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• 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 ...
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• Beyond Pap Finn

  
  A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy — Authority: 573
  Inspired by the School Library Journal cover controversy , I thought of how often in childrens and young adult literature the extreme view of drinking is given. One drink leads to binge drinking and dangerous behaviour; all drinkers are bad, abusive, evil drunks; etc. So I asked for suggestions of those books ...
  1 week ago

• Women like Skills & Abilities in Men not Dominance

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 433
  Prestige & Ability A new study in the journal Personal Relationships reveals that women prefer mates who are recognized by their peers for their skills, abilities, and achievements, while not preferring men who use coercive tactics to subordinate their rivals. Indeed, women found dominance strategies of the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Disease Risks of Non-straight Sex

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 433
  What are the risks of sexual activities other than penile-vaginal intercourse? In recovery from alcoholism, addiction and compulsive gambling many people begin to take more responsibility for their sexual behaviors. Many couples engage in mutual masturbation, oral sex and anal sex instead of penile-vaginal ...
  2 weeks ago

• Canadian Al-anon

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 433
  Canadian Maole Leaf The Twelve Steps may help the alcohol abuser, but what about those who have been abused? Substance abuse is an issue in a number of Canadian families. The abuse of alcohol is known as alcoholism, and can be recognized by several symptoms according to the Mayo Clinic, a large medical research and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Dysfunctional Rules of Co-dependency

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 433
  Patterns of co-dependency can emerge from any family system where the open and secret rules close its members off from the outside world. These family systems; discourage healthy communication of issues and feelings between themselves, destroy the family members’ ability to trust themselves and to trust another ...
  2 weeks ago

• Alateen’s Purpose

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 433
  Alateens learn to live life normally Alateen is part of Al-Anon, which helps families and friends of alcoholics recover from the effects of living with the problem drinking of a relative or friend. Alateen is a recovery program for young people. Alateen groups are sponsored by Al-Anon members. The program of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Al-anon Works in India

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 433
  Al-anon in India Fighting the spirits with spirituality Michelle was an angry woman. Often, when her husband returned from work, she would slam doors, swear and shout. Once, when he was asleep, she even poured a bucketful of water on him and later regretted drenching the mattress she shared with him. There were ...
  2 weeks ago

• Addicted Family Roles

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 433
  Families may adopt different roles When a parent is addicted to alcohol or drugs, the entire family is set up around the addict and their addiction. Children tend to follow designated roles as the family acts out the drama of addiction. Children develop these roles due to family dynamics. For a child in an addicted ...
  2 weeks ago

• ACOA Bill of Rights

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 433
  ACOA hands For Adult Children of Alcoholics / Addicts and, in fact, all people. Bill of rights I do not have to feel guilty just because someone else does not like what I d0, say, think, or feel. It is OK for me to feel angry and to express it in responsible ways. I do not have to assume full responsibility ...
  2 weeks ago

• 10 Benefits of Love

  
  Alcohol Self-Help News — Authority: 123
  “I need somebody to love,” sang the Beatles, and they got it right. Love and health are intertwined in surprising ways. Humans are wired for connection, and when we cultivate good relationships, the rewards are immense. But we’re not necessarily talking about spine-tingling romance. 10 Benefits of Love .
  2 weeks ago

• Al-Anon Helps Members Reach beyond their Fears

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 433
  Families and friends of alcoholics can help find hope and help in Al-Anon/Alateen Those who live with alcoholism often live in fear: fear of abuse, fear of anger, fear of trusting others. Al-Anon Family Groups (including Alateen for younger members) is a source of understanding, help, and hope to families and ...
  3 weeks ago

• Dysfunction Fantasies

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 433
  Dysfunctional people may have blurred insight Dysfunction people have many beliefs. Not all of these are in one person but if there is a great many then that person may be dysfunctional. Alcoholics, addicts, codependents and Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA’s) may identify with these. Some of these ...
  3 weeks ago

• Flash Forward

  
  The Second Road Family — Authority: 131
  Always a sucker for both science fiction and anything vaguely related to time travel, this season I’ve started watching ABC’s new series, Flash Forward . The premise of the show is that everyone on Earth simultaneously loses consciousness for approximately two minutes and sees visions of a few minutes of their ...
  3 weeks ago

• Canada: Alcoholism affects families

  
  Fight Hangovers — Authority: 154
  Link: http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_north/campbellrivermirror/lifestyles/70540742.html By Alistair Taylor The scene is familiar to most people: a person stands up in the meeting and says, “Hi, my name is John and I’m an alcoholic.” “John” is in a good place. He’s where he can get help ...
  3 weeks ago

• All the worlds a stage ...

  
  higher powered — Authority: 128
  todAAy i AAm grAAteful & thAAnkful that I had the pleasure of attending 2 very powerful AA meetings yesterday AND a very good Al-Anon meeting as well that I belong that Scott W stayed sober another day that we read Acceptance Was the Answer (a story from page 407 of the 4th edition of the Big Book) in ...
  3 weeks ago

• I value what is unique in me

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 433
  Uniqueness: I value what is unique in me I value my own specialness and I dare to reveal it. Since the universe expresses itself through the differences in all of creation, I choose to acknowledge my own uniqueness. My inner self speaks through the nonconformity that I am. Today I applaud nonconformity and the ...
  4 weeks ago

• Al-Anon 12-Step Recovery Program

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 433
  Families of alcoholics / addicts often walk on eggs For those who don’t know or have never heard of Al-anon, it is a 12-step recovery program that is the counter-part to the Alcoholics Anonymous 12-step recovery program. It was initiated by Lois Wilson (the wife of Bill Wilson; one of the original founders of ...
  4 weeks ago

• 12-Step Speaker Tape Links

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 433
  Yoda´s Playlist XA-Speakers Tapes have 1,232 AA and other 12-Step related MP3 recordings. XA – Speaker Tape Category AA – Alcoholics Anonymous – » Speakers who identify as alcoholics Al-Anon Family Groups – » Speakers who identify as Al-Anons NA – Narcotics Anonymous – » Speakers ...
  4 weeks ago

• 12 Rewards of Recovery

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 433
  Sobriety disc Twelve Step fellowships such as Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Al-anon, Cocaine Anonymous and others don’t just address the substance or overt behaviour. In progressing through the 12 Steps other benefits will be realized. These are know as the rewards of recovery. One example is; THE ...
  4 weeks ago

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