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Narcotics Anonymous
Posted by fredjoiners on November 8, 2009
Posted in Drugs, Dual Diagnosis, Harm Reduction, Health, Narcotics Anonymous, Opiates, Recovery, Relapse, Self-help, addiction, treatment | Leave a Comment »
Recovery from Alcoholism
Posted by fredjoiners on November 6, 2009
The number 13 represents bad luck for some people, but for Floyd McCrory of Rockville, Md., it’s a sign of continuing good fortune.
This year, he celebrates 13 years of sobriety.
“Best thing I ever did,” he said about quitting drinking. “It turned my whole life around.”
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders are 100% Preventable
Posted by fredjoiners on September 15, 2009
FASDs are 100% preventable if a woman doesn’t drink alcohol while she is pregnant.
Learn more about the cause, signs, and treatments and what you can do if you think your child might have an FASD.
The Story of Iyal
This video tells the story of one family living with FASDs. Every family has unique experiences, challenges, and successes. The intent of this video is not to endorse specific interventions, but to share one family’s story and hope.
- View full video (7:03)
- Read the script
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) are a group of conditions that can occur in a person whose mother drank alcohol during pregnancy. These effects can include physical problems and problems with behavior and learning. Often, a person with an FASD has a mix of these problems.
Read more about FASDs:
- Cause and Prevention
- Signs and Symptoms
- Treatment for Children with FASDs
- Get Help!
- International FASD Awareness Day
FASDs are caused by a woman drinking alcohol during pregnancy. There is no known amount of alcohol that is safe to drink while pregnant. There is also no safe time to drink during pregnancy and no safe kind of alcohol to drink while pregnant.
- Learn more about alcohol use and pregnancy
- Questions and answers about alcohol and pregnancy
- Tips on how to have an alcohol-free pregnancy
Full story at; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- See also;
- Effects of alcohol on women
- A Problem Shared is a Problem Halved
- Alcohol and Pregnancy
- Alcohol intervention may help.
- If you have healthcare training this manual may help.
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The Best I Can Be: Living with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome-Effects (Revised) (Mom’s Choice Awards Recipient) by Jodee Kulp |
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Finding Perspective… Raising Successful Children Affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders by Liz Lawryk |
Posted in Brain, FASD, Families, Recovery, Self-help, alcohol, disease, treatment, women | Tagged: fetal, Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders | Leave a Comment »
Popular Posts
Posted by fredjoiners on August 19, 2009
Posted in ACOA, Al-anon, Alcoholics Anonymous, Brief-TSF, Co-dependency, Doctors, Gambling, Policy, Recovery, Research reports, Self-help, Sexuality, Youth, addiction, alcohol, alcoholism, men, spiritual, treatment, women | Tagged: 12 step, aa, alcohol, alcoholic, dependence, drinking, enabling, sober, substance abuse | 1 Comment »
Alcohol & Addiction News
Posted by fredjoiners on August 13, 2009
7 Ways to Give An Apology & 4 Ways to Accept One
- Apologizing is hard, but so is accepting an apology gracefully.
Substance Abuse, Schizophrenia And Risk Of Violence
- A new study demonstrates that there is an association between schizophrenia and violence, but shows that this association is greatly increased by drug and alcohol abuse. Importantly, the study also finds that the risk of violence from patients with psychoses who also have substance use disorder is no greater than those who have a substance use disorder but who do not have a psychotic illness.
Russia’s president calls time on vodka "disaster"
- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday called time on the country’s vodka tipplers, saying alcoholism had become a "national disaster." Medvedev said measures aimed at reducing binge drinking had not reduced alcoholism in Russia, where downing vast amounts of vodka at one sitting is an integral part of national culture.
Charity warns over child drinkers
- Fewer children are drinking but those who do are downing more than every before, the charity Alcohol Concern warns.
1m Scots drinking at danger levels More than a million Scots are…
- More than a million Scots are drinking alcohol at hazardous or harmful levels, a report has revealed.
- Don’t nag, criticize, preach, or complain
- Many say that nagging, begging, confiscating liquor, and sorrowfully reminding the person of the night before are to little or no avail.
- One alcoholic attests, "The more I was urged to cut back or quit, the more I denied I had a problem. My advice is, ’Don’t push.’
Excessive Drinking Can Damage Brain Regions Used For Processing Facial Emotions
- Heavy, constant drinking damages the brain in many different ways, including difficulties in perception of emotional expressions. Brain-imaging findings show that abstinent alcoholics have decreased activation in the amygdala and hippocampus regions of the brain when viewing faces with emotional expressions. Misreading facial cues can escalate conflict and difficulties, impaired social interaction and continued drinking.
- In fact the greatest number of addicts in our society are "functional" addicts. They can regulate when they ingest their drugs of choice, which enables them …
Don Shenker: We need action to shield children from alcohol
- Last month’s statistics from the NHS revealed the true extent of children’s drinking in England and a worrying pattern which has emerged over recent years. (The Yorkshire Post)
Scottish Rehab Treating Child Alcoholics as Young as 9 Years Old
- Counsellor Francesca Martin, who works with children and families hit by long-term alcoholism, said a lot of kids have self-esteem issues and use drinking as …
Prescription "Sharing" Among Teens Widespread, Dangerous
- A new study shows that one in five U.S. adolescents "lends" or "borrows" diverse prescriptions, with consequences that are sometimes dangerous or even deadly.
Effective Weed Control: A guide for people trying to cut down or stop using cannabis
- This self-help guide is for people who are having problems with their cannabis use and want to do something about it [Turning Point, Australia]
Police get tough on ‘all you can drink’ promotions
- Bars and clubs which offer ”all you can drink” promotions have been told they could face losing their licences by Devon and Cornwall police. (The Telegraph)
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A Place Called Self: Women, Sobriety and Radical Transformation by Stephanie Brown |
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Gifts of Sobriety: When the Promises of Recovery Come True by Barbara S. Cole |
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