Women’s Libido
Women in recovery from alcoholism, addiction, gambling, co-dependency and adult children of alcoholism may need to understand and explore their new found libido. This article may help. Your libido is your sexual interest and desire. Loss of libido may be experienced by women before or after menopause and may result in reduced desire and sexual …∞
Posted in 12 Step Fellowships, Addictions, Codependency, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Relapse, Relationships, Sexuality, Sobriety, Women, Youth and tagged depression, desire, Drugs, hormones, illness, libido, medication, pleasure, satisfying, stress, substance abuse, tired. Use this permalink for a bookmark.
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10 Principles of Addiction and Recovery
Alcoholism and addiction have several common threads with reciprocal recovery principles. In their book, "Rethinking Substance Abuse,” editors William R. Miller and Kathleen M. Carroll to sum up what has been learned about the science of addiction. These are; Drug Use is Chosen Behavior in the Beginning – for experimenting, peer pressure or otherwise its …∞
Posted in Addictions, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drugs, Medications, Relationships, Spirituality and tagged craving, intervention, peer pressure, receptor cells, substance abuse. Use this permalink for a bookmark.
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Construction Industry Sobriety
Helping others stay sober in the construction industry Nonprofit group aids workers fighting substance abuse Fred Myers wants to help people in and out of the construction industry to stay sober and productive. That has been his mission since October 2007, when Myers, a retired construction executive, founded the nonprofit Sober Corps, which connects at-risk …∞
Posted in 12 Step Fellowships, Alcoholics Anonymous, Alcoholics Victorious and tagged builders, construction industry, sober, sober corps, substance abuse, workers. Use this permalink for a bookmark.
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How Children Deal with Parents’ Alcoholism
Millions of Americans suffer from the psychological and physical disease of alcoholism. The resulting emotionally destructive impact on the children of alcoholic parents and the family unit is enormous. Alcoholic parents usually act out their addiction in one of two negative ways: violent and abusive behavior or emotional unavailability and neglect. People who grow up …∞
Posted in Addictions, Adult Children of Alcoholics, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Family, mental health and tagged abuse, acoa, anger, children, drinking, substance abuse. Use this permalink for a bookmark.
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Mindfulness in Recovery
This idea is taking hold among people who practice the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous
Posted in 12 Step Fellowships, Codependency, Faith, Healthy, Spirituality and tagged 12 step, addict, Buddhist, cancer, cognitive, culture, dialectic, fibromyalgiamental, Gambling, health, marrow, Meditation, mindfulness, pain, substance abuse, therapeutic, vipassana. Use this permalink for a bookmark.
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The Lotus Eaters
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 …∞
Posted in 12 Step Fellowships, Disease, Higher Power, Marijuana, Marijuana Anonymous, Youth and tagged abstinence, abuse, addict, dependence, Disease, substance abuse. Use this permalink for a bookmark.
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