{"id":20,"date":"2015-04-26T19:46:56","date_gmt":"2015-04-26T19:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uuaddictionsministry.org\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2022-02-14T22:49:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T22:49:54","slug":"alcohol-and-drug-addiction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uuaddictionsministry.org\/index.php\/alcohol-and-drug-addiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcohol and Drug Addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Recovery Support Programs<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/aaagnostica.org\/\">AA Agnostica<\/a>\u00a0A website with\u00a0articles about the experience, strength and hope\u00a0of agnostics, atheists, freethinkers in recovery from the affliction of alcoholism.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/aa.org\/\">Alcoholics Anonymous<\/a> A fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coda.org\/\">Co-dependents Anonymous<\/a>\u00a0A\u00a0fellowship of men and women whose common purpose is to develop healthy relationships<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lifering.org\/\">LifeRing<\/a> Sober, secular and self-directed peer support program with meetings in many cities and on-line.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.na.org\/\">Narcotics Anonymous<\/a> Offers recovery from the effects of addiction through working a twelve-step program, including regular attendance at group meetings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.recovering-couples.org\/\">Recovering Couples Anonymous<\/a> Open to all couples with any addiction or even no addiction.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartrecovery.org\/\">Smart Recovery<\/a> A leading self-empowering addiction recovery support group. Includes free, self-empowering, science-based mutual help groups.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uuaddictionsministry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/v2_UUAM_qtrpg_Spring2022.pdf\">UU Addictions Ministry Recovery Team (ARMT) Online Meetings<\/a>\u00a0 on the third Sunday of each month, 1pm PT\/4pm ET\u00a0for those in recovery from substance or behavioral compulsions or their family effects.\u00a0 All recovery paths are embraced.\u00a0 The purpose is to support individuals who integrate, or would like to integrate, their personal recovery with their UU spirituality.\u00a0 Captions are provided. For information about the meetings, see: <a href=\"https:\/\/uuaddictionsministry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/UUPrinciples_RecoveryMeeting-1.docx\">UU Principles Recovery Meeting Format<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.waaft.org\/\">We Agnostics, Atheists and Freethinkers<\/a>\u00a0an international service network and a central location for sharing\u00a0resources to support agnostics, atheists and freethinkers in AA.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rehabs.com\/about\/recovery-programs\/\">Addiction recovery programs<\/a> Description and locator of addiction recovery programs.<\/p>\n<h2>Alcohol and Drug Addiction Resources<\/h2>\n<p>AA Services. <em>Living Sober.<\/em> New York: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services Inc., 1998.<\/p>\n<p>AA Services. <em>Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions.<\/em> New York: AA Grapevine Inc., and Alcoholics Anonymous Publishing, 40th printing 2004.<\/p>\n<p><em>Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book<\/em>. New York: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc., 2007.<\/p>\n<p>ALCS Training Center. \u00a0Information about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acls.net\/effects-of-drugs.htm\">the effect of illegal drugs on the heart<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>C., Joe. <em>Beyond Belief &#8211; Agnostic Musings for 12 Step Life: finally a daily reflection book for nonbelievers, freethinkers and everyone<\/em>, Rebellion Dogs Publishing, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>C., Roger. <em>The Little Book &#8211; A Collection of Alternative 12 Steps, <\/em>AA Agnostica, 2013. \u00a020 Samples of alternative Steps for those in AA who are agnostic, atheist, humanist, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Cheever, Susan. <em>My Name Is Bill: Bill Wilson&#8212;His Life and the Creation of Alcoholics Anonymous.<\/em> New York: Washington Square Press, 2004.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher, James. <em>How to Stay Sober: Recovery without Religion.<\/em> New York: Prometheus Books, 1988.