tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67768892024-03-08T12:57:20.877-08:00Recovery NotesWhat we thought was a flimsy reed, revealed itself as the Mighty hand of GODUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776889.post-15786973053261785642010-06-13T18:50:00.000-07:002010-06-13T18:50:10.506-07:00An Unofficial Guide to the Twelve Steps, Edited by Dr. Paul O.<a href="http://www.silkworth.net/literature/unofficial12stepguide.html">An Unofficial Guide to the Twelve Steps, Edited by Dr. Paul O.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776889.post-23391309124617539302010-05-18T02:45:00.000-07:002010-05-18T02:45:22.745-07:00VONR ~ Voices of Nicotine Recovery<a href="http://www.freewebtown.com/vonr/shares.html">VONR ~ Voices of Nicotine Recovery</a><br />The Speaker TapesUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776889.post-7707349147928452882010-05-18T02:44:00.000-07:002010-05-18T02:44:34.583-07:00Nicotine Anonymous Links<a href="http://www.nica-norcal.org/links.html">Nicotine Anonymous Links</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776889.post-82590728393324334592009-08-27T04:04:00.000-07:002009-08-27T04:04:15.848-07:00RecoveryAudio Podcast & Step/Tradition Workshopscroll down for Workshop<a href="http://recoveryaudio.podomatic.com/">Recovery Audio Podcast</a> Speaker 'tapes'Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776889.post-87762137844162050542009-08-26T14:14:00.000-07:002009-08-26T14:14:42.509-07:00Alcoholics Anonymous Chat Rooms, Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings<a href="http://www.recovery-world.com/Alcoholics-Anonymous-Chat-Rooms-10.html">Alcoholics Anonymous Chat Rooms, Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776889.post-59806459940212632132009-08-26T09:47:00.000-07:002009-08-26T09:47:27.490-07:00Roger Ebert's Journal: Archives<a href="http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/08/my_name_is_roger_and_im_an_alc.html">Roger Ebert's Journal: Archives</a>: "My Name is Roger, and I'm an alcoholic<br />By Roger Ebert�on August 25, 2009 7:37 AM | Permalink | Comments (374)<br />In August 1979, I took my last drink. It was about four o'clock on a Saturday afternoon, the hot sun streaming through the windows of my little carriage house on Dickens. I put a glass of scotch and soda down on the living room table, went to bed, and pulled the blankets over my head. I couldn't take it any more.<br /><br />On Monday I went to visit"Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776889.post-29672141588390302952009-08-03T22:48:00.000-07:002009-08-03T22:48:24.212-07:00Recovery Radio Live | Your On Air 12 Step Meeting<a href="http://www.recoveryradiolive.com/">Recovery Radio Live | Your On Air 12 Step Meeting</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776889.post-22088972231511380072009-06-09T10:25:00.000-07:002009-06-09T10:25:37.816-07:00Tough_Guise_-_Violence_Media_and_the_Crisis_in_Masculinity.avi<a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9632437500432634">Tough_Guise_-_Violence_Media_and_the_Crisis_in_Masculinity.avi</a><br /><br /><embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-9632437500432634&hl=en&fs=true" style="width:400px;height:326px" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> </embed>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776889.post-78269357474019809522009-06-09T10:21:00.000-07:002009-06-09T10:21:31.624-07:00HISTORY BEHIND THE 3RD TRADITION - gr8fuldaniel@gmail.comHISTORY BEHIND THE 3RD TRADITION<br /><br /><br />Here is the story about Irma Livoni. Each year around this time I try<br />to tell this true story about what happened not just on Dec. 7th, 1941<br />(Pearl Harbor Day) but what happened to one of the few women who was<br />in AA at that time and about a letter she received in the mail on<br />Monday Dec. 8th, which virtually kicked her out of AA.<br /><br />In Dec. of 1984, I had been sober for 2 1/2 years, and working with my<br />sponsors Bob and Sybil Corwin since Jan. of 84. Sybil had gotten sober<br />in March of 1941 and at the time she was 43 yrs sober. We were driving<br />home from a meeting and she asked me the date (to her it was just<br />Sunday). I told her it was Dec. 8th, and that yesterday (Dec 7th) was<br />the anniversary of Pearl Harbor Day. She said "Matt, have I ever told<br />you about Irma Livoni?" "Nope, who is she?"