alcoholism

Michael Liimatta's Spiritual Journey

mliimatta — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:52:25 -0600

I grew up in an alcoholic family. Both my father and my mother came from alcoholic homes, too. Because I grew up in such a very chaotic home, I was running the streets from an early age.

My first drinking experience was when I was just twelve years old. I was "turned on" to pot at age fourteen, and went to jail twice for selling marijuana, hashish, and LSD, before I was eighteen years old.

Dean Sherman: God Is For The Alcoholic

EvanDonovan — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:55:45 -0600

I am an alcoholic, I know what it is like to burn with a desire to drink that is so overpowering that family, jobs, and friends mean nothing compared to the desire for liquor. I know what it is like to wake up on a hotel room not knowing where I am or how I got there. I also know the joy of complete deliverance from the power of alcohol addiction and never cease to praise God for such deliverance.'Author Jerry Dunn discovered there is indeed hope for the alcoholic. God provided his escape at the end of a two-year drunk, when he picked up a Bible in a Texas prison. God Is for the Alcoholic is the product of that scape.

Women For Sobriety

Miki — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 15:15:47 -0500

Women For Sobriety

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Alcoholics Anonymous

Miki — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:48:45 -0500

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Alcoholics Anonymous

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Summary:

Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of recovering alcoholics with the primary purpose of maintaining their sobriety and helping other alcoholics to achieve sobriety by sharing their experience, strength and hope. Its only membership criteria is a desire to stop drinking. Formed in 1935, AA is the original source of the 12 Steps of Recovery and has served as a model for many other recovery programs. It is not affiliated with any other group and does not espouse any causes. There are no membership dues; AA is supported solely by the contributions of its members.

Why does FASTEN recommend this resource?

Many faith-based recovery programs strongly recommend that their members also attend AA meetings. Its 12 Steps of Recovery have helped countless substance abusers to achieve and maintain their sobriety. This site provides information about AA, its meetings and its literature. Its main text of recovery, Alcoholics Anonymous, commonly called the "Big Book," is available free online. The entire site may be viewed in English, Spanish, or French.

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Curriculum in a Box: Middle School Confidential

XPaulCaputoX — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:38:11 -0500

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Curriculum in a Box: Middle School Confidential

by Human Relations Media (Human Relations Media, 2000)

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Summary:

This comprehensive boxed-set curriculum for middle school/junior high students focuses on identifying drug resistance skills and building life skills. It includes 10 videos, 2 teacher resource books, and a variety of worksheets and fact sheets. The video programs are each under 20 minutes and deal with smoking, spit tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, inhalants, anger, tolerance, popularity, conflict resolution and time management. The videos correspond to topics found in the teacher resource books and covered in worksheets and fact sheets included in the curriculum. (The videos can also be purchased individually.) All worksheets are easily reproducible and the curriculum can be used repeatedly. Middle School Confidential is a secular program—faith-based organizations wanting to make the curriculum more faith-friendly or faith-specific would need to complement it with their own materials or exercises of interpretation.

Why does FASTEN recommend this resource?

Curriculum in a Box: Middle School Confidential is somewhat expensive initially but contains well-written, quality materials that can be used a number of times. The videos are engaging, quick-moving and narrated primarily by young people. Other activities can be selected based upon the goals or grade level of the class and all the materials can be used as supplementary materials for a faith-based prevention program.

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Christians United Against Addiction

EvanDonovan — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 11:00:52 -0500

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Christians United Against Addiction is a Christian 12-Step program for recovering addicts and their families in the Philadelphia area. It offers Workshops on the Road, which are training sessions to assist churches and faith-based organizations to establish their own recovery groups.

Why does FASTEN recommend this resource?

In addition to offering practical help to other faith-based institutions that are interested in establishing a Christian recovery groups, CUAA’s site offers helpful resources such as a description of the symptoms of addiction, a test to help individuals discern whether they have a drinking or drug problem, relevant links, and recovery resources.

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How To Help an Alcoholic

Miki — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 08:31:37 -0500

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How To Help an Alcoholic

by Lance Martin (Desert Ministries, 1986)

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Summary:

This short booklet concisely describes what it means to be an alcoholic and how an alcoholic can get help. Martin, a recovering alcoholic, describes six signs of alcoholism, such as planning your life around drinking and being defensive about your drinking habit. The booklet offers solid facts and statistics about alcoholism, briefly discusses its repercussions, and overviews the most popular ways alcoholics can get help. Martin discusses Al-Anon, for family members of the alcoholic, and Al-ateen, for teenage children of the alcoholic, but saves the bulk of his discussion for Alcoholics Anonymous. AA is explained and described in some detail.

Why does FASTEN recommend this resource?

This booklet is concise, giving readers a clear overview of alcoholism and how to find help for it. It abides by the AA example of refraining from doctrinal or theological statements, but it does encourage the idea of seeking God for help. Individuals who know people with drinking problems, or religious leaders (e.g., priests, rabbis, pastors) from whom alcoholics seek aid will find this booklet a helpful introductory resource.

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Recovery Ministries of the Episcopal Church

Miki — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:14:59 -0500

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Miki — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:13:36 -0500

African Americans Reach and Teach Health

Miki — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:18:55 -0500