orientation that is non-Jewish. Let us first dispense with some extraneous objections. …∞

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    Posted on May 22, 2012 at 2:37 am by Sparrow

    How AA Members Get Sober in Taiwan

    An ongoing process: A qualitative study of how the alcohol-dependent free themselves of addiction through progressive abstinence Abstract (provisional) Background Most people being treated for alcoholism are unable to successfully quit drinking within their treatment programs. … Note: Cross posted from Twelve Step Facilitation.com. Permalink Related Reading:

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    Posted on March 24, 2012 at 2:58 pm by Sparrow

    The Lotus Eaters
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    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 …∞

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    Posted on February 26, 2012 at 5:29 pm by Sparrow

    10 Stress Busters
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    Recovery or abstinence means that stress is experienced in raw form without the anethitising effect of alcohol, drugs or relationship dynamics

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    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 10:36 am by Sparrow and modified on March 17, 2012 at 8:39 pm.

    What Are Drug Users Looking For?
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    What are drug users looking for in treatment; abstinence or harm reduction? Within the UK and in many other countries two of the most significant issues with regard to the development of health and social care services for drug users has been the growth of the consumer perspective and the philosophy of harm reduction. These …∞

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    Posted on June 7, 2011 at 6:20 pm by Sparrow

    AA At A Glance
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    What is A.A.? Alcoholics Anonymous is a voluntary, worldwide fellowship of men and women from all walks of life who meet together to attain and maintain sobriety. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. There are no dues or fees for A.A. membership. Current Membership It is estimated that there are …∞

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    Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:04 am by Sparrow and modified on June 12, 2011 at 9:27 pm.

    Smoking Retards Recovery
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    Smoking interferes with thinking and memory in recovering alcoholics Non-smoking recovering alcoholics outperform smoking recovering alcoholics on tests of memory, thinking, visual and auditory learning, and memory After six to nine months of abstinence from alcohol, recovering alcoholics who were also chronic smokers showed a significantly lower rate of improvement in tests of memory, reasoning, …∞

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    Posted on May 31, 2010 at 1:31 am by Sparrow

    Abstinence and Well-being in Alcoholics Anonymous
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    Abstinence and well-being among members of alcoholics anonymous: Personal experience and social perceptions. The subjective experience of well being was examined in abstinent Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) members. In addition, the social perceptions of an abstinent alcoholic’s well being were examined in three non-alcoholic French-Canadian samples: male police officers, Catholic nuns, and university women. The lowest …∞

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    Posted on April 1, 2010 at 9:22 am by Sparrow and modified on February 27, 2012 at 12:16 pm.

    Helping Alcoholics
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    Seeking Help Could Quadruple the Likelihood of Abstinence To quantify the effect of help seeking on recovery from alcoholism, researchers in the United States analyzed data from 4,422 adults who had participated in a nationally representative survey and developed alcohol dependence at least 1 year before their participation. Only 26 percent of subjects had ever …∞

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