Alcoholics Anonymous has been in existence for almost 75 years with millions of people crediting it for their recovery. What accounts for the success of this venerable program?
The Twelve Steps were originally adopted by Alcoholics Anonymous, but have since been incorporated into many other support groups for those dependent on other substances or behaviours.
Here is a bried explanation of the standard twelve steps program of rehabilitation.
Some try to quit drinking and fail. I hope I won’t be one of the latter, but for now, I take one day at a time.
Five Warning Signs of Alcoholism.
A little information that was compiled to help a friend and put here in the hopes that it would help someone else as well.
Alcohol and petty crimes, Don’t despair there is always somebody out there that cares and supports.
There are many causes of drug addictions and drug dependencies. Most people think that the causes can be identified and treated. However, the realtiy is that drug addictions are caused by a combination of several causes. Treating or managing one cause is never sufficient to prevent dependency. Hence, the war against drug dependency has to be waged on several fronts. This article looks at some factors cause a person to become drug dependent.
Alcoholism is a serious condition. The American Medical Association defines Alcoholism as; ‘a disabling and handicapping condition.’ The AMA also endorses the position that printed and audiovisual materials pertaining to the subject of people suffering from both Alcoholism and other disabilities. They hope that this clarification in terms will lend to the notion that Alcoholism in itself is a handicapping condition. They classify Alcoholism as both a medical and psychological disease.
