Excerpt: Jane Velez-Mitchell's new book,

Excerpt: Jane Velez-Mitchell's new book, "iWant" - CNN.com

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This is the story of my ch . . . ch . . . changes, which took me from insanity to clarity, from egocentricity to altruism, from alcoholism to activism. These changes have marked an evolution in what I want from this life.

Alcohol Self-Help News

Alcohol Self-Help News


these products can be addictive and we are taking action to tackle this risk

Alcohol Self-Help News

Alcohol Self-Help News

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FASDs are 100% preventable if a woman doesn’t drink alcohol while she is pregnant.

Learn more about the cause, signs, and treatments and what you can do if you think your child might have an FASD.

Longer AA Attendance Predicts Change

Longer AA Attendance Predicts Change

Alcohol Risk Factors Differ for Men and Women

Alcohol Risk Factors Differ for Men and Women

Women and men appear to have different genetic and environmental risk factors for alcoholism,

Characteristics of Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA’s)

Characteristics of Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOAs)

ACOA’s maintain control of their feelings, their behavior, and try to control the feelings and behavior of others.

Problem Gambling?

Problem Gambling?

Problem gambling can be an addiction which causes disruptions in any major area of life: psychological, physical, social or vocational.

AA’s Relapse Prevention

AA’s Relapse Prevention

Relapse prevention the Alcoholics Anonymous way is proactive action.

One form of these strategies is The AA Six Pack, which says;

• Don’t Drink
• Go to meetings
• Ask for help
• Get a sponsor
• Join a home group
• Get active (in the program)

Alcohol Abuse or Alcoholism?

Alcohol Abuse or Alcoholism?

Vaillant showed that “multiple alcohol-related problems result not from ingesting large amounts of alcohol but from being unable consistently to control when, where, and how much alcohol is consumed.”

A.B.C. of Recovery from Alcoholism

A.B.C. of Recovery from Alcoholism

Our description of the alcoholic, the chapter to the agnostic, and our personal adventures before and after make clear three pertinent ideas:

9 Steps to Humility

9 Steps to Humility

The Power of Humility

Recovery, for me, was not just getting sober. Recovery also involved finding a new spiritual philosophy.

A problem shared is a problem halved « Alcohol Self-Help News

A problem shared is a problem halved « Alcohol Self-Help News

Why does putting our feelings into words — talking with a therapist or friend, writing in a journal — help us to feel better” A new brain imaging study by UCLA psychologists reveals why verbalizing our feelings makes our sadness, anger and pain less intense.

Lesbians, Alcoholism & Depression

Lesbians, Alcoholism & Depression

The Co-Occurrence of Depression and Alcohol Dependence Symptoms in a Community Sample of Lesbians

15 Year old Alcoholic in AA

15 Year old Alcoholic in AA

My Name is Diane and I’m a 15 year old Alcoholic in AA

When I first came to Alcoholics Anonymous I couldn’t have been an alcoholic. It was impossible at the age of 14!

Binge Drinking & Brain Damage

Binge Drinking & Brain Damage

Binge drinkers have a higher risk of alcohol-related injury than chronic, heavy drinkers, the Health Behavior News Service reported Feb. 22.

Binge-drinking women who otherwise drink in moderation had seven times the risk of injury as nondrinkers, while binge-drinking men increased their injury risk sixfold.

Abstinence Solves Thinking Problems

Abstinence Solves Thinking Problems

A study of alcoholics who have abstained from drinking for between six months and 13 years concludes that sobriety can counteract most of the brain and thinking damage caused by heavy drinking,

A Modest Proposal: ?12 Rights For New-Comers To AA/12 Step? « Stinkin Thinkin

A Modest Proposal: 12 Rights For New-Comers To AA/12-Step” are merely suggestions, and should not be considered the province of ‘new-comers’ only.

Alcohol Dependency, Alcohol Addiction Treatment & Recovery: Abbeycare Foundation

Alcohol Dependency, Alcohol Addiction Treatment & Recovery: Abbeycare Foundation

Abbeycare Foundation
A Dedicated Alcohol Treatment Clinic for Alcohol Detox & Alcohol Rehab

Abbeycare Foundation is the only alcohol specific private treatment centre in the United Kingdom. The staff team at Abbeycare, are a solid group of qualified and experienced professionals, many of whom are in recovery themselves and have been through the process of alcohol treatment/rehabilitation. In focusing and specializing in alcohol misuse we have a very high success rate in alcohol recovery outcomes.

We provide you with a safe and positive environment where any client suffering the effects of problem drinking or alcoholism can take the opportunity to explore and identify the changes they will require to make to enable recovery from alcohol abuse.

Ruben Guthrie. The hilarious life of a recovering alcoholic | The National Business Review - New Zealand - business, markets, finance, politics, property, technology and more

Ruben Guthrie. The hilarious life of a recovering alcoholic

It tells the very moral or slightly immoral story of Ruben Guthrie, a hot shot ad man who decides to come off the booze and we witness his dealing with a life of sobriety and his subsequent taking to the bottle again with disastrous consequences.

'Drink and drugs left me emotionally bankrupt and killed three of my friends', reveals Trinny Woodall | Mail Online

'Drink and drugs left me emotionally bankrupt and killed three of my friends', reveals Trinny Woodall | Mail Online