<br /><br />She said, "Well, when we get back to the house, come in for coffee and<br />I will tell you a story about AA history and some of the reasons we<br />have tradition 3. Oh, and by the way Matt, did you know that the<br />literature specifically protests 'queers, plain crackpots and fallen<br />women,' and since you and I are at least two out of those three, we<br />should be especially grateful for tradition 3. I'll show you it when<br />we get home."<br /><br />I laughed out loud, as Sybil had a great sense of humor, and she had<br />been a taxi dancer, back before she got sober, you know one of those<br />"10 cents a dance" ladies, and she was divorced twice, and was a<br />single mom, as well as an alcoholic back then, so the term fallen<br />woman" was something that hit close to home.<br /><br />She had told me that it was very different back in the 30's and 40's<br />for a woman to be an alcoholic. Sybil said it was a time when women<br />wore hats and gloves, and "respectable women" were not usually found<br />in a bar or at "whoopee parties."<br /><br />Our Thursday night step study had voted to not cover the traditions<br />after we got to step 12, so I figured they must not be very important<br />and thought I'd probably be bored with the conversation, but she got<br />my attention telling me that "queers, crackpots and fallen women" were<br />mentioned, so I agreed to come in for coffee.<br /><br />Besides Sybil had been sober longer than I had been alive. I didn't<br />argue with her very much.<br /><br />Sybil got down her copy of the big book. She said, I want you to find<br />the traditions in there, and read me tradition 3. It was a 1st edition<br />Big Book. Thicker than mine.<br /><br />I said, "Is this why they call it the Big Book?"<br /><br />She said, "exactly, Bill had it printed on big paper, with big margins<br />around the type, so that people would think they were really getting<br />something for their money."<br /><br />I looked in the back of the book, where I thought the traditions were,<br />but couldn't find them. "I can't find them, Sybil."<br /><br />"Exactly. That's because we didn't have any traditions back in 1941<br />when I came in, and Matt, AA was in mortal danger of destroying<br />itself, which is why we have traditions now." Then she had me find<br />them in my 3rd edition and in my 12x12. I didn't read it all, just the<br />caption heading, and then she started telling me the story of IRMA<br />LIVONI.<br /><br />Irma was a sponsee of Sybil's. She also became a member in 1941, just<br />after Sybil. Sybil took her into her home. (Sybil told me that many<br />people's bottoms were very low then, no home, no job, no watch, no<br />car, nothing). Sybil said it was different then for a woman to be an<br />alcoholic, That most of them had burned all their bridges with their<br />families, and were looked down upon, even more so than male<br />alcoholics. Sybil said she watched AA help Irma get sober, watched AA<br />help Irma get cleaned up, watched AA help Irma get her first apartment<br />in sobriety.<br /><br />Then she said that on Dec. 5th, 1941 a self appointed group of the<br />members signed a letter to Irma and mailed it 2 days before Pearl<br />Harbor, on that Friday, Dec. 5th. Here is a copy of the letter.<br /><br />ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS<br />Post Office Box 607<br />Hollywood , California<br /><br />December 5th, 1941<br /><br />Irma Livoni<br />939 S. Gramercy Place<br />Los Angeles , California<br /><br />Dear Mrs. Livone:<br /><br />At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Los Angeles Group of<br />Alcoholics Anonymous, held Dec. 4th, 1941. It is decided that your<br />attendance at group meetings was no longer desired until certain<br />explanations and plans for the future were made to the satisfaction of<br />this committee. This action has been taken for reasons which should be<br />most apparent to yourself. It was decided that, should you so desire,<br />you may appear before members of this committee and state your<br />attitude.<br /><br />This opportunity will be afforded you between now and Dec. 15th,<br />1941.You may communicate with us at the above address by that date.<br /><br />In case you do not wish to appear, we shall consider the matter closed<br />and that your membership is terminated.