Blog Entries tagged 'treatment center'

The Serenity Prayer

kenandjody@comcast.net — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

We 12-step people say the Serenity Prayer's first few lines thousands of times, before most meetings, and in our hearts so often when faced with one of those inevitable difficult situations life hands us.

But how many times have we heard the entire work, as written by Reinhold Neibuhr in 1926?

When you hear the prayer in its entirety you see even greater depth, and you see where it is at heart a Christian poem. So [...]

Why Do "Big Boys" Have Trouble Admitting Powerlessness?

kenandjody@comcast.net — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100

We are three men from Texas with over 40 years in Al-Anon (which is pretty unique), and we wrote this post the day before Halloween last year without the slightest thought that so many would read it. It is accounting for about 1/4 of the "hits" on our blog now, which has more than 60 posts, so it is obvious that men REALLY DO have trouble admitting powerlessness!

Please help us fuel this fire and help many other men by forwarding this post to any [...]

Drug Treatment Under Fire

karima@aboutdrugrehab.com — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 22:09:06 +0100

I've been hearing a lot of opinions recently about these super rich celebrities going into rehab that operates more as a vacation home than a drug and alcohol treatment facility.
I don't know what's going on at theses ultra exclusive rehabs in Malibu where enough money will buy someone a day off to get a tan, a private romp around the house with the chef, or sneak out fora private party with 1,000 closest friends, drugs, and alcohol - then declare success and rehabilit [...]