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How Recovering Alcoholics Cope With Pressures In Life

admin — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:29:58 +0000

Recently I attended an AA meeting where the topic was living life on life’s terms. Recovering alcoholics have to learn how to cope with the day in and day out pressures in life. Just because someone decides to quit drinking doesn’t mean that things are going to be alright in their life. You know the [...] Related posts:

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How A Recovering Alcoholic Stays Sober

admin — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 19:09:40 +0000

If you have ever been to an AA meeting, you may recognize some of the things I am going to share in relation to how an alcoholic in recovery stays sober. Success for the recovering alcoholic pivots upon them developing a reverential fear of alcohol.

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The First of Various Stages of Alcoholism

admin — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 23:47:50 +0000

People who drink too much had to go through various stages to get to where they are. No one who is having a battle with alcoholism wanted to become addicted to the substance. Not only are there different stages of the disease, but we see varying descriptions of people who drink too much as well.

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Recovering Alcoholic Relapsing

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:42:06 +0000

When an alcoholic gets sober what are the chances of them relapsing? It’s said in AA meetings that if someone who has a drinking problem, quits and decides to drink again, they will go right back to where they started. The testimonies of hundreds of thousands of alcoholics can attest to this truth.

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Ways Recovering Alcoholics Deal With Stress

admin — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 02:06:51 +0000

There are many things that AA teaches recovering alcoholics that help keep them sober. The tools of the program are designed to help them/us deal with daily stress so that a drink will be avoided at all costs. Alcoholics Anonymous was designed to help people stay away from a drink: “one day at a time.”

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Personality Attributes of a Problem Drinker

admin — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:40:16 +0000

We find commonalities in the personality attributes of people who are alcoholics. A problem drinker may not demonstrate all of these characteristics, but some of them will be present in someone who drinks alcohol on a regular basis. I would consider anyone who drinks every week to get drunk to fall into the category of [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Movie About the Wife of the Alcoholic’s Anonymous Founder

admin — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:23:00 +0000

Have you heard that there’s a movie out about the wife of Bill Wilson, the founder of the Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) program. As the story goes her husband suffered from the grips of alcoholism for seventeen years before be got free from it. If you know anything about the program of AA, Bill probably had [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

The Truth About the Al-anon Movie When Love is Not Enough

admin — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:15:59 +0000

Lois Wilson the wife of the founder of Alcoholic’s Anonymous, Bill Wilson, tells the truth of her story in the movie “When Love is Not Enough.” These two amazing people had a unique partnership and vision to see people, who’s lives were being effected by the disease of alcoholism, overcome their daily struggles.

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Alcoholics Anonymous Helped Me Get Sober and Find God

admin — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:49:05 +0000

I was thirty five years old when I attended my first meeting in AA. The night before I had gotten into a horrible fight with a man who was three times my size. Needless to say, I got pounded to bits by this monster. It was that experience that caused me to awaken to the [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Placing Your Face Where Your Butt Belongs

admin — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:04:51 +0000

The rooms spinning and the toilet is calling your name. Yes, your drunk and isn’t this the wonderful life? Yeah, life is so great that in just moments your face is going to be planted right where your butt belongs. The cool chill of the seat will son be your comforting friend.

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