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## [Alcoholics and Adderall](https://blog.theretreat.org/alcoholics-and-adderall)

 \[fa icon="calendar'\] Nov 29, 2017 12:28:21 PM / by [John MacDougall](https://blog.theretreat.org/author/john-macdougall) posted in [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/alcoholics-anonymous), [alcoholism](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/alcoholism), [substance abuse](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/substance-abuse), [Recovery Program](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/recovery-program), [Drugs Adiction](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/drugs-adiction)

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At The Retreat, I am talking with a lot of alcoholics who also are addicted to Adderall. They have had the impression that Adderall is either not addictive, or harmless, and are surprised to be having problems with it. Adderall is a mixture of two types of amphetamine and two types of dextroamphetamine, and so it is basically an amphetamine. It is an addictive drug. It is classified as a controlled dangerous substance on schedule II.

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## [The Gift of Self-Care](https://blog.theretreat.org/the-gift-of-self-care)

 \[fa icon="calendar'\] Nov 22, 2017 9:31:39 AM / by [Sherry Gaugler-Stewart](https://blog.theretreat.org/author/sherry-gaugler-stewart) posted in [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/alcoholics-anonymous), [family recovery](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/family-recovery), [alcoholism](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/alcoholism), [Family Sober Support](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/family-sober-support), [Recovery Program](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/recovery-program)

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The first time I went with my husband to his side of the family for the holidays, I struggled. Although my family was far from perfect, the holidays were something that I felt we did really well.

Even in my adult years, my mom always waited until everyone was asleep on Christmas Eve to put gifts under the tree. We would awake to magic. We would open stockings, and have a little breakfast, and then start a leisurely unwrapping of the presents. Gifts would be opened one at a time, and everyone would have an opportunity to see what everyone else was receiving. If a little one opened something that they wanted to play with for a while, we allowed for that. After all of the gifts were open, we would start cooking the big family meal. It smelled divine! We would eat, basking in the abundance, and then clean up, have dessert, and sit around the table for hours having conversation and playing games.

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## [Serving Those Who Have Served](https://blog.theretreat.org/serving-those-who-have-served)

 \[fa icon="calendar'\] Nov 15, 2017 10:00:00 AM / by [Maj Donovan](https://blog.theretreat.org/author/maj-donovan) posted in [alcoholism](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/alcoholism), [Recovery](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/recovery), [Recovery Program](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/recovery-program), [Treatment Program](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/treatment-program), [help group](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/help-group)

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This time of year always finds me reflecting on the men and women who have served in our Armed Forces. Veterans Day, Pearl Harbor Day, the anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, the anniversary of the Tet Offensive all take place at this time of year. Additionally, from now through New Year’s Eve we will see TV commercials from service women and men who are overseas wishing loved ones back home a merry and happy holiday season.

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## [JUST “MACDOUGALL IT”](https://blog.theretreat.org/just-macdougall-it)

 \[fa icon="calendar'\] Nov 6, 2017 8:00:00 AM / by [John MacDougall](https://blog.theretreat.org/author/john-macdougall) posted in [12 steps of aa](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/12-steps-of-aa), [AA Big Book](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/aa-big-book), [Drug Rehab](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/drug-rehab), [Recovery Program](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/recovery-program), [Drugs Adiction](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/drugs-adiction)

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I was recently speaking with a very impulsive Retreat guest who had difficulty maintaining a focus on one thing for very long. I was not surprised that his drug of choice was meth, because at the beginning of his meth use it actually calmed him down. At The Retreat we do Big Book studies that are two hours long at a time, and this was tough for him. **He told me “I need something short and simple, that can work for me.”**

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## [The Master Physician.](https://blog.theretreat.org/the-master-physician)

 \[fa icon="calendar'\] Oct 30, 2017 10:11:53 AM / by [Maj Donovan](https://blog.theretreat.org/author/maj-donovan) posted in [AA meetings](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/aa-meetings), [Sober Housing](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/sober-housing), [12 steps of aa](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/12-steps-of-aa), [AA Big Book](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/aa-big-book), [Recovery Program](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/recovery-program)

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Recently, I overheard a person in recovery talk about being concerned because he hadn’t had a spiritual awakening like Bill W.   He was afraid he had done something wrong.  He wondered if he had fallen out of favor with God.   **He questioned whether he had missed something when he went through the 12 Steps. **   He thought maybe he had glossed over some vital section of the first 164 pages. 

