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The 12 Steps are the foundation of A.A.'s program of recovery, and five of those steps are based on God. Since A.A. describes itself as a spiritual Fellowship, many new to A.A. are confused as to why a Christian God lies at the center of the 12 Steps, and may mistakenly assume that believing in God is required to participate in A.A. and recover from alcoholism. In Design For Living-Daily Meditations on the 12 Steps of A.A. for Atheists & Agnostics,...
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"Peggi, you are done, and you will be okay."
These are the words I heard in my heart as I fell to my knees in my bedroom on July 12, 2019, committed to declaring for the last time "This is the first day of my alcohol-free life."
One day prior, a drinking incident following a family reunion was the final straw for my husband and daughter. My husband walked away from the mess that was our marriage due to my drinking. This was followed in rapid sequence...
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Si tienes este libro en tus manos es porque has oído hablar de mindfulness y tienes curiosidad e inquietud por conocer más. ¿Quieres saber cómo se practica? Xud Zubieta te explica paso a paso cómo preparar el lugar donde lo harás, a estar en la postura adecuada y te guía para frenar el cuerpo y calmar la mente. ¿Quieres saber lo que esta herramienta puede hacer por ti? Descúbrelo tú mismo al integrar esta práctica a tu vida cotidiana.
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In the mid-eighties, Dada County, Florida established the first drug court in the US. Once it proved it's worth, other municipalities followed. In 1998, Rockland County, NY established a Misdemeanor Drug Court. As a local judge I was opposed to the concept. Two years after it was created I asked if I could preside not really knowing if it actually worked. A few months later I knew it did work. Over the twelve years, as both a Misdemeanor and Felony...
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The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous is the cornerstone of the A.A. recovery program. Published in 1939, it reflects the religious, Christian roots of its founders, and strongly encourages those in the Fellowship to find God. Although A.A. does not consider itself a religious Fellowship, their emphasis on God as the required Higher Power discourages many suffering alcoholics from joining A.A. Do not be discouraged. Anyone, including atheists, agnostics,...
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Practice These Principles-Daily Meditations on the 12 Step Principles of A.A. is a 365 daily meditation book based on the various principles of the 12 Steps of A.A. The foundation for recovery in Alcoholics Anonymous rests on the power of the Fellowship, the Big Book and the 12 Step program. Each of the twelve steps suggests one or more moral principles, such as Honesty, Hope, Faith, Courage, Truth, Willingness, Humility, Forgiveness, Responsibility,...
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I am Bob, an 85 year old alcoholic. This is my story, but in this story is much of the story of every alcoholic, his or her story, their obstacles, their answers, their failures. Herein lies many of the secrets of a road less traveled. A narrow road toward freedom from alcoholism.
The word alcoholism defines me well, yet I am 35 years without any alcohol in my system, this condition is, as you may be aware, is known as alcoholism. Alcoholism, as...
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Freedom From Bondage-One Day At A Time In A.A. is a personal journey in recovery through a series of reflections on Alcoholism and Addiction, The Alcoholic Mind, A.A. and the Program of Recovery, A.A. and God, the Meaning of a Spiritual Life, the Big Book stories and the Twelve Steps, Traditions & Concepts. We alcoholics have a common problem with a common solution to recover from a hopeless state of mind and body through the Twelve Step program and...
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The book breaks all the rules about treating alcoholism. It's not just about the stereotypical alcoholic but for the invisible majority, the middle class drinkers, the people who are in control of their lives but with one significant exception that they have already concluded that their use of alcohol is excessive. These are the silent majority the 'Sophisticated Alcoholics'. Nobody really knows how many there are but there is a suspicion that the...
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“Grace and Mercy” is a story which both personifies and exemplifies exactly what the word insanity means-an act or action of continuously repeating a nonproductive action over and over, again and again, expecting a productive result or outcome. As our story opens, we discover a young male child in the early stage of adolescence who succumbs to peer pressure and starts to experiment with mind-and mood-altering substances. As his story progresses,...
