Alcoholics Anonymous

How to Turn Drinking from One of Life's Pleasures to a Habit in Three Easy Steps

Leah Odze Epstein | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Habits, Charles Duhigg, Addiction & Recovery, Health, Alcoholism, Science, Wine, Alcoholics Anonymous, Drinking, Women News

If you find yourself mired in habits, it might be best to work backwards and ask yourself, what is it I really want?

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Diving Into the Wreck, Admitting Our Wrongs

Rev. Dr. Paul Bradley | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Religion, 12 Steps, Addiction & Recovery, Addiction and Recovery, Alcoholism, Addiction, Christianity, Addiction & Recovery, Alcoholics Anonymous, Adrienne Rich, Scripture Study, Scripture Commentary, Gospel of Mark, Religion News

The Fifth Step represents a kind of baptism for people on the journey of recovery. It brings to mind the story in the Gospel of Mark of the baptism of Jesus by John.

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EXCERPT: Author's Painful Struggle To Sobriety

Bill Clegg | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Alcoholics Anonymous, Sobriety, Ninety Days, Aa, Rehab, Books News

Somewhere in the camaraderie and comfort and genuine usefulness to each other, we made our way first to ninety days clean and then, slowly, began to live sober lives.

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How To Deal With An Alcoholic Parent (VIDEO)

| Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Video, Treating Alcoholism, How to Deal, Alcoholism Family, gurl.com, Alcoholism, Alcoholic-Parents, Addiction & Recovery, Alcoholics Anonymous, Alcohol Families, Teen News

We’ve all had embarrassing encounters of the parental kind. But this week, Gurl.com's advice vlogger, Meg, isn’t talking about your average embarr...

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Is Alcoholics Anonymous Negativity-Based?

Laura Tompkins | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Alcoholics Anonymous and Recovery, Mental Health, Recovering From Addiction, AA and Addiction, AA and Recovery, Aa, Alcoholics Anonymous, Addiction Recovery, Addiction and Recovery, Healthy Living News

Alcoholics Anonymous pushes members into believing that any deviance from the program is a slippery slope and a relapse is a slow death. Negative? You betcha.

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Alcoholics Anonymous Confession Allegedly Produced Tip For Insider Trade

Reuters | Posted 05.13.2012

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* SEC charges five in elaborate insider-trading web * Two charged include Ameriprise financial advisers * Others include...

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Soul-Talk: You Don't Have To Be An Addict To Recover

Russell Bishop | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Food Addiction, Drug Addiction, Recovery, Addiction and Recovery, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, Substance Abuse, Soul-Talk, Alcoholics Anonymous, Recovering From Addiction, Healthy Living News

While the distinction between addict and addictive behavior may seem like splitting hairs, successful recovery may in fact lie in a seemingly-small distinction.

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Why Did Whitney Fail Rehab? Too Much Talent.

Charles Duhigg | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Habits, Whitney Houston, Alcoholics Anonymous, Alcoholics Anonymous Religious, Whitney Houstin Addiction, Whitney Houston Drugs, Celebrity News

Why, given Houston's obvious and prodigious talents, did she fail at rehab so many times? And why -- as is now suspected -- did she have such little control over a drug habit that it took her life?

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'Kimmel': Woody Harrelson Spoils 'NY Times' Writer's Anonymity

Posted 03.12.2012

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When Woody Harrelson gets to talking, he's liable to say just about anything. Especially, apparently, if he's being interviewed in Amsterdam -- where ...

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Drunk Man Brought Beer To AA And Wouldn't Leave

Posted 12.28.2011

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The first step to recovery is to admit you have a problem. You don't have to bring physical evidence. A "very intoxicated" man who was carrying a b...

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Are You Spiritually Fit for the Holidays? Interview With Ingrid Mathieu, Ph.D.

Martha Rosenberg | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Addiction, Prayer, Recovery Programs, Alcoholics Anonymous, Spirituality, Addiction & Recovery, Healthy Living News

It is possible to use the spiritual underpinnings of twelve-step recovery programs to avoid addiction-related problems instead of dealing with them, says psychotherapist Ingrid Mathieu in her new book, "Recovering Spirituality: Achieving Emotional Sobriety in Your Spiritual Practice."

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Espousal Abuse

Glenn C. Altschuler | Posted 01.21.2012

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It's tempting to make fun of Hi, My Name is Jack, the melodramatic memoir of a now sober marketer for Christian ministries and publishers. The book is a soap opera, whose characters have no redeeming virtues.

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Carol Burnett's Advice To People With Alcoholic Parents

Posted 01.11.2012

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Comedy Legend Carol Burnett gives advice to children and people dealing with alcoholic parents. Do you know someone in your life who has struggled wi...