<br /><br /><br />Alcoholics Anonymous, Los Angeles Group<br />Mortimer, Frank, Edmund, Fay D., Pete, Al<br /><br /><br />I was stunned. "How could they do this Sybil?" Because we didn't have<br />any guidelines, any traditions to protect us from good intentions. AA<br />was very new, and people did all sorts of things, thinking they were<br />protecting the fellowship"<br /><br />Sybil then said to close my eyes and imagine my being in the following<br />setting. Sybil explained that Dec. 7th, 1941 was Pearl Harbor Day (a<br />Sunday). She said that on that Sunday night everyone in LA was afraid<br />that Los Angeles would also be attacked and bombed. There was a<br />citywide blackout, people were so terrified. She said that on Monday<br />Dec.8th President Roosevelt gave the speech that talked about "the<br />date that will live in infamy" and that we were now at war with Japan<br />and Germany .<br /><br />She said, that was the day that Irma received her letter. There was<br />only one meeting in the entire state of California when Sybil came in,<br />in 1941. By December there may have been 2 or 3, but Irma had nowhere<br />else to go, no one else to turn to, no other group in California that<br />she could ask for help.<br /><br />Sybil said, "Imagine only 1 or 2 meetings in your entire state, and<br />being shunned by your family and by society and by the only group of<br />people who were on your side, your AA group. Imagine them shutting the<br />door on you and sending you such a letter."<br /><br />I shivered at the thought of it, It was Christmas time, the stores<br />were decorated and now poor Irma was all alone, I thought about how it<br />was in 1984 with 2000 meetings a week to choose from in Southern<br />California , and then I imagined having no other help for a hopeless<br />alcoholic.<br /><br />Sybil told me that Irma never came back to another meeting, left AA<br />and died of alcoholism. She wrote to Bill about the incident, and I<br />cannot tell you that is the reason that the following is a part of the<br />3rd Tradition, but it certainly seems to apply.<br /><br />From Tradition 3, page 141: ...that we would neither punish nor<br />deprive any AA of membership, that we must never compel anyone to pay<br />anything, believe anything, or conform to anything? The answer, now<br />seen in Tradition 3, was simplicity itself. At last experience taught<br />us that to take away any alcoholics full chance was sometimes to<br />pronounce his death sentence, and often to condemn him to endless<br />misery. Who dared to be judge, jury and executioner of his own sick<br />brother?"<br /><br />JUDGE, JURY AND EXECUTIONER<br /><br />I remember looking at those words again and again. They seemed to get<br />larger and larger.<br /><br />JUDGE JURY AND EXECUTIONER<br />JUDGE JURY AND EXECUTIONER<br />JUDGE JURY AND EXECUTIONER<br /><br />I hadn't really noticed Executioner when I had read it the first time<br />at my 12 & 12 study group. Again I felt so bad for this poor lady.<br />Wow, those words really had a different meaning than when I had read<br />the traditions before, So here it is , 23 years later, and each Dec.<br />7th & 8th I always think about Irma Livoni, and how lucky I am, that<br />we have traditions now, I also think of how lucky I was to have met<br />Sybil and so lucky that she appointed herself my sponsor.<br /><br />Years later I realized how everything she ever taught me was like<br />gold, but in 1984 I had no idea who Sybil really was or how lucky I<br />was to have her as my sponsor. She was like a piece of living history,<br />but I really didn't realize how valuable that was in explaining WHY we<br />do some of the things we do (like the story she told me about how they<br />never said "Hi Sybil" and no one said "Hi my name is Matt and I'm an<br />alcoholic" back then).<br /><br />Besides being one of the first women in AA,. Sybil was the first woman<br />west of the Mississippi . She also became the head of LA's central<br />office for 12 years, and she became close friends with Bill and Lois.<br />She and Bob even used to go on vacation with them. She used to tell me<br />all sorts of stories about Bill Wilson and things he said to her.<br /><br />He was very interested in how AA would work for women, as there were<br />very few women worldwide in AA back in 1941. Marty Mann came in before<br />Sybil did, but very few stayed sober.<br /><br />I learned that night that no one can get kicked out of AA. We can ask<br />a disturbing wet drunk that he needs to settle down or we might have<br />to ask him to step outside for that day, but we don't vote to kick<br />anyone out forever . And we don't shun people because our guidelines,<br />our traditions tell us that no one has to believe in anything (they<br />don't have to like me) and they don't have to conform to anything,<br />they don't have to dress a certain way, or have no facial hair, or pay<br />anything .) Even if I get drunk again, I am still welcome at any AA<br />meeting.