Drop in Alaskan Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Alaska’s fetal alcohol syndrome rate fell 32 percent between 1996-2002
During that time, the rate among Alaska Native births dropped by half
(Anchorage, AK) — Alaska Native babies were born with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) half as often around the year 2000 as they were five to seven years earlier, Department of Health and Social Services researchers [...]

Jill C’s Recovery Story

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I Found My True Self
I grew up in a middle-class family in Australia. We had a three-story home with an indoor swimming pool and I had a pony. But home was not as it looked from the outside.

Alcohol & Sexuality

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People who drink heavily and alcoholics often have bad or ordinary experiences. Not to start with, but more and more so as drinking increases. Over time, and in binges, excessive alcohol causes damage to the body and some sexual functions change.

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Drinking Idea Based on Common Sense

Study Says Drinking with Your Kids Doesn’t Prevent Abuse

Research Summary
Dutch teens who were allowed to drink alcohol at home drank more outside the home than their peers and — along with other teens who drank — were at increased risk of developing alcohol problems, according to researchers from Radboud University Nijmegen.
The study authors [...]

Attitudes

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Altering Attitudes A common phrase in Alcoholics Anonymous is ‘AA means altering attitudes’. Recovery for all people in 12 Step Fellowships entails the alteration of attitudes. More at; www.recoveryissexy.com

Im not an Alcoholic!

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Alcoholic Denial as a Psychological Defence
Denial takes two major forms.

5 Goals for ACOA’s in Recovery

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Reconstructing the alcoholic family. World view change in co-dependents, Adult Children of Alcoholics/Al-Anon self-help groups More @ www.recoveryissexy.com

Women & the 12 Steps

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Feminist critics of AA have
* challenged the language of AA’s Twelve Steps, * the spiritual nature of the steps, and * the male-dominated culture of the Twelve-Step program.

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The Secret to Freedom

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The Buddha’s Secret
The Buddha spent years seeking the secret to understanding the human condition and the sufferings that go with it. His insight was simple, and it can free you of an illusion that promotes dependence. The secret is, “There is no secret.” FRom; WWW.Recoveryissexy.com

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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

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FAS is a cluster of four characteristics found in the offspring of mothers who drank during pregnancy. From; www.RecoveryIsSexy.com