Women for Sobriety, Inc. Jean's Story Ranks in the Top Five! Hello WFS Friends, The feature article "My Top Five Female Recovery Memoirs" by Regina Walker was posted today on the addiction and recovery website "The Fix" and you can read it here: https://www.thefix.com/my-top-five-female-recovery-memoirs If you are interested in reading and learning more about "The Fix" website - here is the link to their site:  http://www.thefix.com/ Thank you, Regina, for reviewing these recovery stories and speaking about the challenges women alcoholics' face. PS: Turnabout may be purchased directly from our WFS catalog site: http://www.wfscatalog.org/Turnabout-by-Jean-Kirkpatrick-PhD-BK101.htm Kind regards, Becky Fenner, WFS Director Email: contact@womenforsobriety.org   *   Tel: 215-536-8026   *   Fax: 215-538-9026

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Best of the week from Choose Help It’s Hip to Be Sober A mindful sober subculture is emerging, indicating that we’re seeking out deeper, more meaningful connections to others. A wide range of sober, mindful, after-work activities is emerging, as booze culture is beginning to fall by the wayside among the hipster generation. Sobriety is becoming the new normal in the big cities - from New York to Los Angeles, reports Andrea Rice for the alternative lifestyle blog Wanderlust: The buzz may have started with Daybreaker, the pre-workday dance party crusade that quickly swept both coasts (I’ve been more than once), eventually spreading throughout major cities across the globe. It’s an action-packed, sweaty, but sober, rave—glitter and all—that leaves just enough time afterward to do a little presto change-o before hitting the office. Then there’s The Get Down, the feel-good post-workday dance party in Manhattan started by house music DJ Tasha Blank. The recently unveiled MNDFL, NYC’s first boutique meditation studio, has already gained a reputation for being a sober-chic place to hang and chill out, while big scale events like The Big Quiet have made mass meditations in public places a desirable activity among enlightenment seekers. Biet Simkin, a musician and founder of Center of the Cyclone, guides artistically charged meditations as part performance art, part mindfulness. Andrea Praet and Katia Tallarico lead The Uplift Project, which mobilizes the overstimulated and promises restoration and balance for today’s fast-paced world—a far cry from blowing off steam at the bar and drowning sorrows in alcohol. And this week in The New York Times, a bi-monthly post-work mindful movement known to both LA and NYC as The Shine was profiled in the Styles section—a clear gauge that sober gatherings have officially gone mainstream. Light Watkins, a meditation teacher, Wanderlust presenter, and author ofThe Inner Gym, founded The Shine in 2014 to create a mindful, connected community, without all the booze. An evening at The Shine will include meditation, music, film, and philanthropic enterprises, complimented with healthy nibbles and juices—and specially sourced artisan water. In its first year, The Shine’s popularity as an aspirational gathering place to connect with like-minded individuals grew from just a dozen people to nearly 300. “The Shine started because I wanted to be more social, but I wasn’t attracted to the bar scene,” said Watkins. “I felt that it was hard to make meaningful connections with people who are buzzed - you’re not really meeting them, but rather the slightly to heavily intoxicated version of them, which may be uninhibited and fun, but it’s not real." "We can’t help but wonder if this is just the beginning of an increasing demand for more alcohol-free zones for people to connect", Andrea concludes. Read in browser »   Recent featured articles: Beat Gambling Addiction, Sex Addiction or Internet Addiction with this 4 Step Program Group Therapy in Drug Treatment What Do You Want out of Treatment? Not Sure? Here’s a 50 Item Checklist of Options to Consider Supporting a Heroin Addict - 6 Ways to Help and Support Positive Change New Year's Introspection: About Taking Stock of Our Progress And, as always, thank you for reading! All the best to you and yours, Martin Schoel, founder of Choose Help P.S. If you’d like to dive into the conversation, make sure to follow us on Twitter or like us on Facebook (40K+ people do). FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO A LOVED ONE Do you or someone you know need rehab? Click or 'Tap' to speak with us now: (877) 333-5266 Facebook Twitter Google Plus Pinterest

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Police Departments Across the Nation Start “Treatment, Not Jail” Programs - Partnership for Drug-Free Kids

Police Departments Across the Nation Start “Treatment, Not Jail” Programs - Partnership for Drug-Free Kids: After the Police Chief of Gloucester, Massachusetts announced the town will connect people with treatment when they come to the police station with illegal drugs and paraphernalia, instead of arresting them, 56 police departments in 17 states have started similar programs.

Naloxone Offered Free to High Schools Around the Country - Partnership for Drug-Free Kids

Naloxone Offered Free to High Schools Around the Country - Partnership for Drug-Free Kids: The opioid overdose antidote naloxone is being offered free to high schools around the country by the drugmaker Adapt Pharma, according to U.S. News & World Report.

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