<br /><br />So that's the story about Irma Livoni. Feel free to pass this along<br />to anyone you know who might be interested in knowing a bit about how<br />and why the traditions got started. I think it sort of puts a face on<br />Tradition 3: the face of a woman I never knew, who got kicked out of<br />AA. Who got drunk and died.<br /><br />Thank God for Tradition 3 and thank God for all of you. I truly<br />appreciate and cherish all the people in this group.<br /><br /><br />Best AA love to you all.<br /><br />(An email from mark y)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776889.post-15763411670777172862009-05-25T21:47:00.000-07:002009-05-25T21:47:09.534-07:00Prisoner Sues Oregon County Over Forced Religion - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,521683,00.html">Prisoner Sues Oregon County Over Forced Religion</a><br /><br /><strong><em>BLOGGER NOTES</em>:</strong><br />Last sentence deals with AAUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776889.post-77025078829742699872009-05-04T00:09:00.000-07:002009-05-04T00:09:42.917-07:00In The Rooms<a href="http://www.intherooms.com/member/home">In The Rooms</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776889.post-37504342254516383212009-04-25T22:20:00.000-07:002009-04-25T22:20:30.893-07:00The Alcoholism and Addictions Help Forums- by SoberRecovery.com<a href="http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/">The Alcoholism and Addictions Help Forums- by SoberRecovery.com</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776889.post-28096076358231816782009-04-10T20:50:00.000-07:002009-04-10T20:50:26.167-07:00Twitter / Home<a href="http://twitter.com/home">Twitter / Home</a>: "Resentment is not getting my way in the past;<br />anger is not getting my way in the present;<br />& fear is not getting my way in the futureUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776889.post-77933630502444429832009-04-09T22:48:00.000-07:002009-04-09T22:48:21.759-07:00Hulu - In Search Of - Watch the full feature film now.<a href="http://www.hulu.com/watch/56514/in-search-of">In Search Of - Watch the full feature film now.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776889.post-84782001325786305482009-04-08T16:34:00.000-07:002009-04-08T16:35:46.400-07:00<a href="http://yoga.about.com/od/yogaposes/a/kneeschestchin.htm">Knees, Chest, and Chin Yoga Pose- Ashtanga Namaskara Yoga Pose</a><br /><br />Also known as: Salute with Eight Limbs<br />Type of pose: Backbend<br />Benefits: Increases the flexibility of the spine.<br />Knees, Chest and Chin is usually done as part of the <a href="http://yoga.about.com/od/yogasequences/a/sunsalutations.htm">Sun Salutation</a> vinyasa sequence. It is can be done as an alternative to <a href="http://yoga.about.com/od/yogaposes/a/chaturanga.htm">Chaturanga Dandasana</a> in the sequence for beginners.<br />Instructions:<br />1. From <a href="http://yoga.about.com/od/yogaposes/a/plank.htm">Plank</a> position, drop the knees to the floor.<br />2. Bring the chest and chin forward and down to the floor, placing the chest right between the hands.<br />3. Keep the elbows hugging into your sides.<br />4. The hips should stay high.<br />Beginners: This pose is like a half push-up, and will help you build the arm strength necessary to move onto <a href="http://yoga.about.com/od/yogaposes/a/chaturanga.htm">Chaturanga Dandasana</a><br />Advanced: You may want to include Knees, Chest, and Chin in your first few Sun Salutations as you warm up before going on to Chaturanga.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776889.post-61097718815396051062009-04-08T15:09:00.000-07:002009-04-08T15:09:41.447-07:00Dharma Tweets: Recovered DharmaTweets<a href="http://dharmatweets.blogspot.com/2009/04/recovered-dharmatweets.html">Dharma Tweets: Recovered DharmaTweets</a><br /><br />BuddhaHumor: If yoga twists you into a pretzel does buying a pretzel twist you into a yoga position?Today's Koan: Can one become too attached to getting rid of one's attachments?Month ago, by accident, for a few minutes, I understood the universe & was @ peace. As great as it was, I cannot be attached to a return.Today's Koan. Inspired by <a