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That's exactly what the 12 Step program offers to those who are seeking recovery from alcohol addiction and substance abuse. [Read More \[fa icon="long-arrow-right"\]](https://blog.theretreat.org/benefits-of-12-step-programs) [![](https://blog.theretreat.org/hubfs/Where%20Have%20All%20The%20Flowers%20Gone.png)](https://blog.theretreat.org/where-have-all-the-flowers-gone) ## [Where Have All The Flowers Gone?](https://blog.theretreat.org/where-have-all-the-flowers-gone) \[fa icon="calendar'\] May 18, 2022 8:00:00 AM / by [Maj Donovan](https://blog.theretreat.org/author/maj-donovan) posted in [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/alcoholics-anonymous), [alcoholism](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/alcoholism), [AA meetings](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/aa-meetings), [12 Traditions Of AA](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/12-traditions-of-aa), [Alcoholism Treatment Program](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/alcoholism-treatment-program) [\[fa icon="comment"\] 3 Comments](https://blog.theretreat.org/where-have-all-the-flowers-gone#comments-listing)   There was a popular song in the 1960’s entitled “Where have all the flowers gone?” by Pete Seeger. The chorus went: “Where have all the flowers gone? Long time passing. Where have all the flowers gone? Long time ago.” [Read More \[fa icon="long-arrow-right"\]](https://blog.theretreat.org/where-have-all-the-flowers-gone) [![](https://blog.theretreat.org/hubfs/The%20Retreat%20%E2%80%93%20Alcohol%20Rehab%20Guide.png)](https://blog.theretreat.org/alcohol-rehab-guide) ## [Alcohol Rehab Guide - The Retreat](https://blog.theretreat.org/alcohol-rehab-guide) \[fa icon="calendar'\] May 4, 2022 8:00:00 AM / by [Staff Blog](https://blog.theretreat.org/author/staff-blog) posted in [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/alcoholics-anonymous), [alcoholism](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/alcoholism), [AA meetings](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/aa-meetings), [12 Traditions Of AA](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/12-traditions-of-aa), [Alcoholism Treatment Program](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/alcoholism-treatment-program) [\[fa icon="comment"\] 0 Comments](https://blog.theretreat.org/alcohol-rehab-guide#comments-listing)   Alcoholism is a type of addiction that can affect an individual’s mental and physical health. To avoid further complications, rehabilitation is recommended. However, understanding how to get an alcoholic into rehab can be a confusing process, especially if the affected individual doesn’t acknowledge their addiction. If you or a loved one are looking for recovery options, here is an alcohol rehab guide to help you better understand the process. [Read More \[fa icon="long-arrow-right"\]](https://blog.theretreat.org/alcohol-rehab-guide) [![](https://blog.theretreat.org/hubfs/Working%20with%20Others.png)](https://blog.theretreat.org/working-with-others) ## [Working with Others](https://blog.theretreat.org/working-with-others) \[fa icon="calendar'\] Apr 20, 2022 8:00:00 AM / by [Maj Donovan](https://blog.theretreat.org/author/maj-donovan) posted in [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/alcoholics-anonymous), [12 Steps](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/12-steps), [12 steps of aa](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/12-steps-of-aa), [AA Big Book](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/aa-big-book), [12 Traditions Of AA](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/12-traditions-of-aa) [\[fa icon="comment"\] 4 Comments](https://blog.theretreat.org/working-with-others#comments-listing)   Chapter seven of the book, Alcoholics Anonymous, is devoted entirely to working with others. You get a clue from the author of the “Big Book”, how important certain steps are by the amount of space he devotes to them. When the author has devoted an entire chapter to working with others, i.e., Step 12, it must be important. [Read More \[fa icon="long-arrow-right"\]](https://blog.theretreat.org/working-with-others) [![](https://blog.theretreat.org/hubfs/CupCake%20Image.jpeg)](https://blog.theretreat.org/recovery-birthdays) ## [Recovery Birthdays](https://blog.theretreat.org/recovery-birthdays) \[fa icon="calendar'\] Apr 13, 2022 8:00:00 AM / by [DeAnna L.](https://blog.theretreat.org/author/deanna) posted in [families](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/families), [Sober Housing](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/sober-housing), [12 Traditions Of AA](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/12-traditions-of-aa), [Alcohol & Health](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/alcohol-health), [celebration](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/celebration), [birthday](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/birthday) [\[fa icon="comment"\] 1 Comment](https://blog.theretreat.org/recovery-birthdays#comments-listing)   There is this thing when you are sober, a celebration of sorts, called a recovery birthday (think cake and laughter and a new shiny chip).  They can be a big deal to those of us living in Recovery.  It is a milestone reached, a celebration of the life we are currently living, an acknowledgment of the journey we have embarked upon and continue to walk everyday despite the difficulties.  A reminder that we are still alive and not just surviving anymore, but thriving.  