I'm planning on doing these tribes of the recovering community posts every Sunday for the next year. If you have suggestions, please send them. I can't promise I'll use all of the suggestions, but I will be grateful for your help. Thanks!
Category: Mutual Aid
Tribes of the recovering community
Not a Glum Lot - New York organizes what looks like amazing outdoorsy trips that include camping, rafting, skiing as well as a Thanksgiving trip and Christmas dinner in Times Square. Very, very cool looking.
The adoption of 12-step practices and beliefs.
We're seeing a growing body of research on the mechanisms of change in 12 step recovery. Tonigan and Greenfield recently published an article in Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. Working the 12 steps is widely prescribed for Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) members although the relative merits of different methods for measuring step work have received minimal attention and … Continue reading The adoption of 12-step practices and beliefs.
Tribes of the recovering communty
Dharma Punx is not a recovery group, but it has lots of recovering people as part of it's Buddhist community. Every Tuesday and Thursday night, a growing group of New Yorkers gather on the formerly down-and-out Bowery, seeking to develop a spiritual practice with a punk-rock edge. These “Dharma Punx” meetings are based on Buddhism, … Continue reading Tribes of the recovering communty
Mental Illness not a barrier to 12 step benefits
A recently published study replicates findings that addicts with co-occurring mental illness benefit from twelve step facilitation: Background Evidence indicates that 12-step mutual-help organizations (MHOs), such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA), can play an important role in extending and potentiating the recovery benefits of professionally delivered addiction treatment among young adults with … Continue reading Mental Illness not a barrier to 12 step benefits
Podcast Alert!
We got a message from our friend Mark at the Recovered podcast that he will be podcasting with his wife on the topic of Grief and Recovery. Their oldest son died July 2, 2012 and they have been dealing with this topic since. This topic is near and dear to my heart. Below is a repost of … Continue reading Podcast Alert!
Tribes of the recovering community
Sober Artists is an online community of recovering artists intended to: To encourage other artists in recovery and provide a place to display their work. To give credit and thanks to God for our recoveries and the talents He has blessed us with. To bring hope, joy and inspiration to all visitors. These are not … Continue reading Tribes of the recovering community
Tribes of the recovering community
Queer and Sober describes itself this way: Our mission is simple – to provide a safe, fun, and enriching experience to the sober LGBT community during Gay Pride weekend and other events throughout the year. Our primary purpose is to encourage unity in the fellowships and enhance one’s sobriety. In the spirit of unity we … Continue reading Tribes of the recovering community
Let’s sensationalize recovery
It just so happens that Dawn Farm is co-sponsoring a screening of the film next week. One Crafty Mother has a post responding to The Anonymous People. That last bullet point is the one I want to focus on. [There are over 23 million people in long term recovery in America alone.] Changing the public's … Continue reading Let’s sensationalize recovery
Brain disease does not equal stigma reduction
Yesterday, I posted about The Anonymous People and Dawn Farm's co-sponsorship of an upcoming screening of the film. So...why is this message of recovery so important to stigma reduction? We've spent 20 years trying to convince the public that addiction is a brain disease without too much attention to the potential for this message to … Continue reading Brain disease does not equal stigma reduction
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