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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Philadelphia Recovery Community Center organizing street cleaning on Jan. 21, 2013
VOLUNTEERSSOUGHT FOR MLK DAY OF SERVICE
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. —Dec. 12,
2012 — The
Philadelphia Recovery Community Center (PRCC) seeks volunteers to help clean
the streets of North Philadelphia on MLK Day, Jan. 21, 2013, a national day of
service commemorating the life of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The
cleanup is a community service project of PRO-ACT’s Amends in Action committee.
“For
individuals in recovery, a day of service is an opportunity to make living
amends by giving back to the community,” said Cheryl Poccia, volunteer
coordinator for PRCC. “Our street-cleaning project is becoming an annual
tradition here at the center, and we welcome community members to join us.”
Volunteer
cleanup crews are deployed from the center, which is located at 1701 W. Lehigh
Ave., Unit 6, in North Philadelphia. Last year’s cleanup efforts began at 8
a.m. and ran until 1 p.m.
The
center also seeks donations of brooms, shovels, rakes, trash bags and gloves,
as well as food items for the volunteers.
Interested
volunteers should contact Stacie Leap, chair of PRO-ACT’s Amends in Action
committee, at 215-385-3131 or email Stacie.leap@icloud.com.
About Philadelphia Recovery
Community Center
Established
in 2007, PRCC is a collaboration between Pennsylvania Recovery
Organization-Achieving Community Together (PRO-ACT) and the City of
Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual DisAbility
Services. Programs and services include peer-to-peer recovery coaching, life
skills workshops, housing and credit information sessions, health and nutrition
programs, discussion groups, drug- and alcohol-free social activities and more.
About PRO-ACT
PRO-ACT
is the regional nonprofit organization working to mobilize and rally
individuals in recovery from addiction, as well as their families, friends and
allies in a campaign to end discrimination, broaden social understanding and
achieve a just response to addiction as a public health crisis. PRO-ACT is
hosted by The Council of Southeast Pennsylvania.
About The Council of
Southeast Pennsylvania, Inc.
The
Council
of Southeast Pennsylvania, Inc. is a private nonprofit prevention,
education, advocacy, and intervention organization, providing a wide
range of
services to families, schools, businesses, individuals, and the
community.
Founded in 1975, The Council serves the Southeast region of Pennsylvania
and is
a member of a nationwide network of National Council on Alcoholism and
DrugDependence Affiliates. The Council has offices and Recovery
Community Centers
in Doylestown, New Britain, Bristol, and Philadelphia. For help with
alcohol,
tobacco or other substances, or for information on the disease of
alcoholism
and addiction, call 800-221-6333, toll-free, 24-hours a day. For more
information, visit www.councilsepa.org.
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Three More States to Consider Requiring Welfare Recipients to Undergo Drug Tests
By Join Together Staff | December 10, 2012 | Leave a comment | Filed in Community Related, Drugs & Legislation
Lawmakers in Ohio, Virginia and Kansas say they will introduce legislation that would require welfare recipients to undergo drug tests before receiving benefits, according to MSNBC.
In Ohio, the proposed law would establish drug-testing programs in three counties. If applicants disclosed they had used illegal drugs, they would have to submit to a drug test. The bill would allocate an additional $100,000 for drug treatment programs.
In Virginia, a drug-testing law that previously was rejected has been revived. The earlier version failed after the state concluded it would cost $1.5 million to implement, but would save only $229,000.
Kansas State Senate Vice President Jeff King, who introduced a drug-testing bill in his state, said it is not intended to punish welfare recipients. “If folks test positive, we need to help them get help and help them get the job skills they need to kick the habit to get a job and keep a job,” he said.
Last month, Texas Governor Rick Perry called for drug tests for residents seeking welfare or unemployment benefits. Perry and Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst want to expand a bill that will come before the state legislature next year that would mandate drug testing for “high-risk” welfare applicants, and would ban them from using public funds to purchase alcohol, tobacco or lottery tickets. Perry and Dewhurst want the rules to also include those applying for unemployment benefits.
A Florida law that required welfare applicants to undergo drug testing was halted last year after the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida sued the state to stop it. About 2.5 percent of the 4,000 adults tested before the program was stopped tested positive for drugs. Almost 2,500 people refused to take the drug test.
Monday, December 10, 2012
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Men and Women Are Helped Differently by Alcoholics Anonymous
Men and women benefit in different ways from Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), a new study suggests.
Men benefit more from avoiding companions who encourage drinking and
social situations in which drinking is common, according to Health24.
Women benefit from the program by having increased confidence in their
ability to avoid alcohol when they feel sad, anxious or depressed.
“Men and women benefit equally from participation in AA, but some of
the ways in which they benefit differ in nature and in magnitude,” lead
researcher John F. Kelly, PhD, of the Massachusetts General Hospital
Center for Addiction Medicine said in a news release.
“These differences may reflect differing recovery challenges related to
gender-based social roles and the contexts in which drinking is likely
to occur.”
One-third of AA’s members are women, the article notes.
The researchers studied more than 1,700 participants in AA, 24
percent of whom were women. They were enrolled in a study called Project
MATCH that compared three alcohol addiction treatment approaches. The
study tracked participants’ success in maintaining sobriety and whether
they attended AA meetings. It also evaluated specific measures, such as
participants’ confidence in their ability to stay sober in certain
situations.
In both men and women, AA participation increased confidence in the
ability to deal with high-risk drinking situations, and increased the
number of social contacts who supported their recovery efforts. For men,
the effect of both of those changes on the ability to stay sober was
twice as strong, compared with women in the study. Women were much more
likely than men to benefit from improved confidence in their ability to
stay away from alcohol when they were sad or depressed.
The study appears in Drug and Alcohol Dependence.
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