 

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## [A Soldier’s Calling.](https://blog.theretreat.org/a-soldiers-calling)

 \[fa icon="calendar'\] Sep 15, 2017 10:37:21 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), [Recovery Program](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/recovery-program)

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Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" Isaiah 6:8

 

In 2007 I volunteered for my first tour to Iraq. I had been sober a long time by then, but I was afraid. Would I hold up under fire? Would my men follow my orders? Would I freeze in the face of danger? These and many more thoughts flooded my brain.

 

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## [My First Attempt at College.](https://blog.theretreat.org/my-first-attempt-at-college)

 \[fa icon="calendar'\] Sep 6, 2017 9:30:00 AM / by [Jake L](https://blog.theretreat.org/author/jake-l) 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), [Recovery Program](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/recovery-program), [Drugs Adiction](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/drugs-adiction)

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     My first attempt at college didn’t go so well. It started off fun, then become fun with some consequences, then by my 7th year of school it was just all consequence. I had been to detoxes, I was failing courses, going to classes I wasn’t even registered for, and drinking myself into oblivion. **Life was getting bad and drinking was my only solution.** I don’t mean to gloss over my first few treatment experiences but I want the focus of this to be on the importance of staying plugged in to my program.

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## [I’d Rather Be A Cause of The Future Than A Result Of The Past.](https://blog.theretreat.org/id-rather-be-a-cause-of-the-future-than-a-result-of-the-past)

 \[fa icon="calendar'\] Aug 30, 2017 9:30:00 AM / by [John MacDougall](https://blog.theretreat.org/author/john-macdougall) posted in [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/alcoholics-anonymous), [12 steps of aa](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/12-steps-of-aa), [AA Big Book](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/aa-big-book), [Recovery Program](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/recovery-program), [Drugs Adiction](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/drugs-adiction)

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         In a way, we are all the people we have ever been. I am my five year old self, and my fifteen year old self, and my twenty five year old self, as well as the man I am today, at sixty-eight years old. **We are, to some extent, the sum of our experiences.** We can benefit from all our experiences, or be damaged by them.

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## [“Heave awa, lads, I’m no’ deid yet!”](https://blog.theretreat.org/heave-awa-lads-im-no-deid-yet)

 \[fa icon="calendar'\] Aug 2, 2017 5:30:00 AM / by [John MacDougall](https://blog.theretreat.org/author/john-macdougall) posted in [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/alcoholics-anonymous), [12 steps of aa](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/12-steps-of-aa), [Men's Sober Residential](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/mens-sober-residential), [Women's Sober Residential](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/womens-sober-residential), [Recovery Program](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/recovery-program)

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I just returned from a trip to Scotland with my family. We visited the ancestral home of the MacDougalls, in Argyll, near Oban, as well as in Edinburgh, where my grandfather was born in 1888.

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## [Carrying the Message.](https://blog.theretreat.org/carrying-the-message)

 \[fa icon="calendar'\] Jul 19, 2017 9:30:00 AM / by [Maj Donovan](https://blog.theretreat.org/author/maj-donovan) posted in [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/alcoholics-anonymous), [12 step program](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/12-step-program), [AA Big Book](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/aa-big-book), [Recovery Program](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/recovery-program), [Support Group](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/support-group)

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So you’ve been asked to bring a meeting into a facility. Congratulations! What an honor and privilege it is to be involved in service. As it states on page 89 of the book Alcoholics Anonymous:

“To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you, to have a host of friends--this is an experience you must not miss.  We know you will not want to miss it.  Frequent contact with newcomers and with each other is the bright spot of our lives.”

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