Narcotics Anonymous has gotten a lot of attention this week after Philip Seymour Hoffman's death, so it'll be this week's tribe: Narcotics Anonymous is a global, community-based organization with a multi-lingual and multicultural membership. NA was founded in 1953, and our membership growth was minimal during our initial twenty years as an organization. Since the … Continue reading Tribes of the recovering community
Category: Mutual Aid
Tribes of the Recovering Community – Birds of a Feather
This week's tribe is Birds of a Feather International: Birds of a Feather was formed in response to the need for meeting places for pilots and cockpit crewmembers where the subjects of addiction to alcohol or drugs might be discussed with impunity and anonymity. The cultural bias concerning these subjects has prevented many pilots in … Continue reading Tribes of the Recovering Community – Birds of a Feather
Is AA a Cult, or a Culture?
Our friend Jennifer Matesa has a great new post on the question of whether AA is a cult. “The Atlantic Group didn’t resonate with me. It’s like bars—it’s like drinking culture,” she said. “You can find the culture that works for you. Before I got sober, I didn’t like Manhattan drinking culture anymore, so I … Continue reading Is AA a Cult, or a Culture?
Recovery as a platform for Justice
Bill White had a recent post on recovery and justice: Addiction is an unrelenting relay race from drug experience to drug experience nested within equally incessant efforts to escape the growing consequences of drug use. The accumulating debts rising from these processes constitute a point of reckoning that must be faced in any attempt at … Continue reading Recovery as a platform for Justice
Tribes of the Recovering Community – ILAA
This week's tribe is International Lawyers in AA: International Lawyers in Alcoholics Anonymous is a group of recovered lawyers and judges carrying the message of recovery within our profession. Our purpose is to act as a bridge between reluctant (in denial) lawyers/judges and Alcoholics Anonymous.
Spiritual awakening predicts improved recovery outcomes
An interesting study from a friend of ours: Abstract PURPOSE: This study examined concurrent and longitudinal associations between two dimensions of affiliation in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)-attendance and spiritual awakening-and drinking outcomes among adult patients who were in treatment for alcohol dependence in Warsaw, Poland. In a study conducted at four addiction treatment centers, male and female … Continue reading Spiritual awakening predicts improved recovery outcomes
Tribes of the recovering community
This week's tribe are Wellbriety Circles: Wellbriety means to be both sober and well. It means to have come through recovery from chemical dependency and to be a recovered person who is going beyond survival to thriving in his or her life and in the life of the community. The Well part of Wellbriety means to live the … Continue reading Tribes of the recovering community
Tribes of the recovering community
This week's tribe is Dual Recovery Anonymous: Dual Recovery Anonymous™ is a 12 Step self-help program that is based on the principals of the Twelve Steps and the experiences of men and women in recovery with a dual diagnosis. The DRA program helps us recover from both our chemical dependency and our emotional or psychiatric … Continue reading Tribes of the recovering community
Stephanie Brown Interview on Addictions and Psychotherapy
Stephanie Brown on object attachment in addiction and recovery: RW: Is this what people refer to as hitting bottom, or surrendering somehow? SB: That's the first experience - to hit bottom, to surrender, and to reach outside the self. So people seek help, they go to 12-steps. They then shift their object attachment from alcohol … Continue reading Stephanie Brown Interview on Addictions and Psychotherapy
Tribes of the Recovering Community
It's pronounced ick-ee-paw and it's the International Conference of Young People in AA. The International Conference of Young People in Alcoholics Anonymous (ICYPAA) was founded for the purpose of providing a setting for an annual celebration of sobriety among young people in AA. Since its inception, a growing group of people, who at first would … Continue reading Tribes of the Recovering Community
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