www.orange-papers.org

I just saw a commercial on television guaranteeing recovery, if you complete their 90 day program. If you relapse they will give you another 30 days free.

Our Brand Promise
If you successfully complete our 90-day program, we guarantee you’ll stay clean and sober, or you can return for a complimentary 30-days of treatment.

http://www.americanaddictioncenters.com/

I wonder exactly what kind of addiction treatment these guys are offering.

Rev. Ward Ewing, Class A (nonalcoholic) Trustee and Chairperson of the General Service Board of A.A. says that A.A. is the only way to achieve long term sobriety. Speaking at A.A.'s 2012 Pacific Regional Forum, Rev. Ewing stated the following:
"The spiritual program of A.A. is the only program that provides long-term sobriety." and
"We have a powerful spiritual program that works - the only program that truly works for long-term sobriety." and
"This is the only way that has ever worked effectively over the long term."

http://live.huffingtonpost.com/#r/segment/addiction-therapy-alcoholics-a...

Excellent critique on AA and it's abusive methods in the UK independent.

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/alcoholics-anonymous-do-extr...

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/04/effective-addiction-treatment/?...

TMZ is reporting that country singer Mindy McCready is dead of an apparent self inflicted gun shot wound. McCready is also an alumni of Drew 'Dr. Death' Pinsky's show 'Celebrity Rehab'

http://www.tmz.com/2013/02/17/mindy-mccready-dead-dies-suicide/#ixzz2LDK...

McCready joins Mike Starr, Jeff Conaway, Rodney King, and Joey Kovar as Celebrity Rehab alumni that are now dead.

"Opiate addicts, in particular, are hyper-sensitive to pain after quitting their drug habit."

Orange says that here:
http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-letters220.html

I was an opiate addict and did not endure this. I'm not technically sure, but I think that the same receptors are in conjunction with emotional pain, which I did suffer from. I had an ongoing inability to feel happiness. In other words, I was consistently depressed.

Are AA District Committee Members (DCMs) supposed to be paid a conference "Stipend" for their work? Well if you are in Alcoholics Anonymous Multi-District Area 54 in Sumter County (the same as Akron, Ohio and Dr. Bobs Shrine (http://www.drbobshome.com/) they just raised the "stipend" from $75 to $100.

AKRON MULTIDISTRICT 1, 2, 3, 4, 49, 50, 60,62
MINUTES FOR JANUARY 19, 1013
Meeting opened with I Am Responsible Pledge & Serenity Prayer @ 1602

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Dr. Marvin David Seppala admits on video that 90% plus of people attending Hazelden "treatment" are coerced, or else!!

For the calendar year 2011 Hazelden Foundation had gross receipts of $223,000,000. The net income for 2011 was $14,000,000.

Seppala is licensed by the state of Minnesota with a specialty in Psychiatry and Neurology/Neurology (see MN Health Licensing Board). Seppala obtained his degree from MAYO MEDICAL SCHOOL, ROCHESTER, MN, USA.

Alcoholics Anonymous is a trainer of Missionaries to go out and evangelize new prospects for the Church that Bill Wilson built then convert and train new Missionaries to go out and teach the 12 Steps.

Missionary (mis·sion·ar·y) noun
1. a person sent by a church into an area to carry on evangelism or other activities, as educational or hospital work.
2. a person strongly in favor of a program, set of principles, etc., who attempts to persuade or convert others.
3. a person who is sent on a mission.

Maby there is a small slackening of the stranglehold AA has on addiction information. Ann Fletcher was on the Dianne Rhem show on public radio. Though she was careful not to critize AA she atleast promoted alternatives. Did anybody else hear it? Any thoughts?

Emotions Anonymous (EA) - A 12 step group to continue the Road to Hell!
http://www.emotionsanonymous.org/

LOL:

Sanders v. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC., Cal: Court of Appeal, 4th Appellate Dist., 1st Div. 2007

http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=10084351797093460197&q=%22an...

Had to share this here as well as I did at Expose AA:

"There was a Sister in the hospital, a veritable Saint, if you ever saw one. Our beloved Sister Ignatia. Dr. Bob often mentioned her. He told how she would deny beds to people with broken legs in order to stick drunks in them. She loved drunks. She was a sort of female Silkworth, if you know what I mean." ~Bill Wilson

If you know what I mean.

Financial scams are becoming more and more prevalent in the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) as can be seen by the "Gifting Table" Pyramid Scheme using AA Sponsors/Sponces exposed February 6, 2013 in Hartford, Connecticut in Alcoholics Anonymous General Service Area 11 District 7 (http://www.ct-aa.org/Districts/District7/tabid/144/language/en-US/Defaul...).

Source:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLA7dQ-uxR0

Girl who flipped the bird at the judge, goes back to court

This time she gets a new judge, has her bail and bond reduced, looks like she is off to stay her mums and is likely to have a case thrown out as she has passed her drug dependency course ?

Here is what Rev. Lamberton said Monday, as the Senate's chaplain for the day:

For a growing number of people, the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous have become more than suggestions. Along with regular attendance at 12 Step meetings in relationship with other recovering people, they become a way of living—sober—one day at a time.

At a 12 Step meeting not long ago a newcomer talked about how shocking sobriety is after many years of active addiction.

Liability Protection for Volunteers and Charitable Organizations: An Overview
Good Samaritan Laws. Volunteer Protection. Volunteer Immunity. Liability Limitation. Shield Laws. Charitable Immunity.

http://asksistermarymartha.blogspot.com/2007/01/boniface-full-of-grace.h...

Boniface, full of grace

The saintly poems are still coming in. Our latest entry is St. Boniface for a parking space.

"Boniface, Boniface, help me find a parking space."