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AA Alternative Lauded in England
Michael W., from LifeRing Canada, passes on the link to an interesting article in The Guardian, a major English newspaper (see here). The article is about SMART Recovery, an alternative to AA that focuses on teaching its member CBT (Cognitive … Continue reading
Washington Post Article Challenges AA Approach
A recent article in the Washington Post will be of interest to many here. It takes AA to task for being ineffective and sees no real purpose for the entire Rehab industry. The author does accept the ‘illness’ concept and … Continue reading
Hometown Paper Features New LifeRing CEO
The Peninsula Daily News in Washington State is running a feature story on Craig Whalley, the newly elected Executive Director of LifeRing. Craig recently sold the bookshop he bought 39 years ago in Port Angeles, and will be moving to … Continue reading
Message to LifeRing Canada members
Hey everyone, We are gauging interest and presently thinking about initiating a weekly telephone and/or Skype meeting for people that do not have access to face-to-face meetings in Canada. The telephone meetings are working well in the USA. Basically, a … Continue reading
LifeRing gets website plug
Kudos to Dianna Narciso, blogger for the website examiner.com of San Francisco (no relation to the Examiner newspaper) for mentioning LifeRing among “rational alternatives to AA” in her article on the 75th anniversary of AA. Her article asks the important … Continue reading
Letter to Dr. Phil
Dale in St. Cloud FL posted this letter to the convenor list: Letter to the Dr. Phil show: Dr. Phil, I was alternately moved by and dismayed with your show today on alcoholic women. You expressed a limited knowledge of … Continue reading
Alcoholics Anonymous and the Counseling Profession: Philosophies in Conflict
By Christine Le, Erik P. Ingvarson, and Richard C. Page From Journal of Counseling & Development, 07-01-1995, p. 603. This article describes the contribution of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) to drug and alcohol treatment. The potential for AA ‘s steps to encourage growth … Continue reading
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