CDC: College Grads 82% Liklier to Be Regular Drinkers than H.S. Dropouts - cnsnews.com
Excerpt from this article:
"Adults with a bachelor’s degree or higher are 81.9 percent more likely
than those with less than a high school diploma to self-identify as
"current regular drinkers", according to the 2012 National Health
Interview Survey (NHIS), which found that regular alcohol consumption
increases with higher levels of education."
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Recommended reading:
Ladies, Who Needs a Drink?
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) in the Crosshairs
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Showing posts with label Alcoholics Anonymous. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Sinking Colorado: "All Weed, No Easter On Denver Post's Page One"
Sinking Colorado: "All Weed, No Easter On Denver Post's Page One" - newsbusters.org
Excerpt from this article:
"Dan Gainor relayed to me that Sunday's New York Times hasn't a whiff of Easter on its front page -- not even in its blurbs at the bottom, saved for epic stories like 'U.N. Cholera Struggle in Haiti.' Above that is a depressing story about a 12-year-old Ecuadorean girl who committed suicide in Mexico after a second failed attempt at illegal immigration into America. But it could be worse. Jim Romenesko reports from marijuana-addled Colorado that the Denver Post had nothing on Easter, but a huge writeup on 'Welcome to Weed Country'":
Excerpt from this article:
"Dan Gainor relayed to me that Sunday's New York Times hasn't a whiff of Easter on its front page -- not even in its blurbs at the bottom, saved for epic stories like 'U.N. Cholera Struggle in Haiti.' Above that is a depressing story about a 12-year-old Ecuadorean girl who committed suicide in Mexico after a second failed attempt at illegal immigration into America. But it could be worse. Jim Romenesko reports from marijuana-addled Colorado that the Denver Post had nothing on Easter, but a huge writeup on 'Welcome to Weed Country'":
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Alchoholics Anonymous (AA) in the Crosshairs!
Headlines: After 75 Years of AA, It's Time to Admit We Have a Problem - newser.com
"For much of the past 50 years or so, voicing any serious skepticism toward Alcoholics Anonymous or any other 12-step program was sacrilege—the equivalent, in polite company, of questioning the virtue of American mothers or the patriotism of our troops. If your problem was drink, AA was the answer; if drugs, Narcotics Anonymous. And if those programs didn’t work, it was your fault: You weren’t “working the steps.” The only alternative, as the 12-step slogan has it, was “jails, institutions, or death.” By 2000, 90 percent of American addiction treatment programs employed the 12-step approach."
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I understand addiction. And I understand - at least to some extent - addicts. Because I am one! Addicts and addictions provide comedians with an endless supply of material for their trade. Robin Williams once joked that "reality is a crutch for those who can't handle drugs!" And what would musicians do if they did not have addicts to write songs about? (see: It's a Sin!).
But for the addict - and their friends and family - addictions are no laughing matter. Here is one of the best descriptions I've ever found of addiction: "Imagine holding your breath for 2 minutes. Now imagine something much worse!"
That doesn't mean I sign off on everything AA or any other 12 step group teaches. As a Christian, I have to reject the idea that you can have any higher power, other than our Lord Jesus Christ. And while I am all in favor of medical treatments and medications to help with addictions, I don't accept the idea that "It is a disease." In fact, if I ever get around to reading Martin and Deidre Bobgan's book, 12 Steps to Destruction, I'm sure I will discover several other faults about AA and 12 Step Recovery groups.
But 12 Step groups - at least good ones - have one thing that even many churches can't offer an addict and that is this: fellow addicts who care about each other and are willing to go out of their way to help one another stay sober.
I remember a meeting I had with an elder from a church I wanted to join. He criticized me for refusing to say no to my employer when they imposed 'mandatory overtime' on Sunday. Then he said that he had "strictly kept the Sabbath [Sunday] for the past 37 years." But I'll never forget one of his last words to me [I did not join that church!]: "I'm not someone you can call at two o'clock in the morning!"
A good 12 Step or recovery group is made up of people who are not only willing to pick up the phone at two o'clock in the morning, but are willing to get out of bed, come and pick you up, take you out for coffee, listen, and then help you get home safely. In my opinion, it is this than makes AA and recovery groups work.
Strongly recommended reading:
Why Christians Make Miserable Addicts
But I Don't Want to Be an Alcoholic
Ladies, Who Needs a Drink?
Miss Heroin
"For much of the past 50 years or so, voicing any serious skepticism toward Alcoholics Anonymous or any other 12-step program was sacrilege—the equivalent, in polite company, of questioning the virtue of American mothers or the patriotism of our troops. If your problem was drink, AA was the answer; if drugs, Narcotics Anonymous. And if those programs didn’t work, it was your fault: You weren’t “working the steps.” The only alternative, as the 12-step slogan has it, was “jails, institutions, or death.” By 2000, 90 percent of American addiction treatment programs employed the 12-step approach."
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I understand addiction. And I understand - at least to some extent - addicts. Because I am one! Addicts and addictions provide comedians with an endless supply of material for their trade. Robin Williams once joked that "reality is a crutch for those who can't handle drugs!" And what would musicians do if they did not have addicts to write songs about? (see: It's a Sin!).
But for the addict - and their friends and family - addictions are no laughing matter. Here is one of the best descriptions I've ever found of addiction: "Imagine holding your breath for 2 minutes. Now imagine something much worse!"
That doesn't mean I sign off on everything AA or any other 12 step group teaches. As a Christian, I have to reject the idea that you can have any higher power, other than our Lord Jesus Christ. And while I am all in favor of medical treatments and medications to help with addictions, I don't accept the idea that "It is a disease." In fact, if I ever get around to reading Martin and Deidre Bobgan's book, 12 Steps to Destruction, I'm sure I will discover several other faults about AA and 12 Step Recovery groups.
But 12 Step groups - at least good ones - have one thing that even many churches can't offer an addict and that is this: fellow addicts who care about each other and are willing to go out of their way to help one another stay sober.
I remember a meeting I had with an elder from a church I wanted to join. He criticized me for refusing to say no to my employer when they imposed 'mandatory overtime' on Sunday. Then he said that he had "strictly kept the Sabbath [Sunday] for the past 37 years." But I'll never forget one of his last words to me [I did not join that church!]: "I'm not someone you can call at two o'clock in the morning!"
A good 12 Step or recovery group is made up of people who are not only willing to pick up the phone at two o'clock in the morning, but are willing to get out of bed, come and pick you up, take you out for coffee, listen, and then help you get home safely. In my opinion, it is this than makes AA and recovery groups work.
Strongly recommended reading:
Why Christians Make Miserable Addicts
But I Don't Want to Be an Alcoholic
Ladies, Who Needs a Drink?
Miss Heroin
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