Smart recovery — Group is alternative to 12–step programs
Addiction recovery support group organizer Meribeth Hauenstein meets with 18-month sober Tom Williams during a weekly meeting held every Monday at 6:30 p.m. with members of the group in the Juniper room of Memorial Medical Center Annex. « 1; 2; 3; ».
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Recovering addicts convene in Phila.
Those sober for a week or less are asked to come to the stage and are given a copy of NA's basic text, including the 12 steps, the founding principles, and stories from recovering addicts around the world. "We believe we can't keep what we have unless …
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Cambrians spearhead veterans rehabilitation program
Greg Sanders and Ron Waltman, both Vietnam combat veterans and Legion officers, in June helped San Luis Obispo become the 15th California county to adopt a unique Veterans Treatment Court program that has achieved high success rates nationally.
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Mother wants answers in son's death, one year ago
The Compressive Alcohol Rehabilitation Education Service, widely known as the CARES facility, is where people picked up by police for public intoxication are sent to sober up. CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The mother of a U.S. Navy airman who fell between the …
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Need assistance? Check out list of support groups
LOOK GOOD FEEL BETTER: Abingdon, Va., Johnston Memorial Cancer Center, 26079 Lee Hwy.; first Monday, 1 p.m.; free program for women cancer patients in active treatment; register at 276-628-8861. LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: Johnson City, …
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Online addiction support groups are one of the best ways to obtain speedy addiction recovery. They are safe, effective social outlets for addiction related problems, and a getaway for those seeking addiction recoveries. Most good and popular addiction related websites have features such as addiction forums and addiction chat rooms in addition to addiction support groups. Here are 4 ways to best utilize addiction support groups for addiction recovery :

1.Use them as additional therapy for rehabilitation
Along with professional therapy, being part of addiction support groups can go a long way to help you in your road to addiction recovery and rehabilitation. Interacting and talking to other people in the same condition as us has a therapeutic effect, and when you are a part of addiction support groups, you give out and receive encouragement from others that inspire and touch you.

2. Use them to interact with others
Sharing experiences or just talking with other people in the same condition as us has a therapeutic effect on us, since it gives us newer outlooks and fresh new pairs of eyes to see the condition in a whole new light. Addiction websites have addiction chat rooms and addiction forums that you can use to interact with others on the website, and share your experiences and problems with others who understand you. For instance, you can start a new addiction recovery forum to narrate your story and encourage others to share their experiences too.

3.Use them to garner information about addiction recoveryAddiction support groups and Addiction related websites are hotpots of information on addictions since they are home to people rehabilitating and coping with the condition.

Members often share their experiences with professionals and their road to addiction recovery in the addiction forums , and sometimes those members are individuals who have already beaten the problems. Popular addiction related websites also have detailed information on addiction and problems that arise from them, and reading them is very worthwhile too.

4.Use them for recreation
Addiction Support Groups and addiction forums differ according to the topic they are based on, ranging from serious ones like a recovery forum on rehab methods and others like groups about pop music. So naturally, they are great online getaways for people looking for some light-hearted fun along with addiction recovery. Starting an addiction group or addiction recovery forum topic on your hobbies or favourite sports may prove to be great fun!

Many support groups are ready to help
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Organizations team up to combat prescription drug abuse in Utah
Pharmacy personnel in Smith's Food and Drug stores are working to make people aware of the dangers involved with prescription drugs, particularly narcotics. Lt. Michael Ross of the Salt Lake City Police … “You take an opiate drug for so long, no …
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Bikers rev up for baptisms at church, on a roll in Surrey
Much of their work has become about helping others. Pearce, and people involved with the church, work with addiction recovery houses in Surrey and gather donations for people in need. On Dec. 19 and 20, they gathered 480 boxes of donated food that they …
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Question by steel9maiden: What exactly is a therapeutic community?
Could you go into some detail please; the stuff that I found on Google gave one-sentence answers and were not very enlightening.

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Answer by soyabeanlover
support group ? ? Not sure myself :p

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Support groups
Celebrate Recovery, a Christian recovery group for those with hurts, hang-ups and addictions, dinner, 6 p.m. Fridays; group discussions, 7 p.m.; desserts, 9 p.m.; Christ Church Jacksonville, Anglican, 6310 Blanding Blvd. (904) 771-6723. ? Christian …
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Integrating Yoga Into Personal Recovery and 12-Step Work
I cannot want recovery or progress in yoga more than the students. If students show up (or sponsees work), their progress will reflect this. What advice would you give to anyone who is going to teach yoga to people in recovery from addictions? The …
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