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You Say You Believe In God: What Are You Willing To Do About It?

Lorraine Roe | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Intuition, Miracles, Higher Power, Alcoholics Anonymous, God, Synchronicity, Religion, Faith, Living News
Lorraine Roe

Ask God to show him or herself by allowing the divine to perform acts of random kindness in your own life. Don't take someone else's word for it. Get proof.

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AA: The Magic Of Bill Wilson

Jeff Witzeman | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Religion, Recovery, Depression, 12 Steps, Twelve Steps, Ego, Addiction, Bill Wilson, Psychology, Aa, Withdrawal, Addiction & Recovery, Carl Jung, Alcoholics Anonymous, Faith, Spirituality, Living News
Jeff Witzeman

Many know Bill Wilson as the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, but few realize his brilliance as it relates to healing the human condition, alcoholic or not.

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Gunmen Open Fire On AA Meeting In Mexico, Killing 1

AP | E. EDUARDO CASTILLO | Posted 11.10.2009 | Home

Read More: Drug Trafficking, Drug Trade, Chihuahua City, Cartels, Illegal Drugs, Mexico Violence, Mexico, Aa, Sinaloa, Drugs, Chihuahua, Esparza, Border, Ciudad Juarez, Alcoholics Anonymous, Rehabilitation Clinics, Juarez, Drug Rehab, Home News

MEXICO CITY -- Gunmen burst into an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting and opened fire in a violence-plagued Mexican border state, killing one person and wo...

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The Addict's Recovery Process - Steps In Rebuilding TRUST

Carole Bennett | Posted 11.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Addiction, Drug Addiction, Addiction & Recovery, Alcoholics Anonymous, Alcoholism, Living News
Carole Bennett

An enormous part of your loved one's recovery process and progress is built around them starting to pull themselves up by their own boot straps.

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Al-Anon 12-Step Recovery Program: Love It Or Leave It

Carole Bennett | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Recovery, Alcoholism, Alcohol, 12-Steps, Addiction, Alcoholics Anonymous, Addiction & Recovery, Drugs, Substance Abuse, Al-Anon, Living News
Carole Bennett

As a professional family substance abuse counselor, I encourage my clients to attend Al-anon and find out if it is something they wish to incorporate in their recovery. Some swear by it, others are shunned.

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Drinkers Don't Know Alcohol Affects Their Sleep, Study Says

BBC NEWS | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Alcoholic, Insomnia, Addiction, Sleep Problems, Alcoholics Anonymous, Sleep Deprivation, Sleep, Living News

Many people do not realise drinking alcohol can disturb a good night's sleep by interfering with the brain, a government-funded poll suggests. Almost...

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Sad? Angry? Happy? Alcoholics May Not Know What Your Face Is Saying

latimes.com | Melissa Healy | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Facial Cues, Recovery, Alcoholic Brain, Brain, Relationships, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Alcoholic, Addiction, Alcoholics Anonymous, Addiction & Recovery, Living News

Of the many things that long-term alcohol addiction can steal -- careers, lives, health, memory -- one of its most heartbreaking tolls is on relations...

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Gay & Lesbian Manners: To Drink or Not to Drink with Your Alcoholic, Lesbian Sister?

Steven Petrow | Posted 11.03.2009 | Style

Read More: Food Allergies, LGBT Issues, Lesbian, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Gays and Lesbians, Etiquette, Lesbians, Gay, Alcoholics Anonymous, LGBT Families, Gay Issues, Manners, Addiction & Recovery, Style News
Steven Petrow

Since your sister is only recently sober, she no doubt feels especially vulnerable to relapse. In this light, you may want to abide by her request until more time has passed.

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Battling Addiction: Are 12 Steps Too Many?

TIME | John Cloud Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009 | Posted 02.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Alcoholics Anonymous, Addiction, 12 Steps, Twelve Steps, Aa, Rehab, Addiction & Recovery, Living News

January is a big month for winter sports and post-Christmas sales. It's also -- as people who treat substance abuse know -- a big month for drinkers w...

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Progressives War over Drug Czar

Stanton Peele | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama's Cabinet, Ramstad, Health, Ramstad Drug Czar, Addiction, Aa, Alcoholics Anonymous, Addiction as Disease, Drug Czar, Twelve Steps Program, Drug Policy Reform, Politics News
Stanton Peele

The idea of treating substance abusers as disease sufferers is tremendously appealing. But, like other disagreements steeped in divergent bedrock values, there's no getting around this one.

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Exclusive: New York Times Reporter Benoit Denizet-Lewis Talks Addiction, Recovery, Drug Policy, Obama and America Anonymous

Rachel Kramer Bussel | Posted 02.02.2009 | Media

Read More: America Anonymous, Recovery, Twelve Steps, Sex Addiction, Benoit Denizet-Lewis, Alcoholism, Addiction, New York Times, Addict, Aa, Drug Policy, Alcoholics Anonymous, Barack Obama, Health, Media News
Rachel Kramer Bussel

In his new book American Anonymous, Denizet-Lewis gets into the heart of addictions across the country, roads to recovery, detailing the heights of abuse, including health problems, and lost jobs and families.

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John Daly, Wall Street Bailout and Bottoming Out

Don McNay | Posted 12.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Golf, Wall Street Bailout, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Pga, Stock Market, Hooters, Addiction, Financial Crisis, John Daly, Alcoholics Anonymous, Personal Finance, Business News
Don McNay

The quicker Wall Street bottomed out, the quicker we could have started the recovery. Instead, we enabled it to the tune of $700 billion.

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When Did Being Drunk Become a Badge of Honor?

Felicia C. Sullivan | Posted 07.16.2008 | Living

Read More: Binge Drinking, Alcoholics Anonymous, Health, Detox, Alcoholism, Sobriety, Living News
Felicia C. Sullivan

Is it normal to openly lament if one doesn't drink for one solitary week? Do we find ourselves saying we need that glass of wine, rather than simply enjoying and savoring it?

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The Great Evangelical Decline

Christine Wicker | Posted 06.11.2008 | Living

Read More: Evangelical, Alcoholics Anonymous, Religious Right Republican Party, Southern Baptists, Southern Baptist Convention, 12-Steps, God, Living News
Christine Wicker

Evangelical leaders defend their stance by claiming that God doesn't change and that neither does sin. But sin does change. And God - or our understanding of what God is, which is all we actually have - changes, too.

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Fattening Up Fashion Models

Russ Wellen | Posted 05.02.2008 | Living

Read More: Marya Hornbacher, Project Runway, Fashion Industry, Homosexual, Food Disorders, European Union, Aa, Support Groups, Gay, Body Mass Index, Fashion Week, France, Models, Paris Runways, Thinness, Anorexia, Spiritual, Bill Wilson, Alcoholics Anonymous, Bulimia, Gblmt, Wasted, Living News
Russ Wellen

Is legislation the answer to ending anorexia in the fashion world? Europe has begun to recoil from an industry that sees "hunger to succeed" as literal.

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2008, One Day At A Time

Rachel Kramer Bussel | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Alcoholics Anonymous, One Day at a Time, The Balanced Life, Alcoholism, Living News
Rachel Kramer Bussel

Editor's Note: Dr. Mona Ackerman is on vacation. Her weekly column will return next Thursday. When I was growing up, One Day at a Time was a TV show;...

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