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• AA Lowers Cirrhosis Rates

  
  Twelve Step Facilitation.com — Authority: 115
  Cirrhosis, Drinking and AA participation. The authors tested the hypotheses that cirrhosis mortality rates are positively associated with per capita alcohol consumption and negatively associated with the 12-Step fellowship Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) membership rates, using data from the province of Ontario, Canada, ...
  13 hours ago

• 9 Tools of Recovery

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 433
  People in recovery in 12 Step Fellowships use various tools at various times in their recovery. Some all the time, some when needed, some only in early recovery. But all tools listed here have proven to be effective at some time if not most times.1. MEETINGS: We attend meetings to learn how the Program works, [...]
  21 hours ago

• The Dry Drunk

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 433
  A hazard to the sober alcoholic.When an alcoholic stops drinking, it’s cause for rejoicing.Unfortunately, sobriety is not guaranteed to last. It takes hard work and commitment and a keen eye for dangers.One danger to the non-drinking alcoholic is the dry drunk, a set of habits and attitudes that take the joy out of ...
  21 hours ago

• Spiritual Aims of Recovery

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 433
  “No one among us has been able to maintain anything like perfect adherence to these principles. We are not saints. The point is, that we are willing to grow along spiritual lines.” (Alcoholics Anonymous, p60)The Four Spiritual Aims of Recovery are;Honesty,Unselfishness,Love,PurityHonestyOver and over we ask ...
  21 hours ago

• Nice but Naughty

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 433
  Nice but naughty – our addiction to chocolateChocolate is the most widely and frequently craved food. People readily admit to being ‘addicted to chocolate’ or willingly label themselves as ‘chocoholics’. A popular explanation for this is that chocolate contains mood-enhancing (psychoactive) ingredients that ...
  21 hours ago

• My Name Is Bill, A Co-founder of AA

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 433
  My Name Is Bill: Bill Wilson–His Life and the Creation of Alcoholics AnonymousThe 12-step format, tradition of anonymity, and democratic governance of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) are rightly credited to Bill Wilson, whom Aldous Huxley called “the greatest social architect of the twentieth century.” Bill’s life ...
  22 hours ago

• Join us tonight

  
  The Second Road Family — Authority: 131
  Greetings! We will be keeping the chat room nice and warm this Sunday, with another session of holiday preparedness featuring this weeks hostess, A. Miles. The chosen topic for the “meeting” is “ How to avoid getting overwhelmed by the holidays .” The chat starts at 8pm EST and you have to bring your own hot ...
  2 days ago

• Alcoholic & Co-dependent Roles

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 433
  There are several roles that alcoholics/addicts and their partners adopt with each other. Some of these are;Controller – Person who cannot allow anyone to grow or be anything other than what they want them to beDual Personality – Person who can change “hats” at the drop of a dime, between portraying a rational ...
  3 days ago

• What is Co-dependency?

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 433
  The term “co-dependency” was coined more than 20 years ago by authors who studied the negative impact of drug and alcohol use on families. Since then, use of the term has been expanded to include a pattern of psychologically unhealthy behaviors that are learned by individuals as a way of coping with a family ...
  4 days ago

• Speaking My Truth

  
  EmpowHer.com - Site Activity Feed — Authority: 568
  The next few columns will be about speaking my truth and what that means to me in my life. read more
  4 days ago

• Traumatic Brain Injury — In Hope Part 3

  
  Second Chance to Live — Authority: 120
  Please read Part 1 and Part 2 for context. Thank you. And then I found that hope had always been present. Over the course of my life and for many years I experienced many disappointments. These disappointments clouded my perspective because I invested myself in specific outcomes. When those outcomes did ...
  5 days ago

• A Balancing Act for Self-Help

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 433
  The Ego, Super-Ego and the Id – A Balancing ActAnyone seriously interested in self-improvement needs at least a rudimentary understanding of the trilogy composed of the Id, the Ego and the Super-ego. These are not specific part of the brain. They are simply constructs designed to better study and understand how the ...
  5 days ago

• You Might Be Happy

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 433
  One Dead Day – The End of One Life, the Beginning of AnotherImagine waking up one morning, on any given day, and realising you’re now merely spirit–you have no physical body left at your personal disposal; that is, you somehow died during your sleep. Everything feels quite normal but somehow everything has ...
  5 days ago

• Another 12-Step Program for EmmaLou, Golden Destroyer

  
  Crone and Bear It — Authority: 419
  Yes it’s beginning to look like Christmas – oh we don’t have the snow but we do have the tree.  And, yes, I have it up and fully decorated.  No, you may not see it yet.  That is for Friday’s post so  you will have to be patient a little longer. Today’s story does, however, involve the tree.  You see, I ...
  6 days ago

• What is Spirituality?

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 433
  Spirituality is a part of a person (yes, a natural part) that searches for transcendent meaning and purpose in life and allows the person to transcend his or her conflict or sufferingSpirituality is a personal relationship between an individual and a transcendent or higher being, force, energy or mind of the ...
  6 days ago

• Workaholism

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 433
  Many people in recovery develop a work ethic that seems to over compensate for past deeds. This usually comes from a sense of guilt about the past and will not usually be lessened until they do Steps 4 through 9. These steps have an additional function of reducing guilt and shame.Workaholism can be seen as [...]
  6 days ago

• 8 Reasons Women Stay in Painful Relationships

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 433
  Many people in recovery from alcoholism, addiction, co-dependency and compulsive gambling may identify with these points. They may be the victim, the perpetrator or an observer. These reasons apply to heterosexual, gay, lesbian, bisexual, asexual and transsexual people.Additionally, just because someone is in recovery ...
  6 days ago

• Youth in Alcoholics Anonymous

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 433
  International Conference of Young People in A.A.ICYPAA was founded for the purpose of providing a setting for an annual celebration of sobriety among young people in AA.Since its inception, a growing group of people, who at first would not consider themselves as “young people,” has become regular attendees.The ...
  6 days ago

• Traumatic Brain Injury — In Hope Part 2

  
  Second Chance to Live — Authority: 120
  Please read Part 1 for context. Thank you. For many years of my life I was unable to grasp the reality that I could experience hope in my now. Consequently, I found myself waiting for a “when” to occur before I could be able to experience the benefits of hope. Because I maintained the perspective of ...
  1 week ago

• Spiritual Fundamentals

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 433
  I had no idea what God was.“The answer I was looking for was on page 12 of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, in Ebby’s words to Bill: ’”Why don’t you choose your own conception of God?”’“’I’ve tried everything else,’ I thought, ’and I’ve got no place else to go. I might just as well.’ ...
  1 week ago

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