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Mixed results on science standards testsHutchinson Leader, MN - 1 hour agoUnder No Child Left Behind, all K-12 public schools are required to demonstrate AYP in subjects including reading and language arts and mathematics.

Buddy T. offers to help you at About.com. Al-Anon Quiz - Are You Troubled By Someone’s Drinking? “Millions of people are affected by the excessive drinking of someone close. Many times people who are close to alcoholics do not even realize how much they have been affected by someone else’s drinking.”

Hat Tip TDA reader Screedler who suggested this after the post Famous Al-Anon’er: William Shatner William Shatner’s wife, Nerine, died in 1999 after passing out and drowning from a mixture of alcohol and valium. Shatner came home to find her at the bottom of their backyard swimming pool.

Have some fun. Loosen up a bit. Enjoy life! People in recovery from alcoholism, addiction, codependency and Adult Children of Alcoholism often need to find ways to let go of past experiences. Having fun is one of those ways. We do not have to be so somber and serious.

i haven’t done an entry on the twelve steps for a while. the last one was on step five. the idea of discussing the 12 steps here is to look at how they can help anyone, not only people who go to groups like alcoholics anonymous, overeaters anonymous or alanon (for people with alcoholics in their lives).

“Captain, that’s not logical.” Dr. Spock said it often to Captain Kirk, but Leonard Nimoy also said something similar to William Shatner before his wedding. He said just one sentence, 'Bill, you do know that Nerine is an alcoholic.' I'm not sure what Leonard expected me to say. 'I know she is,' I told him.

Posted by fredjoiners on July 22, 2008 Al-anon in Israel Studies have found that when actively drinking, an alcoholic affects at least four people around him or her. According to members of Alanon (a 12-step support group for relatives and friends of alcoholics), spouses and children of alcoholics

Please don’t allow yourself to be misled by that person’s actions, non-actions, attitudes, demands, lies, manipulations, rationalizations, etc. There is help no matter what the perception of the current situation is. The help is there for you if the person with the alcohol problem is finding ways to avoid getting help.

Concept of “Raising the Bottom” Explored in Award-Winning Alcohol & Drug Addiction Book. People do not have to wait for someone they care about to “hit bottom”! Family and friends of an alcoholic or drug addict can play an active role in accelerating the process of “hitting rock bottom”–by allowing natural consequences to happen.

Concept of “Raising the Bottom” Explored in Award-Winning Alcohol & Drug Addiction Book. People do not have to wait for someone they care about to “hit bottom”! Family and friends of an alcoholic or drug addict can play an active role in accelerating the process of “hitting rock bottom”–by allowing natural consequences to happen.