New National AA Meetings Database Launches at IntheRooms.com June 10, 2009
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Want to know at exactly what location and when the next Alcoholics Anonymous meeting is in your area? Now you can very easily. IntheRooms.com has just launched their listing for Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings across the US and the rest of the globe.
One InTheRooms.com member, ScottWDavenport, described the database in the following way: “It’s great to know that InTheRooms.com is working on a Alcoholics Anonymous database that’ll not only benefit its members, but anyone in recovery whether they’ve heard of IntheRooms or not.”
Please follow the link to visit the AA listings: http://meetings.intherooms.com/wiki/AA_Meetings.
Also, be sure to click through the main listings page, Meetings.InTheRooms.com to find similar listings for other fellowships’ meetings, like: Gamblers Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, and Overeaters Anonymous.
Study Shows 80% of Australians Think They Have A Binge Drinking Problem May 11, 2009
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The Australian organization, the Alcohol Education Rehabilitation Foundation, recently teamed with the Distilled Spirits Industry Council of Australia (DSICA) to conduct a survey that yielded more than 1,000 respondents; the finding were startling, roughly 80% of Australians surveyed believed there is a national drinking problem. That almost a 20% increase from the same survey that was given last year, which resulted in a 63% acknowledgment of a national drinking problem.
ABC Australia reported that Scott Wilson, the chairman of The Alcohol Education Rehabilitation Foundation said, “The swing in attitude can be largely attributed to government efforts to put binge drinking on the national agenda.” In short, a new government initiative to raise awareness of binge drinking has been effective. However, it seems that the government may have to step up there efforts as, “Almost 100 per cent of respondents agreed the responsibility to help communities with alcohol problems should be shared between governments, alcohol manufacturers, alcohol retailers, individuals and the health and not-for-profit sector,” according to ABC Australia.
In the Rooms Youtube Channel May 6, 2009
Posted by Ernesto in : Addcition, Alcohol Addiction, In the Rooms, Online, Recovery, United States, Worldwide , add a comment
The new social networking website IntheRooms.com, which dedicates itself specifically as a support network for those in recovery, now has a channel on youtube.com that is filled with all kinds of pertinent recovery videos. To be specific, there are exactly 37 videos currently, which range from an NBC 6 interview with the founders of In the Rooms, Kenny Pomerance and Ron Tannenbuam, to several videos that feature Father Martin.
For those unfamiliar with Father Joseph Martin, he was an ordained priest based out of Baltimore Maryland, who was an alcoholic that made a full recovery and spent the rest of his life advocating animatedly for the Alcoholics and Narcotic Anonymous fellowships. Unfortunately, Father Joseph Martin passed away earlier this year (2009). He is most famous for his “Chalk Board” talks that helped champion addiction recovery for so many individuals who sought to overcome the disease of addiction.
A Global Recovery (aglobalrecovery.com) invites everyone around the globe, who may be reading this article (as well as everyone who isn’t), to visit the In the Rooms Youtube Channel at: http://www.youtube.com/intherooms. We also invite everyone to get as much support as possible by joining the online community of InTheRooms.com. There, you can get in contact with plenty of support from the over 30,000 fellow recovering members from all around the world.
National Survey in Panama Shows Alcohol as most Consumed Drug April 28, 2009
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The results of the national Panamanian survey “Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Calidad de Vida” (ENSCAVI) have revealed that alcohol is the most widely-used drug in the country. The data reported by the ENSCAVI was obtained in 2007 from survey responses given by approximately 25,748 adults. Several Panamanian organizations collaborated to administer the survey, including the “Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud”, the “Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo de la Contraloría General de la República de Panamá”, and the “Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas (MEF).”
The statistics obtained from the ENSCAVI survey also provided significant evidence of gender differences in regards to alcohol consumption. Across all variables, it was the survey concluded that Panamanian men reported drinking alcoholic beverages with more frequency then women. In addition, it was found that men begin consuming alcohol at an earlier age than their female counterparts. The average age that Panamanian males reported, for first consuming alcohol, was between 18 and 24, while the average female reports were around 25 years of age.
In regards to the consumption of alcohol among Panamanian youths, a research study conducted by psychologist, Geraldine Emiliani, found that 89% of the polled adolescents (ages 14 -17) reported already consuming alcohol at family gatherings and at clubs. Researchers believe that possible causes of early alcohol consumption are linked to a lack of parental involvement and communication, peer pressure, an excess in alcohol marketing. When these factors are combined with a shortage of safe and healthy entertainment, subsequently, a deterioration of the family follows.
Rise in Violence-Related Attacks in UK Partly Due to Alcohol Abuse April 24, 2009
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The annual violence study conducted by Cardiff University (UK) found that the frequency of hospital visits for violence-related attacks in Wales and England has risen by nearly 7% since last year. This marks the first overall rise of incidents in the data since 2001.
According to Professor Jonathan Shepherd, who is Cardiff University’s research director of Violence Research and Society Group, the 7% increase was the result of alcohol abuse, citing: “The big problem is alcohol-related violence in towns and city centers,” adding, “It’s not so much that you drink and become violent but that you become vulnerable. For both women and men, the best way to reduce the risk of being injured is monitoring how much you drink.”
Experts like Wynford Ellis Owen of the Welsh Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs agree with Shepard in that alcohol has a major part to play in the equation. However, Owen believes that the violence is a direct result of alcohol abuse that has been worsened by the recent economic downturn. In an interview, Owen said, “I think it’s inevitable that in order to ease the pain of what they are suffering now, people will turn to alcohol and drugs.” Owens added about the uprising trend in violence, “It’s a consequence of abusive drinking and it’s a reality that society has to come to terms with.”
Nonetheless, Shepard added, “We saw an encouraging and sharp fall in violence-related serious injuries in 2007, suggesting…that initiatives such as Crime Reduction Partnerships were delivering results. What the 2008 results show, however, is that crime prevention policies and delivery agencies still have a way to go before violence in the UK gets properly under control.”
AlcoholAddiction.org Expands to Include Drug Abuse February 18, 2009
Posted by inrecovery in : Alcohol Addiction , add a commentAs no stranger to the addiction market, AlcoholAddiction.org has announced that it has added drug addiction information to its already compelling information base of alcohol addiction self-help guides.
While the company is strongly rooted into the alcohol recovery business, responses from consumers indicated that the same level of quality in alcohol recovery information should be present in other areas such as drug recovery.
AlcoholAddiction.org, in response to concerns, has released a string of drug recovery guides to help consumers learn more about addiction in a sensible manner. The guides, like the acclaimed alcohol addiction guides, follow the same helpful format that seeks to benefit consumers.
As the resource at AlcoholAddiction.org has expanded its premises to include drug recovery information, it is uncertain as to whether or not they plan to encompass other areas of addiction as of yet.
AlcoholAddiction.org remains to be a leader in the alcohol addiction recovery industry, and is now setting its sights on the drug recovery industry as well. Whether or not they achieve this goal, time will tell.