class="zem_slink" title="Singer-songwriter" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singer-songwriter" rel="wikipedia" jquery1239228487390="74">singer/songwriter</a> <a class="zem_slink" title="Jimmy Webb" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Jimmy%2BWebb" rel="lastfm" jquery1239228487390="73">Jimmy Webb</a>'s "All I Know." When the singer's gone does the song go on?My dogs Tot & Thunder lie in the morning sun at peace, untroubled about the past, unconcerned about the future. They are canine bodisattvas.Today's Koan: If Shakespeare wrote in Tweets rather than Sonnets, would a rose still smell as sweet?I met a scientist who studies lightning & shoots high speed video of strikes. His video shows moments within moments of strkes. That's Zen.Heard 89 year old WWII fighter pilot talk about dog fights & close calls. Said after all the's been thru, nothing bothers him. That's Zen.Like most prisoners I meet, my new client was desperate, desperate for hope. But desperation is suffering's cousin and we are all related.An I-90 Zen Tail. A redtail hawk perches on road sign and silently surveys his sun-filled short grass prairie domain. Just being, perfectly.If you can't find your way to loving kindness to someone yet, start with liking kindness. If not, then simple civility. Start where you can.It is easy to get caught up in the anger of others. Remember, anger is just a manifestation of suffering. Try to see the suffering.Our future shines before us brightly like a star. Try believing that and see what happens.It sounds counter-intuitive. But try to strive less and live more and let what may come. You might be surprised at your results.I think the anticipate of the snow storm is worse than the actual snow storm. But then again, you don't have to shovel anticipation but you do have to shovel hardened precipitation.Sure, it's a funny line from <a class="zem_slink" title="The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension [Region 2]" href="http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Buckaroo-Banzai-Across-Dimension/dp/B000096KHL%3FSubscriptionId%3D0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82%26tag%3Dzemanta-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB000096KHL" rel="amazon" jquery1239228487390="48">Buckaroo Bonzai</a>: "Where ever you go, there you are." But it's true. You are always there in that exact moment.Plans, memories, and judgments are the clouds that pass across the clear blue sky of our mindfulness.Your suffering, my suffering, everyone's suffering are all tears in the same rain. <a class="zem_slink" title="Buddhism" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism" rel="wikipedia" jquery1239228487390="43">Buddhism</a> can be your umbrella from that suffering.Nothing is ever done outside of the present moment. We can recall the past and we can plan the future but life only happens right now.While on a walk, I saw a man with a power washer. Meditation is like a power washer that removes the everyday grime from our minds.Spring uncovers what we have forgotten or have seen but not seen. Think spring as a time to start your dharma practice.Gil Fronsdal says it's enough to just be alive. So be alive. And alive in each moment is possibility and wonder.Just finished walking meditation with the dogs. There was lots of barking.Then my dogs started making noise. By the end, we were all calmer!The Eagles say we live our lives in chains but we have the key. Think of Buddhism as your kindly neighborhood locksmith to help you unlock.You know the way you are? Don't be that way said <a class="zem_slink" title="Lou Grant (TV series)" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075528/" rel="imdb" jquery1239228487390="28">Lou Grant</a> to <a class="zem_slink" title="Ted Baxter" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Baxter" rel="wikipedia" jquery1239228487390="27">Ted Baxter</a>. Or be that way if that is your Buddha nature. Be true to yourself.Our minds are often in a fog. But just beyond the fog is a bright sun & blue sky.Buddhism helps us blow away the fog to find that clarity.My pets live in mindfulness. Eat, play, sleep. Repeat as needed. And that is without years of practice.Most of us strive to become. But what we really need for true happiness is to just be.Memories are our reservoir of past events, lived in that moment, recalled in this moment.Do not ignore your shenpa--anxiety, unease, tightness, stickiness. The first step to overcoming it is to recognize it and embrace it.Nothing is ever