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DID YOU KNOW THAT APRIL IS ALCOHOL AWARENESS MONTH?

Many alcoholics get angry and annoyed when their friends, family and others criticize their drinking. Hold on a minute. Check it out yourself. Go to https://www.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/alcohol-awareness-signs-drinking.png

Read the list of symptoms. No one is looking over your shoulder. It is just you and the list. We all know it is not easy to stop drinking. But help is available. Talk to your doctor he can give you medicine to ease any withdrawal. Look up Alcoholics Anonymous and In The Rooms. Go for it. Be good to yourself.

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Thinking About How To Give Up Drinking

Alcoholism is a disease and so is diabetes.  We all know that diabetes can be controlled and can be constantly tested.  We all know that to a certain degree diabetes can be controlled by diet.

Guess what! So can alcoholism.

SAMHSA just delivered some news about www.soberlink.com

Yes, you maintain your privacy but you have someone to talk to. It measures the alcohol in your system. It works with you. It costs less than a dollar a day to subscribe. Even if you are only thinking about giving up drinking try it. You are the one who will be in control. You are the one who can experiment with giving up drinking. You are the one who will know how much alcohol is in your body when you drink. You are the one who can talk to someone when you need to.

Be good to yourself. Try it.

More News About Giving Up Drinking

Alcoholism is a disease and so is diabetes.  We all know that diabetes can be controlled and can be constantly tested.  We all know that to a certain degree diabetes can be controlled by diet.

Guess what! So can alcoholism.

SAMHSA just delivered some news about www.soberlink.com

Yes, you maintain your privacy but you have someone to talk to. It measures the alcohol in your system. It works with you. It costs less than a dollar a day to subscribe. Even if you are only thinking about giving up drinking try it. You are the one who will be in control. You are the one who can experiment with giving up drinking. You are the one who will know how much alcohol is in your body when you drink. You are the one who can talk to someone when you need to.

Be good to yourself. Try it.

Trying To Stop Drinking

Every Alcoholic has had that problem. Hang in there. And stay with those who are ready to help. Visit this site. https://www.intherooms.com/home/author/soberlink/

Wow – these people really know what they are talking about. Go for it.

We all know it is the holiday time again which means it is time to think of what you can do to stay healthy. Visit this website for good advice.

Your Sober Holiday Survival Guide
Your Sober Holiday Survival Guide – ITRThe holidays can be stressful, especially for those of us in recovery. Whether that is recovery from substance use, food addiction, co-dependent relationships, or pretty much anything at all (I believe that we are all in recovery from something), the holidays can put a stress on our recovery journeys. Even good stress can be challenging. www.intherooms.com

Let’s think of the three most important issues.

  1. Don’t go where you will feel uncomfortable, where the smell of liquor might be too strong, where the “come on have a drink” is the rule. Don’t be afraid to tell your family why you don’t want to go.
  2. Avoid stress. How? Have an hour which your family know is “your time.” Phone friends. Visit fellow alcoholics on line. Go to an AA session on line.
  3. Make a list of what gives you joy. Joining carolers. Going for a long walk. Spending an hour in a coffee shop. Shopping for gifts. Your family probably likes some of these activities. Or they might have a suggestion which never occurred to you.                                                     **

WORRIED ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN?

Most Parents at one time or another are worried. Alcoholics often worry did my youngster inherit my propensity. How do you broach the subject without being accusatory or arguing? You may want to visit the enclosed video – go for it.

Chinook Horses, located in Billings, Montana, which offers a type of forget the couch and think horses therapy, presented in its recent newsletter  the following story:

When Echo was looking for a therapy program to treat her substance use disorder, she knew that she did not want to do a traditional talk therapy program as was expected of her. Echo had known about equine therapy since she was twelve, but it was not until she was pregnant and motivated to stay clean from drugs that she inquired about Chinook Horses’ services. “I wanted to do therapy on my own terms,” Echo says. “It’s easier to be around animals and talk to them and connect with them than it is with humans.” Echo responded positively to individual therapy sessions with Chinook Horses, staying clean from drugs entirely in the two years since her daughter was born. Even though Echo still has triggers, it is through the skills that she has learned at Chinook that she remains clean, especially for the sake of her daughter. “She changed my whole life. She made me want to be better, not just for the courts but for myself.” The most important thing that Echo says she has learned from Chinook is instilling a genuine sense of confidence in herself, rather than the “false” confidence  or facade that she was used to putting on. Of her long term goals with Chinook, Echo wants to learn how to be more assertive and establish more healthy boundaries. Echo owes her success to her horse, Mavis, whom she has also named Midnight. Echo also wants to thank the therapists at Chinook Horses for her success, calling her facilitators “understanding and nice” because they allowed her to form her own connection with the horse, rather than intervening and dictating how the connection should be managed. “They work with you well… They let you do most of the work with the horses… I thought that was pretty cool”
 

An inspiring story! But you know what – horse therapy deals with all therapy needs – shyness, depression, lack of concentration at school or at work. Some of you looking for a career in the field of therapy may find horse therapy something to look into.

For more details visit:

info@Chinook Horses.org

and

visit https://www.prforpeople.com/life-style/health/therapy-forget-couch-think-horses