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    • Posted on May 7, 2009 at 11:43 pm by Sparrow and modified on August 15, 2007 at 4:49 am.

    Major Goals of TSF
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    Major Goals of 12-Step
    Facilitation Therapy in
    Project MATCH Acceptance
    Acceptance by patients
    that they suffer from the
    chronic and progressive
    illness of alcoholism
    Acceptance by patients
    that they have lost the
    ability to control their
    drinking Acceptance by
    patients that because
    there is no effective cure
    for alcoholism, the only
    viable alternative is
    complete abstinence from
    the use of alcohol
    Surrender Acknowledgment
    on the part of the patient
    that hope for recovery
    (i.e., sustained sobriety)
    exists, but only by
    accepting the reality of loss
    of control and by having
    faith that some higher
    power can help the
    patient, whose own
    willpower has been
    defeated by alcoholism
    Acknowledgment by the
    patient that the fellowship
    of

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    Posted on March 8, 2009 at 12:16 am by Sparrow and modified on July 25, 2007 at 10:36 am.

    Why ‘not drinking’?
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    Why ‘;not drinking’;? We
    members of Alcoholics
    Anonymous see the
    answer to that question
    when we look honestly at
    our own past lives. Our
    experience clearly proves
    that any drinking at all
    leads to serious trouble for
    the alcoholic, or problem
    drinker. In the words of
    the American Medical
    Association: Alcohol, aside
    from its addictive qualities,
    also has a psychological
    effect that modifies
    thinking and reasoning.
    One drink can change the
    thinking of an alcoholic so
    that he feels he can
    tolerate another, and then
    another, and another. The
    alcoholic can learn to
    completely control his
    disease, but the affliction
    cannot be cured so that he
    can return

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    Posted on February 14, 2009 at 12:16 am by Sparrow and modified on July 18, 2007 at 12:59 pm.

    What Are Drug Users Looking For?
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    Posted on December 10, 2008 at 12:21 am by Sparrow and modified on June 28, 2007 at 12:00 pm.

    Drinking and Biting
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    Drinking and Biting It’;s a
    problem Mike Tyson knows
    well: fights that escalate
    into men biting other men.
    And researchers say that
    most human-bite cases
    involve males who have
    been drinking, the
    CanWest News Service
    reported June 20. Irish
    researchers say that 86
    percent of human-bite
    cases involve alcohol, and
    that men are bitten 12
    times more often than
    women. Most bites occur
    on the face — particularly
    the ears, nose and cheek
    – as well as the fingers
    and forearm. Sixty-five
    percent of all bites involve
    the ear. “I think a lot of
    people wouldn’;t know this
    happens, or to the extent
    that it happens,” said
    study co-author

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    Posted on December 8, 2008 at 12:25 am by Sparrow and modified on June 27, 2007 at 11:36 am.

    Controlled drinking?
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    Reduction in heavy drinking
    as a treatment outcome in
    alcohol dependence. This
    article, published in a
    prestigious journal,
    suggests that controlled
    drinking should return to
    the public health arena.
    This, even though this
    policy has been dismissed,
    about 2 decades ago, as
    being unworkable and
    dangerous to the
    individuals, their families
    and society as a whole.
    Alcoholics who have tried
    controlled drinking will
    attest to the futility of such
    a policy and goal.
    Reduction in heavy drinking
    for ‘problem drinkers’; is a
    viable goal but not for
    alcoholics. The only reality
    suggestion made in the
    article is the final one
    “outcomes be individualized
    to patients’; goals”. There

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