Posts Tagged Alcoholics
When the judge ordered me to wear an alcohol monitoring device was it discrimination against alcoholics?
Posted by admin in Court Ordered Rehabilitation on July 26, 2010
Question by Drunk Slut Lindsay: When the judge ordered me to wear an alcohol monitoring device was it discrimination against alcoholics?
Best answer:
Answer by Follow the white wabbit
No just fools
Add your own answer in the comments!
How do you follow the Alcoholics Anonymous 12-step program if you don’t believe in God?
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on July 22, 2010
Step 1 – We admitted we were powerless over our addiction – that our lives had become unmanageable
Step 2 – Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity
Step 3 – Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood God
Step 4 – Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves
Step 5 – Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs
Step 6 – Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character
Step 7 – Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings
Step 8 – Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all
Step 9 – Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others
Step 10 – Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it
Step 11 – Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood God, praying only for knowledge of God’s will for us and the power to carry that out
Step 12 – Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to other addicts, and to practice these principles in all our affairs
Do you just skip steps 2, 3, 6, 7, and 11?
I’m not looking for alternate ways to quit drinking here. I want to know what an atheist does if they’re required by law to attend AA meetings, or if they want to follow the AA program and not another program.
Was Dr. Bob of Alcoholics Anonymous a Christian?
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on July 20, 2010
In St. Johnsbury, Vermon, Robert Smith’s family and Robert were all members of North Congregational Church, regularly attended Sunday morning worship, Sunday afternoon Sunday School, and Sunday evening service, and usually Wednesday prayer meeting. Bob was active in the church’s United Christian Endeavor Society. His father was a deacon in the church and taught Sunday school there for many years. His mother was a Sunday school superintendent and active in the Congregational Women’s Groups. At St. Johnsbury Academy, Dr. Bob attended daily chapel where there was Scripture reading and prayer. He attended required church service weekly, and he attended required Bible study. In the course of his life, he attended Episcopal churches, was a charter member of the Westside Presbyterian Church in Akron from 1936 – 1942. Shortly before his death, he becam a communicant at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Akron. He was an avid Bible student and insisted on bringing each AA to Christ..
are exgays homophobic? are alcoholics anonymous drunkophobes?
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on July 16, 2010
“Alcoholics Anonymous came on the scene when the medical profession had no answers for the alcoholic; ex-gay groups surfaced at a time when the APA backed away from reparative therapy for homosexuals. AA had its detractors; people said the stories sounded spurious, or they didn’t like the ‘God rackets.’ (AA’s Twelve Steps require a relationship with God, as He is understood.) [The leader's] right-hand man relapsed,
my genes made me do it
Whitehead
Alcoholics anonymous…is this how it works?
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on July 13, 2010
If you got really sick one night and went to the emergency room and they found out it was from alcohol and had to pump your stomach…Would it be required they sign you up for AA..or would they recommend it and be able to sign you up if they wanted? Could they also set you up with a sponsor if you are under 18 to drive you to meetings and is 6 months a usual time in which you have to attend these meetings?
Was Alcoholics Anonymous a Christian Fellowship in 1935?
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on July 10, 2010
Both A.A. cofounders Dr. Bob and Bill W. referred to themselves as “practicing Christians.” Both had been converted and believed conversion to Christ provided a cure for alcoholism. Their early meetings were called “old fashioned prayer meetings” and opened with prayer, reading from the Bible, group prayer, group seeking of God’s guidance, and reading from Christian devotionals and literature as a basis for discussion. Dr. Bob called the group a “Christian Fellowship.” The Akron AAs required that all new members profess a belief in God and participate in a ceremony where they accepted Christ as their Lord and Saviour.
why do secretaries of some A.A. open meetings require that attendees identify themselves as Alcoholics?
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on July 8, 2010
Open AA meetings are just that, open to all drinkers and non drinkers. Closed meetings are for alcoholics
Are alcoholics who cling to the ‘disease’ theory scumbags trying to excuse their poor behavior?
