Comments on: Our Elastic Standards of Drinking http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2009/11/01/our-elastic-standards-of-drinking/ ...using 21st century brain and addiction-related research to change how we talk about, treat and prevent substance misuse, underage drinking, addiction and secondhand drinking/drugging. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:40:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: The Discovering Alcoholic http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2009/11/01/our-elastic-standards-of-drinking/comment-page-1/#comment-4450 The Discovering Alcoholic Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:51:11 +0000 http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/?p=1117#comment-4450 Sandy, Obviously I am a big fan of recovery blogs and advocacy sites, but I am not sold on the effectiveness of large forums and boards where one-upmanship and hogging are common. If you are at the point where you would like to talk to someone about this, I suggest finding an Al-Anon meeting in your area where you can talk and personally connect with others that know what you are going through and care enough to show up. Just talking about this with others that understand where you are coming from can be a tremndous relief- and it is an action step that is a stress buster within itself. Gavin aka TDA Sandy,

Obviously I am a big fan of recovery blogs and advocacy sites, but I am not sold on the effectiveness of large forums and boards where one-upmanship and hogging are common. If you are at the point where you would like to talk to someone about this, I suggest finding an Al-Anon meeting in your area where you can talk and personally connect with others that know what you are going through and care enough to show up.

Just talking about this with others that understand where you are coming from can be a tremndous relief- and it is an action step that is a stress buster within itself.

Gavin aka TDA

]]> By: LisaF http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2009/11/01/our-elastic-standards-of-drinking/comment-page-1/#comment-4443 LisaF Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:08:51 +0000 http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/?p=1117#comment-4443 This website also has blogs from family and friends that are helpful to read... http://www.thesecondroad.org/tsr/category/family-and-friends/ This website also has blogs from family and friends that are helpful to read…
http://www.thesecondroad.org/tsr/category/family-and-friends/

]]> By: LisaF http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2009/11/01/our-elastic-standards-of-drinking/comment-page-1/#comment-4442 LisaF Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:01:15 +0000 http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/?p=1117#comment-4442 This website is a chat room for family and friends: http://forums.about.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?folderId=4&listMode=13&nav=messages&webtag=ab-alcoholism From there, you'll also find other chat rooms. I'll let TDA know of your comment, as well, as he may have some suggestions for you. This website is a chat room for family and friends:
http://forums.about.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?folderId=4&listMode=13&nav=messages&webtag=ab-alcoholism
From there, you’ll also find other chat rooms.
I’ll let TDA know of your comment, as well, as he may have some suggestions for you.

]]> By: sandy http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2009/11/01/our-elastic-standards-of-drinking/comment-page-1/#comment-4440 sandy Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:31:14 +0000 http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/?p=1117#comment-4440 My husband is a alcoholic and need to know if there is web sites that I can go to chat with other that deal with this. My husband is a alcoholic and need to know if there is web sites that I can go to chat with other that deal with this.

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