<\/p>\n<p>Cimino, Kenneth. <em>The Politics of Crystal Meth: Gay Men Share Stories of Addiction and Recovery<\/em>. Boca Raton, FL: Universal Publishers, 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Clark, Oliver. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rehab4addiction.co.uk\/aa-history\">A History of Alcoholics Anonymous<\/a>\u00a0This visual and auditory history of AA spans the period 1932-1971.<\/p>\n<p>Colvin, Rod. <em>Prescription Drug Addiction: The Hidden Epidemic.<\/em> Omaha, NE: Addicus Books, 2002.<\/p>\n<p>Diamond, Jonathan. <em>Narrative Means to Sober Ends: Treating Addiction and Its Aftermath.<\/em> New York: Guilford Press, 2000.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoveryplace.info\/\">Discovery Place<\/a>.\u00a0Discovery Place is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing affordable drug and alcohol addiction recovery programs for men.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthy.org\/drug-rehab\/\">Drug Rehab<\/a>.\u00a0 A guide for addiction and mental health.\u00a0 Lots of information about addictions and their treatment from healthy.org.<\/p>\n<p>Farrell, Richard. <em>What&#8217;s Left of Us: a memoir of addiction.<\/em> New York: Kensington Publishing Corp, 2009.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.findrehabcenters.org\/\">Find Rehab Centers<\/a> &#8211; A non-profit\u00a0directory of rehabilitation resources for those in need of treatment from substance abuse addiction<\/p>\n<p>Fletcher, Anne M. <em>Sober for Good: New Solutions for Drinking Problems: Advice from Those Who Have Succeeded.<\/em> New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2002.<\/p>\n<p>Gregson, David, and Jay Efran. <em>The Tao of Sobriety: Helping You to Recover from Alcohol and Drug Addiction.<\/em> New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2002<\/p>\n<p>Hudson, Herbert E. IV.\u00a0\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-US\"><i>Anonymous Christians: Support by Clergy of Addiction Recovery through Twelve Step Programs,\u00a0<\/i><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515598635744_191065\" lang=\"EN-US\">Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Kettelhack, Guy. <em>First Year Sobriety: When All That Changes Is Everything.<\/em> Center City, MN: Hazelden, 1992.<\/p>\n<p>Lee, Stephen. <em>Overcoming Crystal Meth Addiction: An Essential Guide to Getting Clean.<\/em> New York: Marlowe and Company, 2006.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/mental-illness\/in-depth\/intervention\/art-20047451\">Mayo Clinic<\/a>. Information about Intervention to overcome addiction.<\/p>\n<p>Narcotics Anonymous. <em>It Works: How and Why: Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Narcotics Anonymous.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. <em>Women Under the Influence.<\/em> Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 2006.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aging.com\/alcohol-abuse-amongst-the-elderly-a-complete-guide\/\">National Council for Aging Care\u00a0Report<\/a> on alcohol abuse among the elderly.<\/p>\n<p>National Institute on Drug Abuse. Brochure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drugabuse.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/treatmentbrochure_web.pdf\">Seeking Drug Abuse Treatment Know What to Ask<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.niaaa.nih.gov\/publications\/Hangovers\/beyondHangovers.htm\">Alcohol&#8217;s impact on Health<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Platt, Jerome J. Cocaine <em>Addiction: Theory, Research and Treatment.<\/em> Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1997.<\/p>\n<p>Sheff, David. <em>Beautiful Boy: A Father&#8217;s Journey through His Son&#8217;s Addiction.<\/em> New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Sheff, Nic. <em>Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines<\/em>. New York: Ginee Seo Books, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Solomon, Melanie. <em>AA: Not the Only Way: Your One-Step Guide to 12-Step Alternatives.<\/em> Venice, CA: Melanie Solomon, 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Stein, Michael. <em>The Addict: One Patient, One Doctor, One Year.<\/em> New York: William Morrow, 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Trimpey, Jack. Rational <em>Recovery: The New Cure for Substance Addiction.<\/em> New York: Simon and Schuster, 1996.<\/p>\n<p>Washton, David. <em>Cocaine Addiction: Treatment, Recovery, and Relapse Prevention.<\/em> New York: W.W. 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