Mountainside Offers Help For Today, Hope For Tomorrow to Alcoholics
April is Alcohol Awareness Month, and Mountainside Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center joins in the national campaign to raise awareness about alcoholism and its impact on young people, families and communities in Connecticut. The theme for this …
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Study: App helps alcoholics stay sober
CHICAGO — A smartphone app for recovering alcoholics that includes a panic button and sounds an alert when they get too close to taverns helped keep some on the wagon, researchers who developed the tool found. The sober app studied joins a host of …
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Alcoholics Anonymous in UAE: 'attendees are getting younger'
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) has been helping those suffering with debilitating addictions in the UAE since 1977 – but a counsellor says those attending its meetings these days are younger. Loneliness, work stress and financial worries are among the …
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Question by tcahh12: how much does a typical 30 day inpatient rehab cost?
Any suggestions for a good treatment center in the southeast?

Best answer:

Answer by older
the state i live in has a state hospital with a rehab center and it is free. call the “AA” they can tell you

Answer by raysny
Far too much for what you get.

You don’t mention what you “need” rehab for. If you are physically addicted to alcohol or some other drugs, you may need detox or medical attention, see a doctor.

Rehabs are basically a place to get away from the people you used with and the places where you used. They are indoctrination centers for AA/NA and have only a slightly better success rate than “free” AA/NA meetings.

“There is a high rate of recovery among alcoholics and addicts, treated and untreated. According to one estimate, heroin addicts break the habit in an average of 11 years. Another estimate is that at least 50% of alcoholics eventually free themselves although only 10% are ever treated. One recent study found that 80% of all alcoholics who recover for a year or more do so on their own, some after being unsuccessfully treated. When a group of these self-treated alcoholics was interviewed, 57% said they simply decided that alcohol was bad for them. Twenty-nine percent said health problems, frightening experiences, accidents, or blackouts persuaded them to quit. Others used such phrases as “Things were building up” or “I was sick and tired of it.” Support from a husband or wife was important in sustaining the resolution.”
Treatment of Drug Abuse and Addiction — Part III, The Harvard Mental Health Letter, October 1995.

“What works? A summary of alcohol treatment research” in R. K. Hester & W.R. Miller (Eds.), Handbook of alcoholism treatment approaches: Effective alternatives:
http://www.behaviortherapy.com/whatworks.htm
(notice #37 in effectiveness is rehabs, #38 is Alcoholics Anonymous, out of the 48 treatment methods listed.)

I’m a veteran of 5 rehabs and many years of bouncing in and out of AA/NA. It wasn’t until I stopped trying to force myself to work an unworkable program, took responsibility for my addiction and my recovery that I was able to stay stopped.

There are many books on quitting, check your local library. One of the best is “Rational Recovery: The New Cure for Substance Addiction” by Jack Trimpey. Jim Christopher (founder of SOS) has several.

I found autobiographies helpful, no matter what kind of problems a person had, they got over them by not giving up.

There are support groups on the web:

SOS:
http://www.sossobriety.org/
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/sossaveourselves/

SMART:
http://www.smartrecovery.org/
http://smartrecovery.org/SMARTBoard/

LifeRing:
http://www.unhooked.com/index.htm
http://forums.delphiforums.com/lifering/start

RR (a method rather than a group):
http://www.rational.org/

Personally, I feel that all those groups are great for those who have
been through AA and have had it pounded into their heads that they NEED a group in order to quit. That’s nonsense, but AA has been very successful in getting people to believe that piece of misinformation.

Being around others for support can be a good thing, but ultimately, it
is up to the individual to use or not.

Fat-melting procedure best for the slightly overweight
The Liposonix System is a body-contouring technology approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. It uses … However, clients at Zunic Makati lose an average of six cm (over two inches) in their waistlines after the first treatment. Ojeda points …
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Rabbi compares Esther story, addiction
The Lakehouse Recovery Center follows the Alcoholics Anonymous 12-step program. “At its core is spiritual work,” Birnbaum said of the program. “It emphasizes holistic treatment for people, something we emphasize at Lakehouse—the mind, body and spirit.”.
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Coping with anxiety: Holistic treatment approach winning favor over medications
“Xanax is frequently used as first-line treatment for anxiety, but health-care providers are starting to rethink this in light of recent concerns on addiction, impairment and the increased risk of dementia. Patients need to know that other options …
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Question by zorro1701e: Alcoholics Anon, Narcotics anon, they all require a belief in higher power. Do they work for non believers?
Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics anonymous, they all require a belief in higher power or some kind of god. Do they work for non believers, for atheists or agnostics?
Or are those people destined to fail those programs because the programs are designed for believers?

I have asked this question already in cultures. But thought maybe i would get more responses from Religion & Spirituality
Im not going to one of those groups.
Im not a drug user and only drink at parties.
I was asking out of curiousity.

Best answer:

Answer by Atheist Hooligan Diver Dude!
I don’t know, but there are non-theistic based recovery groups out there as well.

Answer by autumnmoon9
I know an atheist who tried but could not do the GA program.

Question by giggi: do you remember F troop and were is Radar?

Best answer:

Answer by cvq3842
F Troop is now on DVD!

Answer by ♫♥bentworth78♥♪
Radar is on MASH

Former patient sues St. Helena Hospital over alleged privacy breach
A man who underwent drug rehabilitation treatment at St. Helena Hospital in 2012 is suing the hospital and others for allegedly disclosing medical information about his care with an employer and others, according to the complaint filed Monday in Napa …
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Jeffrey Corzine, youngest son of former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, dead at 31
Jeffrey Corzine spent time as a patient at Promises, a well-known rehab center in southern California. But he appeared to have turned his life around: he had a steady girlfriend and was involved in the Alcoholics Anonymous community in Malibu, Calif., …
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San Joaquin County loses M grant for jail facility
The county had planned to use the funds to replace the deteriorating Honor Farm with a new facility, complete with classrooms, vocational space, an education program center, interview rooms, a medical exam room, a library and administration space …
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Question by abnjim5: “Cunning, baffling, and Powerful?”?
In the “big book” of Alcoholics Anonymous, it states that the drug alcohol is “cunning, baffling, and powerful”. How can this be when it is just a liquid substance? Could it be that the cunning, baffling, and powerlessness lies in the human Brain? According to Alcoholics Anonymous, if the brain or self intellect is used to solve a problem with drugs, one is doomed to a life of addiction hell! If you do not believe me, just ask Bill W and his friend Clancy. They were clever to pass on the now AA cult doctrine and managed to corrupt the minds of millions of now walking zombies before they died a deserving and hopefully painful death from smoking and drinking. If you believe that alcohol is cunning, baffling, and powerful, and choose as directed by Alcoholics Anonymous not to use your brain to change your behaviour, then find yourself an AA higher power and suffer for the rest of your miserable life! Find yourself a God or a Jesus!

http://www.aadeprogramming.org
http://www.sossobriety.org

Best answer:

Answer by imokurok
Walking zombies? You would wish to have what AA members have. You sound like a disgruntled, failed case. But, remember, AA is always there waiting to help anyone needing help.

Answer by sishakara
you don’t have to stop forever. just try it for a day.