people - Amis/Amigos de Bill W. & Dr Bob's friends

33 ans de sobriété active

Publié le 9 juillet 2011 par kreizker

DECES DE BETTY FORD (93),

8 JUILLET 2011

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Epouse de l'ancien président des USA, Gerald Ford

Membre AA depuis 1978

A co-fondé (avec Leonard Firestone, ancien ambassadeur US) en octobre 1982, en Californie (à Rancho Mirage, région de Palm Springs) le : http://www.bettyfordinstitute.org/

Sur base du modèle "Minnesota" (12 étapes) - Alcool et autres dépendances chimiques

Aussi ouvert aux enfants à partir de 7 ans

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Anciens patients : Elizabeth Taylor, Liza Minnelli, Mary Tyler Moore, Mickey Mantle, Darryl Strawberry, Lindsay Lohan, David Arquette, Ozzy Osbourne, Robert Downey Jr., Drew Barrymore, Johnny Cash, Warren Zevon...

5 réunions AA par semaine à Rancho Mirage

MON	07:00 PM	Attitude Adjustment

TUE	07:00 PM	Coachella Desert Men's Group

WED	06:30 PM	Just the Black Print Big Book Study

THU	07:00 PM	Eve. Attitude Adjustment

SUN	06:00 PM	Step Study

3 réunions à côté du Betty Ford Center, au Eisenhower Hospital (où est décédée Betty Ford)

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HARRY POTTER chez AA

Publié le 7 juillet 2011 par kreizker

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La presse se fait l'écho de la fréquentation de Daniel Radcliffe (22 ans) à des réunions AA depuis 1 an et de sa sobriété

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Publié le 1 mars 2011 par kreizker

The TV sitcom millionaire says he cured himself of his addiction.

"I close my eyes and - and - and made it so, with the power of my mind. Had to unload 22 years of fiction, and just decided that I don't believe that anymore, and I know my own truth, and I just - that's what I stand on right now," Sheen said.

When asked what kind of fiction, Sheen replied "the fiction of AA."

On national television, Sheen said he believes Alcoholics Anonymous has a 5 percent success rate.

"For any narcissist, it's going to be really difficult to accept the AA program because what they have to do is they have to look for a power outside ourselves," Denver substance abuse counselor Nancy Lantz said.

Lantz says with the right support, some do recover without a 12-step program, but she says she fears Sheen's anti-AA comments could be dangerous for her clients.

"Anybody in denial will find anything they can use so they don't have to move into recovery," Lantz said.

9NEWS spoke with the people at the Rocky Mountain Region of Alcoholics Anonymous. They didn't want to say much because it's their policy to always maintain anonymity.

There's a tri-annual survey of AA members online that shows 95 percent of new members drop out during the first year off attendance.

It should be considered that many of those drop outs are "repeaters," and there is no way to know how many people re-enter the program.

Sheen's been taking aim at the belief that it takes a certain number of days to get sober. The counselor we talked to says it takes anywhere from 45 to 60 days after somebody stops drinking for their brain to start to heal and their body chemistry to return to that normal functioning state of being.

9NEWS spoke to one man, who prefers to remain anonymous, who says he's proof that you can recover from what can be a deadly addiction, if you're willing to put in the time and energy.

"I've got 31 years of sobriety almost, and a big part of my early sobriety was based in AA. Alcoholics Anonymous doesn't work for a lot of people because they don't work Alcoholics Anonymous," he said.

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S'il le dit...

Publié le 28 février 2011 par kreizker

Evoquant son problème d'addiction, Charlie Sheen a réitéré son dédain envers les Alcooliques Anonymes, une « fiction » dont le taux de succès est de 5%.

Du coup, il a créé la « Sober Valley Lodge » dans sa propre maison. « Leur client principal a été traité avec un succès radical », explique ainsi l'acteur qui n'envisage pas de rechute.

La rechute, c'est « pour les idiots, les perdants, les faibles. Pour eux la défaite est une option. Pas pour moi ».

The actor also called the Alcoholics Anonymous organization's strategies for combating substance abuse "the work of sissies."

"The only thing I'm addicted to is winning," he said. "This bootleg cult, arrogantly referred to as Alcoholics Anonymous, reports a 5 percent success rate. My success rate is 100 percent. Do the math -- another one of their mottoes is, 'Don't be special, be one of us.'

Newsflash: I am special, and I will never be one of you! I have a disease? Bull (expletive)! I cured it with my brain, with my mind."

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