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Al Smith: A Trip From Darkness to Glory

Don McNay | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: New Orleans, Kentucky Guardianship Administrators, A Main Street Guide to Making Money, Qualified Settlement Funds, Addiction, Don McNay, The Animals, Addiction & Recovery, Wealth Without Wall Street, Al Smith, Alcoholics Anonymous, Comment on Kentucky, Wordsmith, Books News

What makes Wordsmith a fascinating book is Smith's life and the gut-wrenching honesty with which he tells the story of how he overcame self-destruction. It might be one of the best books written about overcoming the grips of alcohol addiction.

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Contemplation: Finding Ourselves, Finding God

Fr. Richard Rohr | Posted 12.30.2011

Read More: Mysticism, Catholic Church, Meditation, 12 Step Program, Alcoholics Anonymous, Emotional Sobriety, Catholic-Mysticism, Contemplation, Religion News

Contemplation is not first of all about being religious, introverted, or pious -- it is about being emotionally and mentally honest... It is the absolute opposite of addiction, consumerism or any egoic consciousness.

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The Third Step: "An Unknown God" As Higher Power

Rev. Dr. Paul Bradley | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Addiction, Drug Addiction, Religion, Alcoholics Anonymous, Addiction and Recovery, Alcoholism, Religion and Recovery, Twelve Steps, Alcoholics Anonymous Third Step, Christian Recovery, Addiction Recovery Third Step, Alcohol Recovery Step Three, Religion News

By opening ourselves to the possibility of God and then the possibility of God's help in the Third Step, we open the door to an incredible journey of personal growth and discovery.

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AA is Ruining the World

Stanton Peele | Posted 12.03.2011

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Both the British and the Danish governments are increasingly buying into the AA line that abstinence is the best and most achievable goal. Here are four reasons AA is harmful and will hurt their societies.

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Kentucky Man Accused Of Killing His Alcoholics Anonymous Sponsor

AP | Posted 11.29.2011

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COVINGTON, Ky. (Associated Press / The Huffington Post) -- A northern Kentucky man is accused of beating his Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor to death wit...

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We Came To Believe: Step Two On The Recovery Journey

Rev. Dr. Paul Bradley | Posted 10.29.2011

Read More: Adult Children of Alcoholics, Al-Anon Family Groups, Alcoholics Anonymous, Cocaine Anonymous, Religion and Recovery, Christianity, Sobriety and Christianity, Twelve Steps, Twelve Steps and Christianity, Christian Recovery, 12 Step Recovery Groups, Religion News

People in recovery joke that in sobriety they "get their brains back." God helps us not only to become sober and stay sober, but also restores us to sane and sensible thinking.

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Who Is Responsible For Amy's Death?

Stanton Peele | Posted 10.05.2011

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Although a senior London police officer has urged the media not to speculate over the cause of Amy Winehouse's death (which is very wise), almost everyone assumes it is substance related.

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Daniel Baldwin's Wife Gets 10 Days In Jail

AP | NIGEL DUARA | Posted 09.20.2011

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LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. (AP) -- A contrite former model married to actor Daniel Baldwin promised a judge on Wednesday that she would begin Alcoholics Anonym...

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Why I Pray

Jon M. Sweeney | Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: Quaker Inner Light, Why Pray?, Francis of Assisi, Teresa of Avila, Alcoholics Anonymous, Christian Mystics, Meister Eckhart, Reconstructionist Judaism, Christianity, Religion News

I'm needful. Not of a winning football team. Not of a parking space at the mall. Not, in fact, for any special favors no matter how serious. But of light -- what the Quakers perhaps best call the "inner light" that comes from God.

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The Galliano Conundrum

Abe Gurko | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: John Galliano, Galliano, Jesus Christ, Fda, Yale University, Make Love Not War, Forgiveness Is the Key, Galliano Debacle, Quaalude, Alcoholics Anonymous, Ambien, Bill W, Manzie, Style News

When the Galliano Debacle first happened, I was quick NOT to judge the man while he was drowning in his addictions and subsequent sorrows. After all, ...

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Today in History: June 10

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 08.10.2011

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There's no denying it: the digital age is unforgivingly fast-paced. But how can we move forward if we never take a moment to reflect on where we've...

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Sobriety Doesn't Deserve Stigma

Howard Meitiner | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: Addiction Treatment, Drug Addiction, Addiction & Recovery, Addiction, Alcohol Addiction, Substance Abuse, Alcoholics Anonymous, Substance Abuse Treatment, Sobriety, Addiction Stigma, Alcoholism Stigma, Sobriety Stigma, Healthy Living News

Of the millions of people in recovery, few talk about it. The brave individuals who do speak up about their recovery journeys are taking important steps to remove this stigma.

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