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Scared to quit drinking? Learn a new mindset that could change your life forever.You know you need to quit. Maybe you've woken up with one too many hangovers or you're afraid your children will follow in your footsteps. If you want to quit drinking for good but you don't know where to start, then How to Stop Drinking Alcohol is the book for you.Author and podcaster Kevin O'Hara has developed a great new way to think about stopping your drinking habit....
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OVER 35 COLLEGE students die each week from alcohol related incidents and a military warrior commits suicide every 36 hours - National Institutes of Health and Department of Defense. Reading the above heart breaking statistics was my primary motivation for writing this book. For 30 years I have worked as a true creature of the night, one whose calling is to walk through the horrifying real-life nightmares of others. I am an Emergency Medical Technician...
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Chemical dependency and its denial aspects are the heart and soul of one of, if not the greatest, horrific problems in our society, yesterday, today and probably many tomorrows to come!
How do we deal with it? Well, the most popular world known strategies would be through the following:
AA (Alcoholics Anonymous)
NA (Narcotics Anonymous)
And even GA (Gambling Anonymous)
The disease is incurable but arrestable using the aforementioned twelve-step...
94) All That J.A.Z
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All That J. A. Z. chronicles the last three-and-a-half years of John Allen Zaupa's life as he struggled with addiction and the impact of cirrhosis of the liver. Through his wife's eyes, we witness the deterioration of a good marriage and eventual loss of health and well-being. The focus of the drama is Cheri's handling of the crisis and John's eventual demise. It heralds the beautiful, trusting relationship that Cheri and John had until the damaging...
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Belief in God is clearly the preferred road to sobriety in A.A., despite a few Big Book disclaimers to the contrary. A.A.'s God doctrine often creates problems for non-Christians, atheists, agnostics and humanists, and has been critically addressed in my two other books: Daily Reprieve: A.A. for Atheists & Agnostics and Design For Living: Daily Meditations on the 12 Steps of A.A. for Atheists & Agnostics. Gods of Our Misunderstanding In A.A. - not...
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A través del tiempo, observé que uno de los eslabones que faltaba en los pacientes y familiares de adictos en recuperación es la información. Y entonces, decidí hacer este libro que atraviesa lecturas sociológicas y antropológicas, ya que el factor de cómo la humanidad enfrenta desafíos desde su nacimiento, pasando por la Edad Media, la Edad Moderna hasta llegar a la Posmodernidad, coloca al ser humano y a un cerebro adicto como resultante...
97) Culpas
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Culpas es un libro que muestra como el abuso incontrolable del alcohol puede causar tanto mal. En este libro la escritora presenta una sintesis de uno de los muchos accidentes causados por la persona que es alcoholica, y no puede controlarse. Laura Lavayen trata con este libro presentar un caso ficticio pero muy real. Algo que vemos u oimos muy a menudo. Y no fue dificil crear los personajes. No es dificil imaginar algo que hemos visto u oido muchas...
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Grant me the serenity to accept the things I can't change, The courage to change the things I can, And the wisdom to know the difference. Maybe you've just started on the road to recovering from addiction. Or you've tried to stop abusing alcohol or drugs before, but haven't been successful. Perhaps you're making progress in a support group or 12-step program, but want to add an approach grounded in science. No matter how far you've come, how far you...
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You have likely heard one or more of the following statements:
• Drinking coffee sobers a person up.
• Alcoholism is not a disease. Cancer is a disease. Alcoholism is a choice - put down the bottle!
• Letting your teen drink at home teaches them how to drink safely.
• An employee's alcohol use is none of a company's business.
• "Forgetting" what happened while drinking is just a convenient way of pretending you don't remember the...
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My name is KC and I am an alcoholic. I spoke those words over 30 years ago for the first time. I meant them then and I mean them now, though I haven't had a drink since I spoke them. Alcoholism is a disease and its causes are many. But it can be arrested if the alcoholic wants it to be. I did. I didn't take my first drink because it tasted good. I took it alone. I wasn't trying to impress anyone. I drank to escape a life I thought that I couldn't...
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