12 Misc.

An interesting article entitled “After 75 Years of AA, It’s Time to Admit We Have a Problem” appears in the current issue of Pacific Standard magazine (original title, “Kicking the Habit”). The article points to what appear to be unbridgeable gaps between AA doctrine and reality. For example, AA holds that recovery requires reliance on…

Here’s a seven minute video covering the basics of how alcohol affects the brain. It’s simple and straightforward, making up in clarity what it lacks in detail:

Here is a link to an article from Psychiatric Times, an online publication, summarizing current medication usage in the treatment of alcohol disorders. The article covers drug treatments for intoxication, withdrawal and relapse prevention. There’s nothing earth-shattering in the article, but it does provide a concise look at current treatment procedures.

At least four new LifeRing meetings have started in the past few weeks. I say “at least” because I’ve been less than diligent in keeping track. But I’m sure of new meetings in Petoskeym, MI; Hot Sulphur Springs, CO (this is a closed meeting in the county jail); Oceanside, CA, and Belfast, Northern Ireland. For…