done outside of the present moment. We can recall the past and we can plan the future but life only happens right now.Gil Fronsdal asks what are you will to give up so to be just a bit freer? Maybe a bad economy is a blessing if it helps rid us attachments.The search for enlightenment is not an outer search but an inner search. It's there.You just have to find it, like a lost key you misplaced.We all suffer. But our suffering is not our own or someone else's. It is all our suffering. It is all the same suffering.That <a class="zem_slink" title="Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/" rel="homepage" jquery1239228487390="6">Twitter</a> would eat the DharmaTweets feed is a painful yet funny reminder of the impermanence of everything--especially Buddhist Tweets.Important safety tip: do not become attached to free services, expecting them to save your stuff. Twitter ate my DharmaTweets feed.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776889.post-81170652392376610262009-04-08T11:58:00.001-07:002009-04-08T11:58:58.819-07:00Sober_Recovery (Sober_Recovery) on Twitter<a href="http://twitter.com/Sober_Recovery">Sober_Recovery (Sober_Recovery) on Twitter</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776889.post-56745434953231378132009-04-08T11:58:00.000-07:002009-04-08T11:58:28.745-07:00progress/perfection (prognotperf) on Twitter<a href="http://twitter.com/prognotperf">progress/perfection (prognotperf) on Twitter</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776889.post-36556980549392401532009-04-07T01:25:00.000-07:002009-04-07T01:25:04.633-07:00Welcome to Recovery Nation Live<a href="http://www.recoverynationlive.com/">Welcome to Recovery Nation Live</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776889.post-85199528798175210452007-08-07T09:04:00.000-07:002007-08-07T09:06:14.749-07:00<a href="http://www.jacksonkatz.com/video2.html#tg">"Tough Guise" by Jackson Katz</a><br />Tough Guise: Violence, Media, and the Crisis in Masculinity:<br />While the social construction of femininity has been widely examined, the dominant role of masculinity has until recently remained largely invisible. Tough Guise is the first educational video geared toward college and high school students to systematically examine the relationship between pop-cultural imagery and the social construction of masculine identities in the U.S. at the dawn of the 21st century. In this innovative and wide-ranging analysis, Jackson Katz argues that widespread violence in American society, including the tragic school shootings in Littleton, Colorado, Jonesboro, Arkansas, and elsewhere, needs to be understood as part of an ongoing crisis in masculinity. This exciting new media literacy tool-- utilizing racially diverse subject matter and examples-- will enlighten and provoke students (both males and females) to evaluate their own participation in the culture of contemporary masculinity.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776889.post-58651117283739647202007-07-24T12:10:00.000-07:002007-08-07T09:30:07.065-07:00<strong>A short 3 months ago...</strong><br /><br /><blockquote><a href="http://www.etonline.com/movies/news/47834/index.html"><em>ETonline.com: Lindsay Lohan Calls Rehab 'Weird'</em></a><br /><br /><em><strong>April 18, 2007</strong> <br /> <br /> "It's so weird that I went to rehab," Lindsay says. <br /> <br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />The 20-year-old actress says she has no plans to give up the nightlife.<br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> <br />LINDSAY LOHAN speaks out on rehab in a revealing interview in the new Allure magazine, on stands next Tuesday.<br /><br />The 20-year-old talks about her recent trip to rehab, saying, "It's so weird that I went to rehab. I always said I would die before I went to rehab."<br /><br />Even though she's under the legal drinking age, Lindsay says she has no intention of giving up her late-night club hopping. <br /><br />"That's my life!" she says. <br /><br />In fact, she tells the magazine -- after a year of attending AA meetings -- "I don't know that I'm necessarily an addict." </blockquote></em><br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />gr8fuldaniel says;<br /><br />Lindsay Lohan was arrested again this morning... I hope she can finally admit she has a problem.<br /> <br /> Will it take many years, like it took for me, of destructive drug and alcohol abuse? <br /><br /> The first step in recovery is admission.