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Posted on May 16, 2013 at 10:09 pm by Lakeside

Mutual-help Helps
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A 3-year study of addiction mutual-help group participation following intensive outpatient treatment BACKGROUND: Addiction-focused mutual-help group participation is associated with better substance use disorder (SUD) treatment outcomes. However, little has been documented regarding which types of mutual-help organizations patients attend, what levels of participation may be beneficial, and which patients, in particular, are more or …∞

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Posted on May 9, 2013 at 9:24 pm by Lakeside

Popular Articles
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Posted on April 14, 2013 at 4:53 pm by Lakeside and modified on April 17, 2013 at 1:35 am.

Altruism helps AA members stay sober
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Helping other alcoholics in Alcoholics Anonymous and drinking outcomes: findings from project MATCH. OBJECTIVE: Although Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is the largest mutual-help organization for alcoholics in the world, its specific mechanisms that mobilize and sustain behavior change are poorly understood. The purpose of this study is to examine prospectively the relationship between helping other alcoholics …∞

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Posted on April 9, 2013 at 3:52 pm by Lakeside

Spirituality and Helping in Alcoholics Anonymous
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Psychiatric severity and spirituality, helping, and participation in Alcoholics Anonymous during recovery. Although helping others is a critical part of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and many treatment programs, measures for assessing helping and describing its relationship with sobriety are lacking. A sample of 200 subjects completed a Helper Therapy Scale including three subscales: Recovery Helping (alpha …∞

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Posted on April 2, 2013 at 2:32 pm by Lakeside

Helping other Alcoholics and Relapse
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Helping other Alcoholics
and Relapse The specific
mechanisms of Alcoholics
Anonymous (AA) that
mobilize and sustain
behavior change are poorly
understood. This study
examined the relationship
between helping other
alcoholics in AA and relapse
in the year following
treatment for alcohol use
disorders. Data were
derived from a longitudinal
investigation of the
efficacy of three
behavioral treatments for
alcohol abuse and
dependence (Project
MATCH). Probabilities of
time to alcohol relapse
were calculated using
Kaplan-Meier survival
estimates. Proportional
hazards regressions, with
control for number of AA
meetings attended, were
conducted to determine
whether the likelihood of
relapse was lower for
those who were helping
other alcoholics. Age was
the only demographic
characteristic that
distinguished participants

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Posted on March 6, 2013 at 9:42 am by Lakeside and modified on March 7, 2013 at 5:31 am.

An Online Support Group for Problem Drinkers
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Social support networks have been identified as one factor that can help people resolve their problem drinking. A relatively new phenomenon is online support groups, such as the one provided on the Alcohol Help Center (AHC; http://www.alcoholhelpcenter.net). Preliminary use of the AHC support group will be summarized and lessons learned in the initial development of …∞

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Posted on February 27, 2013 at 8:27 am by Lakeside

Alcoholics Anonymous Affiliation During Early Recovery
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This study analyzed the Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) participation of 55 patients during the 3 months after their discharge from structured treatment, when dropout is high. Three levels of meeting attendance were discerned: low, mid-level, and “90 meetings in 90 days.” Of greatest interest, the mid-level group showed mixed interest in AA practices despite substantial meeting …∞

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Posted on February 10, 2013 at 5:09 am by Lakeside

Alcoholics Anonymous
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Alcoholics Anonymous Of
all the treatments for
alcohol misuse, Alcoholics
Anonymous (AA) is
probably the most well
known. In AA, a form of
“self-help” treatment,
participants take part in a
series of mental, written
and verbal activities that
can lead to recovery and
abstinence. In one study,
alcoholic patients who
received inpatient and
outpatient psychotherapy,
as well as AA, had better
outcomes than those
patients who attended only
one kind of treatment. It is
thought that AA helps
people because it provides
a new social network that
replaces the alcohol
abuser’;s usual group of
friends who drink with him
or her, and provides a
fellowship that inspires
motivation and

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Posted on January 15, 2013 at 11:17 pm by Lakeside

Brief TSF Alcohol Intervention

By using the processes in this manual you can start and give ongoing support to a person on the road to recovery from alcoholism.

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Posted on January 8, 2013 at 10:19 pm by Lakeside

Beyond Codependency
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Beyond Codependency:
And Getting Better All the
Time By Melody Beattie
Review By Neal J. Pollock
(VA USA) While I have not
read Melody Beattie’;s
other works, I thought this
a very valuable book in and
of itself. It sheds much
light on the topic and
helped me to become
sensitized to the obvious
signs of codependency in
people. By doing this, it
enabled me to avoid
situations where I could
become codependent in a
relationship. I think that,
as in the Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual, there
are levels of psychological
situations and/or problems.
Thus, there may be people
inherently inclined towards
codependency, but there
may also be people

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