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on July 5, 2010
The idea of alcoholism/addiction as a disease is highly controversial and by no means accepted by all doctors. No consistent biological marker has ever been identified for addiction, or for any mental disorder for that matter. “Alcoholism” basically boils down to voluntary actions. A beer does not jump down one’s throat. Since the entirety of “alcoholism” is freely-chosen actions, it is not a disease because actions and beliefs, no matter how harmful or unorthodox, are not and can not be diseases. That’s not what diseases are.
What pisses me off is that some bum drinks a liter of vodka, decides to go driving, slams into a minivan driven by a nice happy family, killing them all. And we’re supposed to say, “oh, it was the disease! The driver wasn’t responsible! He doesn’t belong in prison, he belongs in the healthcare system!” Liberals don’t think anyone is responsible for their actions anymore, the fact is that no one is forcing some drunken idiot to drink, he voluntarily pours alcohol down his throat and should be held responsible for his actions. If alcoholics actually had good values, were good citizens and took responsibility for their lives, the problem would be solved.
“In lots of cases alcoholism is genetic meaning even a taste of alcohol leads to cravings for more .”
Not true. In studies where “alcoholics” are given non-alcoholic beverages and told they are alcoholic beverages, they drink to excess, but when they are given alcohol without their knowledge they do not crave more from just one sip.
How well does Alcoholics Anonymous serve persons who are atheist?
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on July 3, 2010
when the 12 Steps requires a belief in a higher power?
Would a different program better serve persons who are atheist?
What happens at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting?
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on July 3, 2010
I hate to ask this because I’m purely asking for educational purposes. A class is requiring me to go in order to write a short paper, but I do not want to impose on people who are there for help, and I wouldn’t want to make them uncomfortable by sitting there and watching them during their experience.
My instructor told us nothing about what to expect and the assignment just asks to go through and tell a story of what our experience was, but I was hoping someone could help me out. I’d really and truly appreciate it! Thanks in advance.
Pros and cons about Alcoholics Anonymous? Is it worth a try or is something else better?
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on July 1, 2010
I have been receiving counseling via group therapy for alcohol issues. The counselor (private clinic, paid for by my insurance), is a big time Alcoholics Anonymous supporter and a member himself. At all the sessions I attend, he pushes AA (and NA and CA) on the patients. I’ve been going to group for a couple of months now and have begun to wonder what all the fuss is about, so I asked for some local meeting addresses. I’ve never been big on the “higher power” concept that is prevalent in AA. It’s a big turnoff. I am not religious and it seems like AA is geared towards people who are religious in one way or another, and it really seems skewed toward Judeo-Christian beliefs.
I’ve done a bunch of research on it and I don’t like what I’ve been reading. Is there an alternative to the 12 Steps? I’ve stopped drinking and been sober for 4 months now with really no cravings and very little desire to drink, except in some social situations, such a bars, etc., which I frankly try to avoid right now, since I find them to be pretty boring.
My question is for those people out there that have experience in one way or another with AA. Is is a “cult”? Why do you think so? If you think it’s helpful, why? If you think it doesn’t promote change, or is actually harmful, why?
My treatment is court-ordered and I have reason to believe that my counselor doesn’t think I’ve remained sober all this time, mainly because I’m not active in AA. I get the feeling that the counselor thinks I’m lying to him about not drinking. It is difficult for me to make it to meetings, as I work full time, have a husband who is a full time student and also have 2 dogs that need to potty after a long day stuck in the house. I also take the bus, so getting to a meeting outside my immediate area would take ages. I’ve been doing well on my own, and really am only interested in meeting some people to hang out with that don’t drink alcohol, since so many people’s lives in my area revolve around it and the local bars, etc.
Thanks in advance!