<br />"We admitted...", but before we can admit there is a process of acceptance.<br />Acceptance requires a paradigm shift in the psyche, whereby we can not grow until we accept where we are.<br /><br /> If Lindsay thinks rehab is weird... <strong>wait until she gets a taste of prison or starts losing certain priveledges and rights</strong>.<br /><br />I will pray for her.<br /><br /> Yes, recovery seems weird especially when you are there for the wrong reason.<br />The "wrong reason" is being there to please somebody elses requirement. (Like the law or a boss, or even a spouse) <br /><br /><br /><br /> We can awake to the idea, that this (AA) is the most viable solution for people like us. The moment of clarity can come at any time. Perhaps she will be sitting in a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous and she will hear somebody tell her story. She will be able to relate on a personal level and finally say, "Yes, I too have this problem, what can I do to fix it". Addiction is a fatal disease... but you can get off the descending elevator on any level.<br /><br />WE CARE! (Is that really so weird?)<br /><br /><em>Last editted Aug. 7, 2007</em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776889.post-63769516190524536992007-07-01T15:08:00.000-07:002007-07-01T15:08:59.331-07:00Study Finds 5 Types Of Alcoholics, Research Also Shows More Than Half Of U.S. Alcoholics Are Young Adults - CBS News<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/29/health/webmd/main2999567.shtml">Study Finds 5 Types Of Alcoholics, Research Also Shows More Than Half Of U.S. Alcoholics Are Young Adults - CBS News</a><br /><br />The study describes five subtypes of alcoholics. <br /><br /><strong>The young adult subtype</strong> accounts for about 32 percent of U.S. alcoholics. They're young adults who rarely seek help for alcohol dependence. About 24 years old, they became alcoholics by age 20, on average. They drink less frequently than other alcoholics, but they tend to binge drink when they drink. This is the largest subtype. <br /><br /><strong>The young antisocial subtype</strong> comprises 21 percent of U.S. alcoholics. They are 26 years old, on average. More than half have antisocial personality disorder. They tended to start drinking at 15 and became alcoholics by 18 — earlier than other subtypes. They are <br />more likely to smoke tobacco and pot. The young antisocial subtype and the young adult subtype don't overlap, Moss tells WebMD. <br /><br /><strong>The functional subtype </strong>accounts for about 19 percent of U.S. alcoholics. They're generally middle-aged, working adults who tend to have stable relationships, more education, and higher incomes than other alcoholics. They tend to drink every other day, often consuming five or more drinks on drinking days. <br /><br /><strong>The intermediate familial subtype </strong>makes up nearly 19 percent of U.S. alcoholics. Nearly half have close relatives who are alcoholics. Alcoholics in this subtype typically began drinking by 17 and became alcoholics in their early 30s. <br /><br /><strong>The chronic severe subtype </strong>is the rarest subtype, accounting for about 9 percent of U.S. alcoholics. This subtype mainly includes men, has the highest divorce rate, and frequently includes users of illicit drugs.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776889.post-57864623890029936762007-06-23T12:06:00.000-07:002007-06-23T12:21:40.309-07:00<a href="http://www.democracyforums.com/showthread.php?tid=5772&pid=66131&">Democracy Forums Topic: Michael Bloomberg 2008 </a> <br />The topic turns to his restaurant smoking ban.<br /><br />See my post #61 at the top of page. (I post as "DANG" there)<br /><br />A cautionary tale. <br /><br />WARNING gross pics of throat cancer, a pregnant woman smoking and the paint huffer guy!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776889.post-16054542365029724352007-06-23T00:09:00.000-07:002007-06-23T00:09:30.002-07:00Future Positive : Front Page<a href="http://futurepositive.synearth.net/2004/02/27">Future Positive</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776889.post-61116457238661132352007-06-19T12:07:00.000-07:002007-06-19T12:07:21.628-07:00Apartments Welcome Homeless Alcoholics - Newsday.com<a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-housing-alcoholics,0,3097991.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines">Apartments Welcome Homeless Alcoholics - Newsday.com</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0