Tag: recovery
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Sober Living
Read more: Sober LivingA profile of an upscale, gay sober living house in the NYT: Avoiding the Undertow of Temptation. “A critically important component of recovery for people is a sense of community, not isolation,” said Robert J. Lindsey, president and chief executive of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. In sober share houses, the people…
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L.A. Rehab Blog
Read more: L.A. Rehab BlogWhat goes on at an L.A. rehab? One way to get a sense of it, read the rehab’s blog. No such thing? Not so: Here’s one from Beit T’Shuvah. (If you find others, please let me know.)
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Workaholism and Chronic Pain
Read more: Workaholism and Chronic PainTake a look at the Workaholics Anonymous Brief Guide (pdf). In addition to the 12-steps (pretty much the same as A.A.’s, with “work” replacing “alcohol”) and a quiz (“How Do I Know if I’m a Workaholic?”), there’s Tools of Recovery list. What’s especially striking about them to this reader is how completely they sync up…
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12-Step Meetings in Los Angeles
Read more: 12-Step Meetings in Los AngelesBuilding a list of 12-step groups, with websites and phone numbers, on the resources page. Another bigger–but possibly outdated–list is here. See something crucial missing? Please let me know. Here, in the meantime, are the biggies: Alcoholics Anonymous: (323) 936-4343 www.lacoaa.org Cocaine Anonymous: (310) 216-4444 www.ca4la.org Narcotics Anonymous: (818) 773-9999 www.todayna.org Al-Anon: (818) 760-7122 www.alanonla.org…
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Substance-Assisted Spiritual Awakening?
Read more: Substance-Assisted Spiritual Awakening?A piece of Bill W’s story that didn’t make the Big Book, reported by the New York Times: Were Bill Wilson’s spiritual awakening and influential sobriety the products of a belladonna hallucination shortly after his discussions with his friend Ebby Thacher? Could they have been incited by his alcohol withdrawal symptoms? Or did something else…