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Bears Are Hooked
Russian Bears Are Hooked on Jet Fuel Kronotsky Nature Reserve’s bear population huff fuel from old barrels until they pass out. Russian brown bears living on the Kronotsky Nature Reserve have taken...
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Why Buddhism Is Perfect for Addicts
Why Buddhism Is Perfect for Addicts Longtime AA member Josh Korda runs Dharma Punx NYC, a spiritual group with an edge. Here’s how Buddhism became both his higher power and core program. Josh Korda has...
View ArticleHow to be a Sober gal
Who wants to be sober I mean really? Didn’t your heart sink when you finally realized you couldn’t drink anymore and the ‘fun’ was over? Even though by the time you quit drinking it had stopped being...
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The holidays are coming, there is a gift with sobriety
Gift of sobriety Reprinted from December 23, 2002|By Mike Stickan Highland, Ind. — On Christmas morning 2001, I woke up and walked to my refrigerator and made a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on...
View ArticleAt CIR we offer counseling referrals in challenging situations
Counseling Services CIR provides you with counseling support in addition to therapy, 12-step meetings, and other support groups to help with the process of recovery and maintenance. Counseling...
View ArticleGratitude Reminder
Have you stopped to tell the special people in your life how much they mean? Let them know, it’s never too early, and do it before it’s too late. There are special moments to find now sobriety is your...
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New York Times Can’t Get Over This Whole “Sober Dance Party” Thing
New York Times Can’t Get Over This Whole “Sober Dance Party” Thing By Foster Kamer Thu., Aug. 19 2010 at 10:15 PM I mean, hey, listen, I don’t get it either. But is the Friday NYT Metro section piece...
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Champions of Recovery with Laurie Dhue
Champions of Recovery with Laurie Dhue By: Laurie DhueFormer CNN, MSNBC and Fox News anchor Laurie Dhue has taken another step in embracing her role as a champion of addiction recovery by joining...
View ArticleConflict
For Today – A.A. and acceptance have taught me that there is a bit of good in the worst of us and a bit of bad in the best of us; . . . . . – Doctor, Alcoholic, Addict, Alcoholics Anonymous, page...
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Sober Services
Sober Coaching- When Lindsay Lohan left rehab last month, she had an aggressive plan in place – and someone to help her stick to it. Lohan, 27, reportedly enlisted the support of a sober coach to help...
View ArticleExercise: The Antidepressant Effects, the Psychological Benefits
It’s no secret that exercise is one of the best things one can do for a healthy mind, body, and soul. Not only is it the single most simplistic advice, it’s also easy to implement into your...
View ArticleEveryone Is Wired for Addiction, According to New Research
Drug addicted brains and non-addicted brains may have a lot more in common than once previously thought. Brain stimuli linked with substance abuse has a strong capability of capturing the...
View ArticleReaching for Help Can Be Easier Than You Think
When you know that you need help, it can sometimes still be difficult to make the phone call. It can be frightening to reach out for help because of the fear of the unknown, fear of what might...
View ArticleAddiction Treatment – What to Do about the Uncertainty You Have
Most people who are struggling with addiction and who recognize that they need some type of help, often wrestle with actually making the call. It’s called ambivalence.Ambivalence is when a person...
View ArticleAddiction Treatment – Heroin Purity Results in High Death Rates
Heroin has always been a lethal killer, but now addiction treatment for heroin is an ever growing necessity than any years before. Deaths related to heroin or drug poisoning have increased to...
View ArticleStaying Sober Requires Support
When a person is under stress, they will typically resort to their old patterns. Of course, this isn’t true 100% of the time. But it’s common that people return to what is familiar when faced...
View ArticleTraits of Kids That Can Lead To Addiction
A program tested out in several countries is showing interesting results including that scare tactics of anti-drug campaigns aren’t working to prevent addiction or the potential for addiction later...
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