But these birthdays aren’t always easy, or happy and that can be confusing. [Read More \[fa icon="long-arrow-right"\]](https://blog.theretreat.org/recovery-birthdays) [![](https://blog.theretreat.org/hubfs/In%20To%20Me%20See.png)](https://blog.theretreat.org/intimacy-in-recovery-in-to-me-see) ## [Intimacy in Recovery – “In To Me See”](https://blog.theretreat.org/intimacy-in-recovery-in-to-me-see) \[fa icon="calendar'\] Mar 31, 2021 8:00:00 AM / by [Lisa D.](https://blog.theretreat.org/author/lisa-d) posted in [alcoholism](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/alcoholism), [Recovery](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/recovery), [12 Traditions Of AA](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/12-traditions-of-aa), [Recovery Program](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/recovery-program), [help group](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/help-group) [\[fa icon="comment"\] 2 Comments](https://blog.theretreat.org/intimacy-in-recovery-in-to-me-see#comments-listing)   When I first came into the Al-Anon program, I had spent so much time and energy into isolating, stuffing my feelings and trying to fix and control people, places and things, that I had no idea who I was, what I liked or disliked or even what I what felt. When they told me that I needed to keep the focus on myself and not the alcoholic, I didn’t know what that meant. I wasn’t capable of an intimate relationship with anyone else because I didn’t have an intimate relationship with myself. [Read More \[fa icon="long-arrow-right"\]](https://blog.theretreat.org/intimacy-in-recovery-in-to-me-see) [![](https://blog.theretreat.org/hubfs/LDRSHIP.jpg)](https://blog.theretreat.org/ldrship) ## [LDRSHIP](https://blog.theretreat.org/ldrship) \[fa icon="calendar'\] Feb 2, 2021 4:27:50 PM / by [Maj Donovan](https://blog.theretreat.org/author/maj-donovan) posted in [recovery process](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/recovery-process), [12 step program](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/12-step-program), [Recovery](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/recovery), [12 steps of aa](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/12-steps-of-aa), [12 Traditions Of AA](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/12-traditions-of-aa) [\[fa icon="comment"\] 3 Comments](https://blog.theretreat.org/ldrship#comments-listing) We have the 12 Steps and the 12 Traditions on which volumes of material have been written. Yet, a common theme running through the steps and traditions is this idea of principles. But what are these principles and from where do they come? [Read More \[fa icon="long-arrow-right"\]](https://blog.theretreat.org/ldrship) [![](https://blog.theretreat.org/hubfs/Romanticizing%20the%20Past.png)](https://blog.theretreat.org/romanticizing-the-past) ## [Romanticizing the Past](https://blog.theretreat.org/romanticizing-the-past) \[fa icon="calendar'\] Dec 30, 2020 7:11:11 AM / by [Maj Donovan](https://blog.theretreat.org/author/maj-donovan) posted in [alcohol addiction](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/alcohol-addiction), [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/alcoholics-anonymous), [12 step program](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/12-step-program), [AA meetings](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/aa-meetings), [AA Big Book](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/aa-big-book), [12 Traditions Of AA](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/12-traditions-of-aa), [Alcoholism Treatment Program](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/alcoholism-treatment-program) [\[fa icon="comment"\] 0 Comments](https://blog.theretreat.org/romanticizing-the-past#comments-listing)   “By 1937, some of us realized that AA needed a standard literature. There would have to be a book ... Well, we did quarrel violently over the preparation and distribution of that book. In fact, it took five years for the clamor to die down. Should any AAs dream that the old-timers who put the book together went about in serene meditation and white robes, then they had best forget it.” - AA Co-Founder, Bill W., November 1951, “Services Make AA Tick”, The Language of the Heart. [Read More \[fa icon="long-arrow-right"\]](https://blog.theretreat.org/romanticizing-the-past) [![](https://blog.theretreat.org/hubfs/coffe-4964387_640.jpg)](https://blog.theretreat.org/watching-my-mouth) ## [Watching My Mouth](https://blog.theretreat.org/watching-my-mouth) \[fa icon="calendar'\] May 20, 2020 10:13:15 AM / by [Dede Armstrong](https://blog.theretreat.org/author/dede-armstrong) posted in [families](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/families), [family recovery](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/family-recovery), [Family Sober Support](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/family-sober-support), [12 Traditions Of AA](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/12-traditions-of-aa), [Recovery Program](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/recovery-program), [Support Group](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/support-group), [COVID-19](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/covid-19) [\[fa icon="comment"\] 2 Comments](https://blog.theretreat.org/watching-my-mouth#comments-listing) Here we are… months after the world became an unknown place, and many of our creature comforts, things we took for granted, turned into vast luxuries. I dream longingly of a haircut or sitting in a café with a dear friend over a steaming cup of bad coffee…or, hardest of all, receiving a hug at an [AA meeting](https://www.theretreat.org/alumni-friends/calendar). I am getting accustomed to my new masked reality, the shouting at friends from a distance when I have the rare pleasure of seeing them. And, somehow, it is all ok. Really ok. And that is because I watch my mouth. [Read More \[fa icon="long-arrow-right"\]](https://blog.theretreat.org/watching-my-mouth) [![](https://blog.theretreat.org/hubfs/people-2567915_640.jpg)](https://blog.theretreat.org/a-brief-history-on-sponsorship) ## [A Brief History on Sponsorship](https://blog.theretreat.org/a-brief-history-on-sponsorship) \[fa icon="calendar'\] May 14, 2020 12:00:00 AM / by [Maj Donovan](https://blog.theretreat.org/author/maj-donovan) posted in [12 Steps](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/12-steps), [AA meetings](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/aa-meetings), [AA Big Book](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/aa-big-book), [12 Traditions Of AA](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/12-traditions-of-aa), [Support Group](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/support-group) [\[fa icon="comment"\] 2 Comments](https://blog.theretreat.org/a-brief-history-on-sponsorship#comments-listing) A definition of the word sponsor published at a time when the A.A. program was in its infancy states: “Sponsor - One who assumes, or one to whom is delegated, responsibility for some other person.” Webster, circa - 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