Slogans to Help with Long Term Recovery

Slogans helping with long term recovery? In my case, it’s a resounding, “YES!” So you can imagine the smile that spread across my face this morning when today – of all days – I randomly opened one of my daily Al-Anon “readers,” titled: Hope for Today, and landed on May 5. Why the smile? Today is the sixth anniversary of this…

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Helping the Alcoholic in Recovery, Understanding the Brain

Perhaps the most important thing for helping the alcoholic in recovery is to understand the brain disease of addiction. Why is this important? Often when an alcoholic begins recovery (whether that be entering a treatment program, attending AA meetings, engaging in therapy or …), the tendency is for the family members to carry on in…

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