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Jenna got her 6-month sobriety chip at yesterday’s AA meeting. Now it’s Friday night, and she is out to dinner with friends. One of them just ordered a nonalcoholic beer. Jenna wonders if she could order one too. Would that break her commitment to sobriety? It’s not alcohol, so it would be ok, right? Jenna ….
Read more ›One of the most debilitating aspects of alcohol addiction lies in a person’s inability to choose NOT TO drink. After past humiliations and devastating consequences, the urge to drink still wins out over a person’s will to abstain. This loss of control over one’s actions doesn’t just go away, even after successfully completing detox treatment. ….
Read more ›For many in recovery, overcoming alcohol addiction turns out to be harder than expected. Even after drinking stops, cravings for alcohol can persist for months or even years thereafter. When there’s no recovery plan in place, these conditions leave a person at ongoing risk for relapse. As elusive as cravings may seem, they actually result ….
Read more ›The 12 Steps of AA provide those in recovery with an action plan for building an alcohol-free life. The AA Promises list the benefits a person will see along the way. In other words, AA Promises are “promises” the program makes to anyone who makes an honest effort at working the steps. As foreign as ….
Read more ›Maintaining a sober existence means incorporating certain key practices within your everyday dealings with others and with self. The 12 Steps of AA provide a ready-made plan that can help you overcome addiction’s effects in your daily life. Here are 12 ways the 12 Steps of AA can help you stay sober on a day-to-day ….
Read more ›While addiction may well be classified as a chronic medical condition, the recovery process has as much to do with healing the mind and spirit as it does healing the body. People going through recovery experience change in every aspect of their lives to the point where a total personality change gradually takes place. The ….
Read more ›Someone who’s made multiple attempts to stop drinking well knows how overwhelming the urge to drink can be. Before long, it’s not uncommon for feelings of helplessness and hopelessness to build with each failed attempt. The effects of alcohol addiction don’t happen overnight, but rather evolve over months or years of excess drinking. In like ….
Read more ›Alcohol use disorder (AUD) affects approximately 16.3 million adults in America. Over 600,000 adolescents have been identified as drinking to excess. Further, over 88,000 deaths globally have contributed directly to alcohol abuse. The statistics are clear. Alcohol is a problem for many. In the 1930’s one man ventured unwittingly upon a desperate quest to stop ….
Read more ›In the cover of darkness, alcoholics face loneliness like few others. With racing minds and thoughts that linger on troubles conceived in drunkenness, lost souls cry out for help. Two o’clock in the morning is not generally the time for an intake appointment at a rehabilitation facility. It is, however, the time when desperate calls ….
Read more ›Often, patients are introduced to the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous during residential inpatient treatment. As a part of the overall program designed to jump start recovery, patients are required to attend meetings. Research shows that alcoholics or addicts who attend meetings experience recovery rates approximately two times as effective as those who do not ….
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