I’m currently in treatment and haven’t yet been to an AA meeting. It’s the counselor that is pushing AA and touting it as a great thing. I’m not so sure when I start reading about how easily they dismiss those who have gotten sober on their own.
Naltrexone has mixed effects in alcoholics
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on June 30, 2010
Naltrexone has mixed effects in alcoholics
Treating alcoholics with naltrexone, a non-addictive prescription drug, is a very frustrating experience, said Dr. Markus Heilig, clinical director at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
Read more on Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Can alcoholics drink medication like cough syrup?
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on June 27, 2010
I read that cooking with alcohol does not completely eliminate the content or the taste, which can make it difficult sometimes if a dish requires it. So what do alcoholics do if they need to drink cough syrup or other medications that contain alcohol? I understand that cough syrup can even be abused for its content (yuck), and some states require ID for someone to buy it.
Are Alcoholics Anonymous Members, Who are Roman Catholics, Required to take Sacramental Wine?
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on June 26, 2010
Or is it optional for them and others who wish to abstain?
Thanks to all for the explanations. I appreciate them.
Will obama’s presidency create the “bottom” required by alcoholics and obama’s worshipers?
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on June 26, 2010
Alcoholics Anon, Narcotics anon, they all require a belief in higher power. Do they work for non believers?
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on April 27, 2010
Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics anonymous, they all require a belief in higher power or some kind of god. Do they work for non believers, for atheists or agnostics?
Or are those people destined to fail those programs because the programs are designed for believers?
I have asked this question already in cultures. But thought maybe i would get more responses from Religion & Spirituality
Im not going to one of those groups.
Im not a drug user and only drink at parties.
I was asking out of curiousity.
Anybody on here familiar with Alcoholic’s Anonymous?
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on April 26, 2010
If you go, do you believe in sponsorship? If you do, what qualities would you want in a sponsor? I don’t believe you need to see me in person and know my name to tell me how it works for you in your life and what working your program the way that is right for you has given you in your life.
I do know, however that many AA meetings are closed to non-alocoholics and they require you to admit you’re alcoholic when attending their meeting and that the meetings are designed to help the newcomer understand alcoholism and how to recover and help the recovering ones continue on the right path. So, if you must know if I am an alcoholic before telling me any of what you know about working the AA program, yes, I do believe I am an alcoholic.
It seems that most alcoholics & prison inmates are born again Christians , what is a born again Christian ?
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on April 26, 2010
What Is an Alcoholics Anonymous Sponsor like?
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on April 26, 2010
I found various worksheets and inventories online. Does a sponsor make the sponsee fill out these worksheets.
I understand the sponsee is asked to do a 4th step, 5th step, admit wrongs, etc.
Is this all done verbally or is it written out?
How can “giving one’s life over to God” be spirtual and not religious? What if the sponsee is an athiest? How can they give their life over to God if they don’t believe in God? One could use a doorknob, but that would require believing the doorknob has extraordinary powers and has a personal relationship with the sponsee..
Explain the relationship between a sponsor and a sponsee in AA
Fine Line Between alcoholics and bipolar???What Am I?
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on April 26, 2010
I live a normal life. i work and I have my own home and car. I have been drinking alcohol almost everyday since I was 19 I am now 24. i am a reserved person sober and I drink mainly to relax, have a good time or when I am stressed and angry. i become a totally different person while drunk and sometimes I black out. my friends tell me i did crazy things like start fights, lose credit cards and phones and curse people out. Sometimes I can’t even remember doing things honsetly. My ex used to accuse me of being bipolar. because when I drank whic is mandatory I become a mean person. So he was in love with me but hated the fact that I drink. i swear I would go from having a drink and feeling nice to totally insane and aware of my actions. I am really agressive while intoxicated and far from that when sober. I am shy while sober. Can alcoholism cause one to be bipolar???What is my problem obviously drinking but would u consider me an alcoholic. I had a wake up call after getting into a fight with a girl that I was told I pushed. I pulled her hair out this past weekend
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