Posts Tagged ‘alcohol addiction’
Woodside area residents leery of proposed drug and alcohol rehab center
Some residents of Kings Mountain in unincorporated Woodside are wary of a proposal to turn a meditation center into a drug and alcohol recovery facility. More than a dozen people attended a San Mateo County Planning Commission hearing last month to … Read more on San Jose Mercury News
Honolulu Alcohol Rehab Announces New Therapy Available for Adolescents …
Honolulu, HI (PRWEB) November 26, 2013. A Honolulu alcohol rehab center is announcing that new therapeutic programs are now available for adolescents battling binge drinking problems at Alcohol Addiction Treatment Centers. A 2012 study released by … Read more on Virtual-Strategy Magazine (press release)
Question by Tom: I have a love/hate relationship with alcoholics anonymous. Anyone else feel this way?
I like the fact that its a place where I can meet others that understand and support, but that’s about it. As far as almost everything within the big book and most of the steps, i think their bunk and cult-like. Does anyone else feel this way?
Best answer:
Answer by raysny
Sure do, except for the love part.
I bounced in and out of the rooms for years, never able to stop drinking for more than a few months at a time. I had to turn my back on AA and take responsibility for my alcoholism and my recovery. I had to unlearn the powerless nonsense, forget that I’m supposed to have a lifelong disease that I can never recover from.
I never received any support from members because I’m an atheist. They loudly predicted that I would die drunk in a gutter for refusing to find their God. Don’t believe their claims that your “Higher Power” can be anything you want, by their definition, their Higher Power is a pretty specific god, and one that is not entirely compatible with the Christian God or the God of any mainstream religion that I’m aware of.
I felt that if I could get help for the depression that fueled my drinking, I’d be able to stay stopped, but for years I couldn’t find anyone who would help unless I had a chunk of sober time through AA. So I’d try, I’d go to AA, get treated like dirt while my clinical depression merged with the chemical depression of early sobriety and I’d be suicidal.
Next month will be 11 years sober for me. I co-own the Yahoo group “without_aa”:
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/without_aa/
which is about deprogramming from AA, alternatives, and the general weirdness of the rooms.
AA does NOT improve on the rate of natural remission, people quitting on their own. The vast majority of people quit without ANY type of treatment.
The NIAAA’s 2001–2002 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions interviewed over 43,000 people. Using the criteria for alcohol dependence found in the DSM-IV, they found:
“About 75 percent of persons who recover from alcohol dependence do so without seeking any kind of help, including specialty alcohol (rehab) programs and AA. Only 13 percent of people with alcohol dependence ever receive specialty alcohol treatment.”
http://www.spectrum.niaaa.nih.gov/features/alcoholism.aspx
Anyone having doubts about AA should do some poking around at this site:
The Orange Papers
http://www.orange-papers.org/
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Ohio State sober tailgate provides 'college experience' for recovery group
The group has grown to 33 students who are in active recovery from drug or alcohol addiction. “We just want to provide a place for students in recovery to thrive academically and personally,” she said. The group holds meetings weekly to discuss … Read more on OSU – The Lantern
Recovery Group Holds Alcohol-Free Tailgate
People chose chili over the keg cups normally seen at Husker Tailgates. For clients with the recovery center, it was a way to take in the games hard hitting action and stay clean of harmful substances. "It just shows you can have fun without drugs and … Read more on 1011now
Former Sewickley woman returns to shed light on addiction
“For example, one gift will help provide transportation to someone in Narok or Kisumu, Kenya, to get to a recovery support group meeting,” she said. Webb said she and her late husband, Jack, to whom she was married for 58 years, are parents of three … Read more on Tribune-Review
Addiction Treatment
El Paso Treatment Center Announces Adult, Adolescent Programs to Tackle …
An El Paso treatment center is announcing that new adult and adolescent programs aimed at tackling substance abuse issues, mainly drugs and alcohol, are now available for people living in El Paso, Socorro, Horizon City, Fabens, San Elizario and … Read more on PR Web (press release)
Honolulu Alcohol Rehab Announces New Therapy Available for Adolescents …
A Honolulu alcohol rehab center is announcing that new therapeutic programs are now available for adolescents battling binge drinking problems at Alcohol Addiction Treatment Centers. A 2012 study released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human … Read more on PR Web (press release)
Treating Alcohol Dependence: Medication Plus Therapy Leads to Longer …
However, in countries such as Germany and the U.S., medication and individual psychotherapy — either separately or in combination — are rarely used to treat alcohol dependence (AD). A recent study of AD patients who were given a stepped-care approach … Read more on Science Daily (press release)
ABC news anchor Elizabeth Vargas thanks fans after leaving rehab following …
She only revealed she was in rehab for alcohol addiction few weeks ago but Elizabeth Vargas is already home. The ABC 20/20 co-anchor, who has been off the air since October, took to her Twitter account on Tuesday to thank fans for their support as she … Read more on Daily Mail
Riverside Alcohol Rehab Announces New Program Supporting Adults …
A Riverside alcohol rehab center is announcing that a new program aimed toward adults and adolescents focuses on new ways to reduce alcohol use as part of Alcohol Addiction Treatment Centers' programs. This new program includes updated therapeutic … Read more on PR Web (press release)
Question by kat: Can a person who was a cocaine addict drink alcohol occasionally after rehab?
My husband is getting out of a 6 month drug rehab program on Friday. I want to know if it is ok to allow him to drink alcohol or not. Alcohol was never a problem foe him, cocaine was his only addiction. I do not drink very often. I will maybe have 1 or 2 drinks every couple of months. I just wanted to know if I should ban all alcohol from our home? I just need some guidance on this one. Serious, helpful answers please.
Best answer:
Answer by the_only_solorose
the risk that he could trade one addiction for another is pretty high. To be on the safe side, I would remove all alcohol from the house.
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Utah teen organizes project to give addiction recovery patients Christmas gifts
HERRIMAN — Colby Beard, 16, hopes to provide Christmas for more than 100 people who are recovering from drug and alcohol addiction. It's Beard's Eagle Scout Service Project and there's a personal meaning behind it. In December, Beard plans to set up … Read more on ksl.com
Addiction, Recovery & Taking Back Control of Our Lives
Dexter's battle is a clear parallel to a drug addict who gradually loses all sense of self to the Disease of Addiction. The key distinction is that Dexter only kills bad people. “Everything that kills me makes me feel alive.” – One Republic “Counting … Read more on Bangor Daily News
Quest Recovery starts residential treatment program for teenage girls
"We have had an adolescent male-treatment facility for quite some time," said Keith Hochadel, chief operating officer for Quest Recovery & Prevention Services. "Our referral sources have asked us if we would like to do the same thing for adolescent girls. Read more on Canton Repository
Addiction recovery groups to host free film Wednesday in Brewer
Linda Coan O'Kresik. Bruce Campbell, clinical director of Wellspring, beats on a bucket during a drumming circle to introduce the Bangor Area Recovery Network's fifth annual summit on addiction recovery last year. Buy Photo. By Nok-Noi Ricker, BDN Staff. Read more on Bangor Daily News