By Nancy WartikJanuary 31, 2020 One day in the fall of 2018, I woke up feeling wrecked. The night before I’d had beers with colleagues and wound up braying loudly to one of them about something she’d confided and what I thought she should do. “I wish I’d never told you this,” she finally blurted,…
Elizabeth A. Wells, Dennis M. Donovan, Suzanne Doyle, Mary A. Hatch-MailetteCounselor Magazine, June 24, 2015 Twelve Step facilitative therapy refers to a structured form of treatment that seeks to increase attendance and involvement with Twelve Step mutual support groups. The common elements of these treatments are introducing individuals to the Twelve Step program and encouraging…
By Chris McDuffie, MA, CADC-!! I believe cultivating spirituality is critical for those in recovery from addiction, and Buddhism and Twelve Step recovery programs are two powerful spiritual pathways to end suffering. I define spirituality as “nondualistic bonding in love”—whatever our spiritual practice may be, secular or otherwise, cultivating love is essential to our physical,…
By German Lopez@germanrlopezgerman.lopez@vox.com Mar 11, 2020, 8:30am EDTAddiction & Recovery eNews, March 13, 2020 The 12-step approach doesn’t work for everyone, but it can be as effective as other forms of treatment for some people Addiction treatment based on Alcoholics Anonymous works as well as or better than scientifically proven treatments for alcohol addiction, according to…
In N Y Times, Movie, NewsFebruary 18, 2020 This is Ben Affleck, raw and vulnerable, talking extensively for the first time about getting sober (again) and trying to recalibrate his career (again). Affleck, Oscar-winning writer, director of the Oscar-winning “Argo,” better actor than you remember — and, yes, alcoholic, divorcé and proud possessor of a…
In The Rooms is a free-standing online recovery social network available 24 / 7 / 365 founded by Ken Pomerance and Ronald Tannebaum in 2008. Its purpose is to “give recovering addicts a place to meet and socialize when they’re not in face-to-face meetings.” In the Rooms brings together members of the global recovery community…
By Sarah Hepola, for CNNUpdated 4:51 AM ET, Wed March 25, 2020 There’s no easy time to get sober, but a global pandemic is tougher than most. Back when I was trying and failing to quit, I’d reach for any excuse to bail on my better self. A bad day. A text from my ex,…
1.) We admitted that we had been socially conditioned by the ideology of white supremacy…that our minds were subject to racial biases, often unconsciously so. The first step to any kind of recovery is admitting that we have a problem. Individuals not ready to acknowledge a problem may be unable to pursue and receive the…
Women who drink too much need help. But we don’t need to give up our power. By Holly WhitakerNew York TimesDec. 27, 2019 I got sober in 2013. It took me about six months to transition from throwing back a few bottles of wine or pints of cheap whiskey a night to total abstinence. I…
by Geshe Sonam Rinehen translated and edited by Ruth Sonam The following article is from the Summer, 1997 issue of the Snow Lion Newsletter and is for historical reference only. You can see this in context of the original newsletter here. Atisha, the eleventh-century Indian Buddhist scholar and saint, came to Tibet at the invitation…