Smart recovery — Group is alternative to 12–step programs
Addiction recovery support group organizer Meribeth Hauenstein meets with 18-month sober Tom Williams during a weekly meeting held every Monday at 6:30 p.m. with members of the group in the Juniper room of Memorial Medical Center Annex. « 1; 2; 3; ».
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Recovering addict has big hopes for The Next Step
Glasgow's dry bar – which Ms Campbell is thinking of calling The Next Step after the well known 12-step addiction recovery programme – will follow in the footsteps of The Brink in Liverpool. That dry bar opened two years ago and has attracted top acts …
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Smart recovery — Group is alternative to 12–step programs
Addiction recovery support group organizer Meribeth Hauenstein meets with 18-month sober Tom Williams during a weekly meeting held every Monday at 6:30 p.m. with members of the group in the Juniper room of Memorial Medical Center Annex. « 1; 2; 3; ».
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Recovering addicts convene in Phila.
Those sober for a week or less are asked to come to the stage and are given a copy of NA's basic text, including the 12 steps, the founding principles, and stories from recovering addicts around the world. "We believe we can't keep what we have unless …
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Recovering addicts convene in Phila.
Those sober for a week or less are asked to come to the stage and are given a copy of NA's basic text, including the 12 steps, the founding principles, and stories from recovering addicts around the world. "We believe we can't keep what we have unless …
Read more on Philly.com

Stanford humanities course empowers recovering addicts
Stanford humanities course empowers recovering addicts and alcoholics. Taught by Stanford humanities scholars, courses about philosophy, the arts and history have become an integral part of the addiction recovery process for the women of Hope House.
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Former Heroin Addict Comes Clean In Recovery, Finds New Purpose
Her addiction to heroin was the low-point that nearly cost her her life before agreeing to enter treatment. After spending a year in a faith-based recovery program, Alexa has replaced the void once filled with drugs with a new sense of spirituality and …
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Alcohol Treatment Newark's New Programs Prepare Alcoholics for Life After …
Carrie L., an addiction specialist at Alcohol Treatment Newark, describes the effectiveness of the new alcohol treatment programs, “Returning to your everyday life as a recovering addict is difficult enough, but when you must come face to face with …
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Life Change Announces New Addiction Recovery App
"Our goal at Life Change Recovery is to continually guide clients and their loved ones through the process of finding the right addiction treatment program to meet their individual needs. Our new app will make this process easier and more fluid. The …
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Recovering addicts convene in Phila.
Anthony Edmondson (right), ex. dir. of Narcotics Anonymous World Services (NAWS), and Rebecca Meyer, asst. ex. dir of NAWS in the registration area of the PA Convention Center prior to the start of their national convention Aug. 28, 2013. ( CLEM MURRAY …
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Life Change Announces New Addiction Recovery App
The Life Change app features a Recovery Wall, Recovery Shout, and Recovery Checkin: all tools for individuals to connect and provide motivation and encouragement throughout the addiction recovery process. Staff members at Life Change Recovery are …
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Pathways to Recovery for the Addicted & for the Community
Alan and Jim are both Bangor area based dual diagnosis clinicians who are Recovery Allies. In order to support Recovery from addiction in meaningful ways, we acknowledge that there are many different paths by which people attain sobriety and make a …
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Online addiction support groups are one of the best ways to obtain speedy addiction recovery. They are safe, effective social outlets for addiction related problems, and a getaway for those seeking addiction recoveries. Most good and popular addiction related websites have features such as addiction forums and addiction chat rooms in addition to addiction support groups. Here are 4 ways to best utilize addiction support groups for addiction recovery :

1.Use them as additional therapy for rehabilitation
Along with professional therapy, being part of addiction support groups can go a long way to help you in your road to addiction recovery and rehabilitation. Interacting and talking to other people in the same condition as us has a therapeutic effect, and when you are a part of addiction support groups, you give out and receive encouragement from others that inspire and touch you.

2. Use them to interact with others
Sharing experiences or just talking with other people in the same condition as us has a therapeutic effect on us, since it gives us newer outlooks and fresh new pairs of eyes to see the condition in a whole new light. Addiction websites have addiction chat rooms and addiction forums that you can use to interact with others on the website, and share your experiences and problems with others who understand you. For instance, you can start a new addiction recovery forum to narrate your story and encourage others to share their experiences too.

3.Use them to garner information about addiction recoveryAddiction support groups and Addiction related websites are hotpots of information on addictions since they are home to people rehabilitating and coping with the condition.

Members often share their experiences with professionals and their road to addiction recovery in the addiction forums , and sometimes those members are individuals who have already beaten the problems. Popular addiction related websites also have detailed information on addiction and problems that arise from them, and reading them is very worthwhile too.

4.Use them for recreation
Addiction Support Groups and addiction forums differ according to the topic they are based on, ranging from serious ones like a recovery forum on rehab methods and others like groups about pop music. So naturally, they are great online getaways for people looking for some light-hearted fun along with addiction recovery. Starting an addiction group or addiction recovery forum topic on your hobbies or favourite sports may prove to be great fun!