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Posted on May 9, 2013 at 11:24 pm by Sparrow

AA Helps Reduce Victimisation Symptoms and Drinking
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Image via Wikipedia Violence victimization, help-seeking, and one- and eight-year outcomes of individuals with alcohol use disorders. We examined the associations of recent victimization with subsequent participation in alcohol-related treatment and mutual help, and with short- and long-term drinking and health outcomes. Treatment-naïve men and women having an alcohol use disorder with (n = 73) …∞

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Posted on May 7, 2013 at 10:55 pm by Sparrow

AA and NA Works for Youth too
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Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous benefit adolescents who attend

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Posted on April 28, 2013 at 9:26 pm by Sparrow

The Role of AA Sponsors
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A pilot study of the role of AA sponsors An AA sponsor is a close 1-on-1 collaboration between an older sober member and a relative newcomer to sobriety. Its a two way helping relationship – the sponsor affirms their own sobriety and the sponsee gains new insights. AIMS: The aim of this study was to …∞

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Posted on April 27, 2013 at 9:16 pm by Sparrow

Are 12-Step Programs for Teens Effective?
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Image by beachblogger42 via Flickr Are 12-Step Programs for Teens Effective? Research shows that these types of programs are beneficial for teens. One particular study tracked the progress of 160 youngsters with an average age of 16, over the course of four and six week treatments based on AA’s 12-Step Program. The teens were re-evaluated …∞

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Posted on April 22, 2013 at 8:27 pm by Sparrow

Alcohol Brief Intervention in Primary Practice
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Are Brief Alcohol Interventions Likely to be Effective in Routine Primary Care Practice? A number of meta-analyses have demonstrated the modest efficacy of brief interventions (BI) for nondependent unhealthy alcohol use in primary care settings. Whether this level of efficacy can be expected when BIs are delivered outside of research studies in not known. This …∞

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Posted on April 15, 2013 at 7:37 pm by Sparrow

AA Membership
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Results suggest stability in the representation of women and minorities among the AA membership

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Posted on April 7, 2013 at 6:10 pm by Sparrow

Longer AA Attendance Predicts Change
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Predictors of changes in alcohol-related self-efficacy over 16 years Self-efficacy is a robust predictor of short- and long-term remission after alcohol treatment. This study examined the predictors of self-efficacy in the year after treatment and 15 years later. A sample of 420 individuals with alcohol use disorders was assessed five times over the course of …∞

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Posted on April 7, 2013 at 1:40 am by Sparrow and modified on April 6, 2013 at 9:40 am.

The Alcoholics Anonymous Effect on Drinking

Evaluating Alcoholics Anonymous’s Effect on Drinking in Project MATCH Using Cross-Lagged Regression Panel Analysis Objective: The objective of the study is to determine whether Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) participation leads to reduced drinking and problems related to drinking within Project MATCH (Matching Alcoholism Treatments to Client Heterogeneity), an existing national alcoholism treatment data set. Method: The …∞

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Posted on March 24, 2013 at 4:21 pm by Sparrow

Top Articles
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Posted on March 17, 2013 at 3:20 pm by Sparrow

Setting the standard for recovery
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Image via Wikipedia   Setting the standard for recovery: physicians’ health programs. US physician health programmes demonstrate that long-term intensive monitoring of substance use allied with swift and certain sanctions and abstinence-based mutual aid and treatment can enable seriously dependent individuals to stop using psychoactive substances. Original abstract; Physician health programmes offer drug- and alcohol-using …∞

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