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Why 12 Step Recovery Works

I heard a really interesting lecture the other day on the "scientific" reasons the 12 step programs help people with alcoholism and drug addiction. I wanted to share it because I think it’s powerful stuff, and recently I saw an op ed in the Washington Post that essentially dissed 12 step programs as ineffective.

Can You Fire Your 12-Step Sponsor? by Guest Writer Suzanne K

Everyone in recovery knows the importance of having a 12-step sponsor. But sometimes things change and you find you no longer are getting what you need from your sponsor. What should you do then? The question really becomes: Can you fire your 12-step sponsor? The answer is, decidedly, yes. But this answer comes with a [...]

Firing Your Sponsor (Gulp)

Sometimes it just has to be done. Usually it’s somewhere around the first year – although it can happen at any time.  Could be as simple as finding someone who just clicks with you, or as complicated as realizing your sponsor is secretly using again.  Whatever the case may be, this can be a very [...]

Talking Less – Listening More

I remember the first time I went to a meeting with timers. It was in Southern California.  I thought it was pretty funny until I realized people STILL ignored the time limit and continued to talk and talk and talk and talk about their problems, who did what to them, why there were resentful and [...]

Looking for Stuff to Complain About

Admit it, sometimes we like to just look for things to complain about.  We like to complain about the coffee at a particular meeting, or the fact that so-and-so always talks to0 much, or, one of my pet peeves, no one seemed to care about what I said!  I loved Mr. SponsorPants’ post on this [...]